Materazzi was holding Zidane near the penalty box. Referee did not call a foul and Italians have intercepted the ball and began counter attack. Zidane and Materazzi were walking towards the French half, talking. Suddenly Zidane changes facial expressions, turns around and rams the italian player in the chest. Materazzi falls and a red card is shown by the ref after consulting with the linesman.
Obviously the conversation between Zidane and Materazzi must have carried some some sort of insult. Naturally, the two participants have not yet commented on the incident. No side line microphones could catch the conversation, however we have found one person who claims they have heard the conversation. Juventus player David Trezeguet claims he was nearby and heard the entire conversation.
This is the dialogue between the players that occured in Italian
Zidane: hands, watch your hands.
Materazzi: you're delusional.
Zidane: thats the only way you can stop me. Thats ok, we will win by shootouts, then you will find a better use for your hands.
Materazzi: dream on, in one hour, your mom will suck me off, the world champion.
Conversation ended there followed by a headbutt.
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So far thats the only more or less sophisticated version.
Other versions claimed Materazzi called Zidane a terrorist
With France and Italy tied in extra time of Sunday's World Cup final, Zinedine Zidane head-butted Marco Materazzi in the chest and was ejected. France went on to lose on penalty kicks.
The day after, still no one knew what the Italian defender might have said to the French star.
"The Italians did everything they could do to provoke Zidane," France defender William Gallas said.
Seconds before, Materazzi had grabbed a handful of Zidane's jersey just as a French attack on goal passed harmlessly by. The two exchanged words as they walked back up the field, well behind the play. Then, without warning, Zidane spun around, lowered his head and rammed Materazzi, knocking him to the ground.
The Paris-based anti-racism advocacy group SOS-Racism issued a statement Monday quoting "several very well informed sources from the world of football" as saying Materazzi called Zidane a "dirty terrorist." It demanded that FIFA, soccer's world governing body, investigate and take any appropriate action.
FIFA, which reviews all red cards at the World Cup, would not comment on the specifics.
"This is a disciplinary matter now," FIFA spokesman Markus Siegler said. "I can't give any statements now."
Materazzi, meanwhile, was quoted as denying the terrorist comment
"It is absolutely not true, I didn't call him a terrorist, I don't know anything about that," the Italian news agency ANSA quoted Materazzi as saying when he arrived with his team at an Italian military airfield.
"What happened is what all the world saw live on TV," the Italian player said, referring to the head-butting.
Zidane's agent, Alain Migliaccio, was quoted by the BBC as saying the France captain told him the Italian "said something very serious to him, but he wouldn't tell me what."
Whatever it was, it was enough to infuriate Zidane.
"Zizou is someone who reacts to things," said Aime Jacquet, Zidane's coach at the 1998 World Cup. "Unfortunately he could not control himself. It's terrible to see him leave this way."
Even with the ejection, Zidane still won the Golden Ball as the World Cup's best player.
Zidane, who came out of retirement to help France qualify for the World Cup and said he would quit soccer completely after the tournament, got 2,012 points in the vote by journalists covering the tournament. The three-time player of the year beat Fabio Cannavaro (1,977) and Andrea Pirlo (715), both of Italy.
Zidane's red card was anything but unusual. He was sent off 14 times in his career at the club and international level.
At the 1998 World Cup, he stomped on a Saudi Arabian opponent. Sitting out a two-match ban, he came back to score two goals against Brazil in the final.
Five years ago with Juventus, he head-butted an opponent in a Champions League match against Hamburger SV after being tackled from behind.
The reaction to Sunday's outburst was mixed in France. President Jacques Chirac called Zidane "a genius of world football," and former Sports Minister Marie-George Buffet said Zidane's aggressive act was unforgivable for its effect on children watching the game.
"This morning, Zinedine, what do we tell our children, and all those for whom you were the living role model for all times?" French sports daily L'Equipe wrote.
Zidane, whose parents emigrated to France from Algeria, became a proud symbol of a multicultural France and is adored in Algeria.
In the mountains where Zidane's parents grew up, Atmanne Chelouah carried off a life-size cardboard cutout of the player at "Cafe Zizou" after the red card.
"We are very disappointed," Chelouah said. "He should have kept his cool."
But lashing out is nothing new to Zidane, who grew up playing on concrete in an impoverished immigrant neighbourhood of Marseille, where fouls and insults are met with instant retribution.
Perhaps he could never shake off that you-or-me mentality.
"You can take the man out of the rough neighbourhood, but you can't take the rough neighbourhood out of the man," striker Thierry Henry said Sunday.
At this year's World Cup, where Zidane sat out one match for getting two yellow cards in the first round, he sent a message to his teammates. In a rare television interview, he said, "We die together."
They were ready to go as far as they could for him, yet he punished them.
"He'll carry that weight for a long time," France coach Raymond Domenech said of Zidane's latest red card.
Zidane nearly won the match with a late header after giving France an early lead with a penalty, taking two steps forward to slowly chip the ball into the air while goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon dived to his right.
It was his third goal of the tournament and sixth in the last 10 major tournament matches. He scored three at the 2004 European Championship.
Zidane's teammates had all wanted to help him win one last trophy. Failing that, they refused to kick him when he was down.
"For all that Zidane has done for the national team, you have to say 'Thank you and well done,"' said striker David Trezeguet, the only player to miss his penalty kick in the shootout.
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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur
WOW. source?
And malek, that game has been posted here like 4 times already. Enough.
The guy is a savage cheater. Disgrace to the sport.
Had it been under different circumstances, That head butt should have been to the bridge of his nose...that piece of had it coming...too bad it had to be this way...
malek
ing animal, i just hope he chokes on that world cup.
disgrace.
TRANCEEEE
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Originally posted by malek
ing animal, i just hope he chokes on that world cup.
Words can't describe the disgust i feel towards this guy.
Vivid Boy
zidane is a ****** terorist who should be shot and hung
Cosmic Fur
You guys are ing ridiculous. Bringing up all his old clips is really ing pointless. It doesn't matter what he did back then, what matters is what happened during the game with France, and fact of the matter is, you have NO ING CLUE WHAT HE SAID. Even regardless of what he said, he got headbutted for it, getting flattened for running your mouth is punishment enough.
P.S. I did not want Italy to win, but with the way everyone is whining after a relatively CLEAN game makes me feel no pity for the French fans at all. Sore ing losers, jesus christ.
extacy_bomb
apart from all the zidane-materazzi drama I gutta say that WC started off very well ,with high quality games and tons of nice goals but after the round of 16 it just became crappier as it finished.
I think it was the most boring final of worldcup history.
I wanted Italy to win but after their weak performance yesterday I couldn't care less who'd won the match.
TRANCEEEE
quote:
Originally posted by Cosmic Fur
You guys are ing ridiculous. Bringing up all his old clips is really ing pointless. It doesn't matter what he did back then, what matters is what happened during the game with France, and fact of the matter is, you have NO ING CLUE WHAT HE SAID. Even regardless of what he said, he got headbutted for it, getting flattened for running your mouth is punishment enough.
P.S. I did not want Italy to win, but with the way everyone is whining after a relatively CLEAN game makes me feel no pity for the French fans at all. Sore ing losers, jesus christ.
u need to relax ...
i found the vid amusing .
it shows someones history ..
HENCE ---> WHAT KIND OF PLAYER HE IS
