Zinedine Zidane red card after a Confrontation with Marco Materazzi 2006 FIFA World Cup

Confrontation with Marco Materazzi
As Zidane and Italy defender Marco Materazzi were jogging up the pitch in close proximity of each other, they briefly exchanged words after Materazzi was seen tugging at Zidane's jersey before Zidane began to walk away from him. Moments later, Zidane suddenly stopped, turned around and rammed his head into Materazzi's chest, knocking him to the ground. Although play was halted, referee Horacio Elizondo did not appear to have seen the confrontation. According to match officials' reports, fourth official Luis Medina Cantalejo informed Elizondo of the incident through his headset.[15]

After consulting his assistants, Elizondo issued Zidane a red card in the 110th minute.[16][17] It marked the fourteenth overall expulsion of Zidane's career, and joined him with Cameroon's Rigobert Song as the only players ever to be sent off during two separate World Cup tournaments.[18] He also became the fourth player red-carded in a WC final, in addition to being the first sent off in extra time.[19]


[edit] Provocation
After video evidence suggested that Materazzi had verbally provoked Zidane, three British media newspapers claimed to have hired lip readers to determine what Materazzi had said, with The Times, The Sun and Daily Star claiming that Materazzi called Zidane "the son of a terrorist whore." Later, in 2008, The Sun and Daily Star tabloids made public apologies to Materazzi. The Times has yet to do so. [20] [21]

In his first public comments since the incident, Zidane only partly explained that repeated harsh insults about his mother and sister had caused him to react.[22] Materazzi admitted insulting Zidane, but argued that Zidane's behaviour had been very arrogant and that the remarks were trivial.[23][24] Materazzi also insisted that he did not insult Zidane's mother (who was ill at the time), claiming, "I didn't talk about his mother, either. I lost my mother when I was fifteen, and even now I still get emotional talking about her."

Zidane replied that Materazzi had seriously and repeatedly insulted his mother and his sister, adding that he would "rather have taken a punch to the face than hear that." He also apologized, but added that he did not regret his offence because he felt that this would condone Materazzi's actions.[25] Two months later, in continuing to assert the triviality of his comments, Materazzi publicly refused to apologise to Zidane, but stated his desire for reconciliation. He also offered his version of events, claiming that after he had grabbed Zidane's jersey, Zidane offered it to him sarcastically, and that he in turn replied to Zidane that he would prefer his sister.[26] Materazzi later stated in an interview that his precise words to Zidane were: "I prefer the whore that is your sister."[

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[scheveningue]

El comentarista ese es un subnormal. Dice que ese tipo de reacciones son normales en Zidane. Poco fútbol y poco Zidane a visto ese payaso.

AUPA ZIDANE!!!!

[ronaldojhon]

Esta final me pareció más interesante que la de España- Holanda

[krojas9]

el relator y chilavert son lo peor

[respect921]

He should of taken the cup and ran after he got the red card! Lol

[90alexcatalan]

who cares this world cup sucked anyway

[Scorch1zl33t]

I remember watching this match and leaving when Zidane got the red card. I was so angry, wow.

[TheSlayer23456]

In the end everyone can bitch but all Italy will say is we have the world cup bitch xD

[u229758]

@scheveningue Chilabert como comentarista es un patan de lo peor.

[hjihlhjlj]

moterazzi fuck you you don't know nothing about zidane then shut up moterazzi

[hjihlhjlj]

hijos de pu los comentaristas zidane no era asi es porque insultaron a su hermana i familia si no saven nada los comentarista porque hablan subnormales cerditos de mierda

[nething94]

zidane > italy