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"Italy defender Marco Materazzi has denied a report that he had called Zinedine Zidane a 'dirty terrorist'"
Zidane apparently called 'dirty terrorist' - SABC News
France captain Zinedine Zidane was apparently called a "dirty terrorist" by Marco Materazzi before he head-butted the Italy defender in yesterday's World Cup final, the anti-racism group SOS Racism, said today.
"According to several very well informed sources from the world of football, it would seem that the Italian player Marco Materazzi called Zinedine Zidane a 'dirty terrorist'," SOS Racism said in a statement. Zidane, the son of Algerian immigrants, was shown a red card after the incident and Italy went on to win on penalties after the match was tied 1-1 following extra time.
The Paris-based group called for an inquiry and said world soccer's governing body FIFA had recently toughened sanctions against racism. "It's for this reason that SOS Racism asks in a determined fashion for FIFA to shed light on this altercation and that sanctions laid out in the official rules be applied should this be the case.
Neither Zidane nor Materazzi have spoken in public about what had passed between them before the incident. French television reported that Zidane would talk about the incident "in the coming days".
http://www.sabcnews.com/sport/soccer...130960,00.html
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"Italy defender Marco Materazzi has denied a report that he had called Zinedine Zidane a 'dirty terrorist'"
and you think he will say yes i say he's a terrorist
his words means nothing today
Materazzi is a dirty player and he show it during all his carreer
I guess we'll find out in the coming days Zizou's version of the most incredibly, stupid thing I've ever seen in a game of that magnitude...
"Ironically, it is Zidane's France teammate Thierry Henry who has been spearheading efforts to rid the sport of racism; this began after Henry, who is of Caribbean descent, was subjected to hideous "monkey chants" at a match in Spain."
this is another reason why Zidane did what he did. Good for him. He still got the golden ball award.
still an incredibly stupid play. find him after the game and beat him down if it offends you so
But we should believe the same country that annually accuses Lance Armstrong of being a doper?
Zidane has a history of dirty play. Who cares what the other guy said?
My dad played pro soccer in Mexico when he was younger. Players say some awful, nasty, evil things, for the simple reason to get someone to do something that will get them carded and out the game. You dont headbutt someone, period.
Stupid play that probably cost France the game.
It likely didn't actually cost France the game. Zidane went out with 10 minutes left in the 2nd period of extra time. It is possible that the French might have scored had Zidane remained on the field, but I'd think it was highly unlikely, all things considered.
There can be no doubt that Trezeguet would have taken a PK just as he did yesterday -- likely early on in the PK process. Zidane would have taken a PK, but I'd think it would have been one of the later ones. In any event,t the key to the game was Trezeguet's miss, which had nothing to do with Zidane's absence. If the French miss had come from someone who wouldn't normally have taken a PK, I'd say the argument that Zidane cost his team the game would be a good one. That didn't happen.
Cool, what team did he play for...???
Smart move by the Italian player.
This isn't about that ^^^
If 'dirty terrorist' gets you a headbutt in the chest what did the saudi arabian player say to get his balls stomped?
the Italian team and Italian league is a disgrace to the game of football
Is that where Quincy Carter ended up going?
Zidane the flawed genius
By Andrew McKenzie
There was no fairytale ending to Zinedine Zidane's storybook career on Sunday.ZIDANE HIGHLIGHTS
1972: Born 23 June, Marseille
1994: Makes France debut, scoring twice in 17 minutes
1998: Scores twice to help France win World Cup
1998: European Player of the Year
2000: Player of the tournament after France win Euro 2000
2002: Wins Champions League
2003: Fifa World Player of the Year for third time
The 34-year-old Frenchman steps down from his position as the greatest player of his generation, having tasted success at World Cup, European Championship and Champions League level.
But alongside his three World Player of the Year awards and his La Liga and Serie A les, Zidane's career will be forever remembered for a moment of madness on the world's biggest stage.
It was a night when his reputation was tainted forever - when he showed he could not control his temper like he can a football.
An ugly departure for someone whose artistry so often lit up the beautiful game.
But as disappointing and shocking as it was, it was not the first time the dark side of France's flawed footballing genius has emerged.
Zidane grew up in a tower block in a poor estate in Marseille, known mainly for its high unemployment and suicide rate.
He once admitted his "desire never to stop fighting is something else I learnt in the place where I grew up".
Zidane overcame early rejection - he was born to Algerian parents but the Algerian national coach said he was too slow. His boyhood idols Marseille judged him not good enough.
Instead he got his chances with Cannes, and then Bordeaux, before Juventus came calling, and there he won two straight Serie A les and reached successive European Cup finals.
The midfield maestro finished on the losing side on both occasions, but any disappointment at the defeat by Real Madrid in the 1998 final was soon erased with France's World Cup victory on home soil that summer.For many people he can never be put at the level of (1980s legend) Michel Platini because of Sunday night
French journalist Xavier Rivoire
Zidane emerged as France's inspiration after a two-match ban for stamping on Saudi Arabia skipper Fuad Amin in the group stages.
Skipper Didier Deschamps put his indiscretion down "to his Mediterranean character, which he cannot always control".
A regretful Zidane explained: "'My nervousness and my conduct were due principally to the pressure I have been under. I will learn."
He may not have learned his lesson but he was quickly forgiven and his two goals in the final sealed the trophy.
Zidane's image was projected onto the Arc de Triomphe and the French public called for him to be made president.
France and Zidane added the European le in 2000 and the following year he was off to Real Madrid for a world record fee of £46.5m.
But his final season at Juventus was soured by a five-match ban for headbutting Jochen Kientz during a Champions League game with Hamburg.FRENCH PRESS REACTION
"A final and odious headbutt. We were left speechless by such stupidity" - Figaro
"This exit from football is unworthy of him" - Le Parisien
"How could this happen to a man like you?" - L'Equipe
"He is prone like all of us to weakness and anger" - La Montagne
"Too much pressure, too much worshipping of a player who was made for a quiet, simple life" - La Republique du Centre
"Zidane botched his exit" - L'Est republicain
Without their talisman Juve crashed out of Europe at the group stages.
Such moments failed to stop Zidane's rise and at Hampden Park in 2002 he finally got his hands on a Champions League medal after a stunning volleyed winner.
The 2002-2003 season saw him win the last of his three World Player awards and his one and only La Liga le with Madrid.
That was the final season of silverware of his career as his powers began to fade and he bowed out of international football after Euro 2004.
He went back on that decision in time to help Les Bleus to qualify, but the group stages in Germany suggested it was a major compe ion too far for an out-of-sorts Zidane.
However, he played the knock-out stages as if his life - and not just the prolonging of his career - depended on it.
France coach Raymond Domenech pleaded with him not to retire after he almost single-handedly dismantled Brazil in the quarter-finals.
But after his final fall from grace how will Zidane, voted the best European player of the last 50 years by Uefa in 2004, be remembered in France?
Xavier Rivoire of France Football magazine told BBC Sport: "He was an amazing player but at the same time I believe what he did against Italy is also what he will be remembered for.
"There is a history of violent conduct - it's not the first time he has been expelled, it has happened many times before.
"He will be remembered for all the good things has done but for many people he can never be put at the level of (1980s legend) Michel Platini because of Sunday night."
France's president Jacques Chirac did not totally agree, preferring to remember Zidane for what he had done for the country and displaying "the greatest human qualities".
And French fans also turned up in their thousands to cheer Zidane as well as the team on their return to Paris on Monday.
But Sunday was still a final reminder of the human frailty of a player who so often looked like he was from another planet.
Story from BBC SPORT:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/spo...ce/5165296.stm
Monterrey, until unfortunately (rather fortuneatly for me cuz then he woulda never met my mom and I woulda never been born) he blew out his knee. So it didnt last long.
Zidane headbutted somone. And a couple WCs ago he stomped on a player. Whos the disgrace??
France was dominating, so if he was that final minutes on the field they probably would score.
I heard that Materazzi called Zidane's MOTHER a "dirty terrorist" (but his language was not that clean). In any case, this was a poor and costly reaction to verbal taunting. He lost the game for his team. And he could have killed Materazzi or himself. There have been several baseball players who died from being hit in the sternum with a hit baseball because it stops their heart. He could have killed him or caused serious damage to his heart. He also could have caused himself a head injury. Stupid. Immature. Sensationalist. Uncalled for.
But, what are they gonna do, suspend him? Wasn't that Zidane's last game?
It was dirty.
It bothers me that everyone says that France lost because of Zidane's ejection. It really cheapens the Italian victory and their effort. There's absolutly no guarantee that France would have won had Zidane stayed. If it did go to pk's, Zidane probably would hae scored. However, that guy who missed probably would have still missed, or someone else could have missed. I mean, Italy made all of their pk's. And its also sad that Zidane's outburst, which was uncalled for no matter what he was told, overshadowed the final itself. These guys are profesionals and get payed millions of dollars o keep their cool under pressure.
People are just jumping on whatever the next guy is saying. How the would they have won if Zidane stayed? You're banking on France scoring in the last 8 minutes with 10 Italy players falling back to defend? Did you even watch the game?
On top of that, the two people you'd expect Zidane to replace (Abidal or Sagnol -- both Sidebacks) scored. So Zidane scoring (if he would've) is irrelevant. I mean if you wanna critcize his actions, fine. But don't add some stupid just to add drama.
Counting on France to get a goal in the last 8 minutes of a Cup Final against a side that conceded only an own goal and a goal on a penalty over the course of the entire tournament. I'm skeptical.
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