There's countless questions on here regarding what was actually said to provoke *that* headbutt.... but what I want to know, is in what language was Materazzi speaking? He is Italian, Zidane is French, so what language did Materazzi use?
2006-07-11 08:11:37 · 30 answers · asked by rox 2 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
Italian. Zidane played for AC Milan for a while, so he knows how to speak Italian
2006-07-11 08:14:50 · answer #1 · answered by deathbear3 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
He played for Juventus for five years before signing for Real Madrid and he speaks fluent Italian. So Materazzi spoke in Italian and Zidane reacted.
2006-07-11 10:40:31 · answer #2 · answered by Gary S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BBC Radio Five Live asked for help from a deaf lip reader, Jessica Rees, who read the words phonetically to an Italian translator.
She deciphered the insult as being "you're the son of a terrorist whore" - a translation also carried by many national newspapers in Britain on Tuesday.
The BBC's Ten O'Clock News also called in experts to study the television footage of the incident and determined the following:
Materazzi's first word to Zidane was "no" before he then told him to "calm down".
He then accused him of being a "liar" and wished "an ugly death to you and your family" on the day the Frenchman's mother had been taken to hospital ill. This was followed by "Go f*** yourself".
2006-07-11 08:42:10 · answer #3 · answered by ahmed_mo2nis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Italian
2006-07-11 09:00:33 · answer #4 · answered by WrizzLe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it waS in italian and according to the bbc italian lipreader. materazzi said something about all his family dying a horrible death. apparently zidane had recently found out his mother was very ill (still no excuse) mind it has provided a brilliant example of why violence is stupid for my school group so in a way i am appreciative to zidane for throwing his reputation away so spectacularly.
2006-07-11 08:17:48 · answer #5 · answered by LR 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Italian, he said some bad words to him thats why he got mad, but that was no reason for Zidane to do that to Materazzi.... what a great player.... NOT!
2006-07-11 08:16:17 · answer #6 · answered by peruviangurly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it would be Italian, Zidane has played in Italian football for so many years, I am sure he has picked some words of the language.
2006-07-11 08:15:53 · answer #7 · answered by brogdenuk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Italian,Zidane speaks Italian as he played for Juventus for some time
2006-07-11 08:15:21 · answer #8 · answered by TAFF 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Italian. He was lip-read by an Italian lip-reader on the BBC news last night. Apparently he told Zidane to go forth and multiply or words to that effect!!
2006-07-11 08:16:29 · answer #9 · answered by Paul B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Italian....dont imagine Materazzi is smart sufficient to study yet another language...or he lives in a field that is end drawn from the very truth, he didnt recognize what an islamic terrorist became
2016-10-14 08:57:02 · answer #10 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋