Word: materazzi
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...precedent of a referee using video in soccer - and it happens to infuriate French fans, to boot. Toward the end of the 2006 World Cup final, the assistant referee peeked at a television monitor to witness a replay of French star Zinedine Zidane head-butting Italian rival Marco Materazzi to the ground. Shocked at the violence - and ignoring FIFA rules forbidding use of replays - the assistant referee signaled the offense to his unsuspecting central official, who promptly slapped Zidane with a red card. Few have faulted that sanctioning of an outrageous foul that the official never actually...
...French capitulation and Italy's draw sets up a do or die repeat of the 2006 World Cup final between them next Tuesday - certainly without Zinedine Zindane and likely without his foil Marco Materazzi - while the Romanians take on the Dutch, who are through to the next round. A couple of draws and Romania advances...
...together." MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD, President of Iran, apologizing to students for allowing liberal and secular professors to remain in their posts at Iranian universities. He called for a faculty purge "I responded that I preferred his sister, it's true. It wasn't something nice, true." MARCO MATERAZZI, Italian soccer player, finally revealing what was said during the July World Cup final that provoked star French footballer Zinedine Zidane to head-butt him after he grabbed Zidane by the shirt and the Frenchman told him, "If you want, I'll give you the jersey later." "Calm down. Breathe. We hear...
...heartbreaking to see Italy's triumphant World Cup team on the cover instead of Zinédine Zidane and the French squad he led. Zidane was punished for head butting Marco Materazzi, [who] ... must have said something awfully offensive to provoke Zidane. Zidane cost France the World Cup title, but he still stands as a legend next to Pelé, Diego Maradona, Michel Platini and others. Mubarak Shamim Dhaka...
...great impact on everyone involved, both financially and emotionally. Kees van der Pligt Amsterdam It was heartbreaking to see Italy's triumphant World Cup team on the cover instead of Zinédine Zidane and the French squad he led. Zidane was punished for head butting Marco Materazzi, but what about Materazzi? Won't he be punished too? He must have said something awfully offensive to provoke Zidane. Zidane cost France the World Cup title, but he still stands as a legend next to Pelé, Diego Maradona, Michel Platini and others. Mubarak Shamim Dhaka I am so pleased that...