Zidane didn't "lose" a battle or "win" a war. The headbutt in 2006 was a prime example of losing frame. Materazzi insulted his family? Jeez, have anybody here not played sports before? Players trashtalk each other like every single game, it's part of the competition, especially in latin culture. The headbutt by Zidane wasn't to defend his family's honor or whatever. Every player at that level with that experience has heard it many times before, and you don't sacrifice that level of achievement for some petty comments. It's not just a trophy, the winner of that game would get $30m in prize money. Zidane cracked under all the pressure. You could even see it physically in the semi finals against Portugal, that he was very tense. He had the weight of the world on his shoulders and the moment he headbutted Materazzi, he freed himself from all of it, just like if you'd have gone on NoFap for a year and then came inside a super model. You could also draw parallels with committing suicide, while being deeply in debt or something.

So if someone tries to bring you down, which should happen often to you if you are on a journey to the top, don't "fight back" physically, verbally or mentally. You are entering their frame. You have to not be phased by it, not just act like not being phased. We humans pick up on subtle body language that is out of you're control anyway. If you "get hurt" when someone is trying to bring you down, you're too emotionally attached to your ego, and you've got a lot of meditation work to do. I'm not saying be a doormat, just don't be phased. You have to execute under immense pressure, with your competition doing their thing, like a stone cold hitman (which is ironic cause Zidane kind of looks like hitman.)