According to a lip-reading friend of mine, that's what Materazzi said to Zidane..!
I'd say that it was a reasonable reaction by ZZ under the circumstances.
It's a shame to see him bow out like that though.
He's a football god.
I'll remember his performance against Brazil long after I've forgotten the headbutt.
Anyway, my Italian brother-in-law Max had a great weekend.
A baby daughter and Italy winning the World Cup!
It doesn't get much better than that...
He watched the match in hospital with my sister but left to drive back into Edinburgh before the penalty shoot-out ; convinced that Italy's previous woeful record at penalties would continue.
My brother was staying in his flat in town, and "Wag" that he is, he told Max that Italy had indeed lost on penalties..and kept the story going for a few minutes...even describing the missed Italian penalties...before imparting the good news...! He is evil! mwhaaaa-ha-ha-ha (evil laughter).
It is interesting to read about all the theories about what was said to Zidane to make him completely lose the plot...
When the truth is out, it may seem quite tame.
The problem is that insults often don't have the same resonance in different countries.
For example, a Spanish granny might exclain "Oh You Cunt!", when she burns her finger doing the ironing, and no-one would bat an eyelid.
If my Granny had ever said that, I'd have collapsed in shock.
Also the alleged "Son of a prostitute" is a really common expression in Latin countries and isn't that big a deal.
No worse than "Son of A bitch" really, which you might hear someone say on the "A Team".
I can only assume it must be a racial slur.
If it is FIFA should come down on Materazzi like a ton of bricks.
The tournament has been punctuated with enormous "Kick Racism Out Of Football" banners, pre-match speeches condemning racism etc
This is all going to look pathetic if they don't react accordingly when racism is shown to take place on the pitch.
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