, July 10 (Reuters) - France captain Zinedine Zidane was apparently
called a
"dirty terrorist" by Marco Materazzi before he head-butted the Italy
defender in Sunday's World Cup final, the anti-racism group SOS Racism
said
on Monday.
"According to several very well informed sources from the world of
football,
it would seem that the Italian player Marco Materazzi called Zinedine
Zidane
a 'dirty terrorist'," SOS Racism said in a statement.
Zidane, the son of Algerian immigrants, was shown a red card after the
incident and Italy went on to win on penalties after the match was tied
1-1
following extra time.
The Paris-based group called for an inquiry and said world soccer's
governing body FIFA had recently toughened sanctions against racism.
"It's for this reason that SOS Racism asks in a determined fashion for
FIFA
to shed light on this altercation and that sanctions laid out in the
official rules be applied should this be the case," SOS Racism said.
Neither Zidane nor Materazzi have spoken in public about what had passed
between them before the incident. French television reported that Zidane
would talk about the incident "in the coming days".
If this is true than that person should be banned from Soccer for atleast 1 year. Fifa heavily promoted " Say No To Racism" and on the biggest stage this happens. I am supporting Zidane in this and the other player should be banned for atleast 1 year.
If this is true than that person should be banned from Soccer for atleast 1 year. Fifa heavily promoted " Say No To Racism" and on the biggest stage this happens. I am supporting Zidane in this and the other player should be banned for atleast 1 year.
if this is true then yes, i think materazzi should be banned for a while as well
What Zidane did was stupid. Ya Materazzi was wrong but it was just trash talking trying to get under Zidanes skin and I guess it worked. Materazzi was wrong but Zidane should have just walked away. How did Zidane get the best player award? Fabio Cannevaro should have got it.
2. Dirty terrorist = n*gger, yet blacks didnt act out when called the world
3. You're from Canada, no crap you support the French stupidity.
1. First off all.. i am black my friend soo i dont know what you are talking about.
2.I do live in Canada but i was born and grew up in East African. I support France because half of the French team has African Born players or an African backgroun.
3. Goob you are a moron and yet again you prove that you always talk out of your ass and have nothing better to do. Now you can do you gay comedy lines and when you get off the computer go and grab the anti-depressing pills You Sad Loser.
The Words That Provoked Zidane
