Please could you give me more information about Materrazi of Italy and Zidane of France both soccer stars?

Question

During the world cup tournament at Germany the two soccer stars had a problem on the field which led Zinedine Zidane of France buttheading the Italian soccer star Materrazi. i learnt they were taken to court. i want to know how far the case is going.

Answer 1

thats what really happened:


In the 110th minute of the World Cup final against Italy, Zidane was sent off for headbutting Marco Materazzi in the chest in an off the ball incident. The two players exchanged words before Zidane began to walk away from him. Materazzi then said something to Zidane, who turned around, made a run-up and head-butted Materazzi in the chest, sending him to the ground. Although play was halted, referee Horacio Elizondo did not appear to have seen the confrontation. According to match official's reports, Fourth official Luis Medina Cantalejo informed Elizondo of the incident through his earphones. After consulting his assistant referees, Elizondo showed Zidane the red card and sent him off.

Since video footage suggested that Materazzi had provoked Zidane, newspapers had lip readers try to determine what Materazzi had said, coming up with a variety of insults. In his first, highly awaited comments since the World Cup final, the French soccer star only partly explained what caused him to react in fury and head-butt an Italian opponent: repeated harsh insults about his mother and sister.[14] Materazzi admitted insulting Zidane, but said that Zidane's behavior had been very arrogant. He stressed that the insults had been trivial.[15][16] Zidane later stated that Materazzi had seriously and repeatedly insulted his mother and his sister and that he would "rather have taken a blow to the face than hear that". He also apologized to viewers, particularly children and educators, but said that he did not regret his offence because he felt that this would condone Materazzi's actions.[17] Two months later, in continuing to assert that his comments had been trivial, Materazzi refused to apologize to Zidane, but stated his desire for reconciliation. He also offered his version of events, claiming that after grabbing Zidane's shirt, Zidane had sarcastically offered it to him, and that he replied to Zidane that he would prefer his sister.[18]

In light of Zidane's statements, FIFA opened disciplinary proceedings to investigate the incident.[26] FIFA also affirmed the legality of Horacio Elizondo's decision to send Zidane off, rejecting claims that fourth official Luis Medina Cantalejo had illegally relied on video transmission before informing Elizondo about Zidane's misconduct.[27] As a result of its investigation, FIFA issued a CHF5000 fine and a two-match ban against Materazzi, while Zidane received a three-match ban and a CHF7500 fine. According to FIFA, both players had stressed that Materazzi's comments had been defamatory, but not of a racist nature. Since Zidane was already retired at the time, he voluntarily served three days of community service on FIFA's behalf, as a substitute for the three-match ban.[28]

hope that helped

Answer 2

The case was closed. They both excuses each other on tv, Materazzi said that what zidane did was unnecessary, and zidane said he offended his family's women.

Btw Materazzi had to pay an ammount (dont remember when) to FIFA, Zidane had to pay too and addictionally he was disqualified for 2 or 3 games with the national team (but as long as he left soccer playing he didnt care so much...)

hope i was helpful

Answer 3

Materazzi did some trash talking, about Zidane's sister, and Zidane let the testosterone get the better of him. They were both fined. Zidane because he did an unsportsmanlike thing and a criminal act of assault, and Materazzi because he did an unsportsmanlike thing and they wanted to be politically correct.

Answer 4

Both of them are fined. Zidane was made to do community work. Cuz he had retired and cant have match ban. As for matarazzi, he got a 3 match ban.