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In the 2006 World Cup Final
Italy was battling France and at the end of regulation the game
was tied. During the extra time occured one of the most memorable
sports moments (due to its shocking nature). Zidane was one of
the most respected soccer players in the world. It was his last
World Cup and would end his brilliant career, but in the 110th
minute of the World Cup Final Zidane and Materazzi had exchanged
words with each other and as Zidane had started to walk away Materazzi
said something to him that caused Zidance to turn around and headbutt
Materazzi square in the chest flooring the Italian to the grass.
He was given a red card and removed from the game leaving France
a man short on the field (Italy went on to win the game in penalty
kicks). The big question that everyone had was what had Materazzi
said to Zidance to provoke the headbutt. The media brought in
professional lip readers to try to answer this question. Appearantly
Materazzi was tugging at Zidane's shirt during the match. Zidane
had gotten fed up and told Materazzi "if you want my shirt
so much you can have it after the match" to which Materazzi
replied "I'd prefer your sister instead". When asked
Zidane said that Materazzi was talking about his mother and sister.
Materazzi denied saying anything about Zidane's mother, but did
admit to making comments about his sister, but said his comments
did not warrant an attack. One rumor was that Materazzi called
Zidane a 'dirty terrorist', a claim that Materazzi denied. |
