I will like to know what actually provoked Zidane into headbutting materazi
2006-07-11 00:49:30 · 8 answers · asked by wole m 1 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
Because Materazi insulted his mother and sister using bad words. I will do the same or worse if I was Zidan. Materazi was lucky Zidan didn't let him injured for life and out of football.
2006-07-13 12:14:23 · answer #1 · answered by Dejan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's official Materazzi told twice:
b****h b****h refered to Lila the sister of Zidane and something else about it. It is confirmed both from lips reading and Materazzi's conference.
At least Zidane hadn't a gun!
2006-07-11 08:04:53 · answer #2 · answered by dax74 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Materazzi called him a Muslim terrorist, and his mother a prostitute. It's important to know that Zizou's mum is very ill, in the hospital, and I think that's why he lost his temper. He did a mistake accting like that, but it's a human being...Mistakes are normal, and so is forgiveness...So let's remember of him as a great player, ok?
2006-07-11 07:58:34 · answer #3 · answered by me-sama 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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. I can't give any statements now," FIFA spokesman Markus Siegler said.
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 neighborhood of Marseille, where fouls and insults are met with instant retribution.
Perhaps he could never shake off that you-or-me mentality.
2006-07-11 07:54:04 · answer #4 · answered by watshername 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two words... Anger Management
2006-07-11 08:04:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
JUST SOME TRASH TALK...ZIZOU COULDN'T HANDLE IT LIKE A MAN...IGNORE IT, PLAY YOUR GAME, WIN AND TAKE HOME THE CUP..THAT IS A BIGGER SLAP IN THE FACE THAN ANYTHING MATERAZZI COULD HAVE SAID...
2006-07-11 07:53:12 · answer #6 · answered by juanes addicion 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't matter, he shouldn't of headbutt the guy. He goes home a double loser....
2006-07-11 07:55:09 · answer #7 · answered by David M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah this question is boring now. No more everybody please.
2006-07-11 08:06:03 · answer #8 · answered by Teacher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋