Zidane was called a "dirty terrorist" by Italien player, cause for headbutt

"An anti-racism pressure group has claimed that Italian defender Marco Materazzi called Zinedine Zidane a "dirty terrorist" prior to the Frenchman's red card in Sunday's World Cup final, very ironic considering the Germany 2006 message "Stop racism in football"."

Zidane blames Materazzi insults (BBC)

" Zidane blames Materazzi insults  —  Zinedine Zidane's agent says the France captain headbutted Marco Materazzi in Sunday's World Cup final because the Italian made a "very serious" comment.  —  Zidane appeared to react to something that was...

ZIDANE ZIDANE ZIDANE

"NES Zidane A fairly accurate recreation of the World Cup final. Also, ze headbutt explained."

World cup, media regulations and China's Internet giants

"SHANGHAI (MarketWatch) -- Soccer's World Cup tournament has continued to dominate all of China's media, and investors can look forward to a slew of proclamations about user statistics early this week ..."

Did Materazzi call Zidane a terrorist or not? Either way, Gallas wants to sma...

"Who Ate all the Bratwurst - French sports newspaper L'Equipe has speculated that Marco Materazzi may have called ZZ a terrorist. This is unfounded speculation – let's be very clear about that – but it certainly adds fuel to the fire, as does the continued silence of...

Why You Must Go in 2010

"Soccerphile World Cup Blog - There are two broad types of fans, those who attend matches in the flesh and those who don't. OK, it is impossible to get tickets these days to Premiership games so one is forced back into the armchair with the remote control and a PC to mull...

Golden Head? for Zidane?

"dcsundevil - So Zidane won the golden ball for the best player of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. I would say that minus the head butt, he deserves it. The terrible thing is that no one will remember his beautiful play against the Brasilians, or how he was playing against the...

Adidas Golden Ball goes to Zinedine Zidane

"World Cup Corner - The midfield maestro Zinedine Zidane won the adidas Golden Ball at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany. Despite he was sent from the field, for butting Marco Materazzi in the chest, French No. 10 was voted the best player at 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany."

10 Things to remember about Germany 2006

"Who Ate all the Bratwurst - The World Cup is over for another four years (sob, sob). All we have left is the memories - unless you are Italian in which case you have the trophy too. But back to the memories, here are 10 things to remember Germany 2006 by. Feel free to post...

Game Over

"The Soccer Daily - Credit Marcelo Lippi. His tactics in the final were what you would expect from a coach of that standard, the equivalent of Ali's rope-a-dope."

Time to move on...

"TriSoccerFan - Now that the World Cup is over, I wanted to take a minute to say "hello" and "nice to meet you" to all the great folks I met out at the Fox and Hound and other pubs around the Triangle area during the World Cup."

Arena disciples bite back

"ThroughBall.com - I’ll admit it; when Ghana sent the U.S. packing, I was angry. I directed the bulk of my anger at Bruce Arena. Since that time (I posted my article approximately 15..."

Mystic Materazzi

"Who Ate all the Bratwurst - Marco Materazzi, quoted before the World Cup final: 'We have players that can mark Zidane, like Gattuso… There's no need to charge him up, otherwise he is capable of splitting the world in two.' Oops."

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