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Italy "Matrix" Materazzi Reveals Zidane Insult
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Zinedine Zidane: "It was inexcusable. I apologies, but I can't regret what I did because it would mean that he was right to say all that. You hear them once and you try to move away. But then you hear them twice, and then a third time. I am a man and some words are harder to hear than actions. I would rather have taken a blow to the face than hear that. We always talk about the reaction, and obviously it must be punished. But if there is no provocation, there is no need to react. Do you imagine that in a World Cup final like that with just 10 minutes to go to the end of my career, I am going to do something like that because it gives me pleasure?"
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Marco Materazzi appeared before FIFA's disciplinary committee on Friday to answer questions about what he did to provoke Zinedine Zidane to head-butt him during Italy's World Cup final victory over France.
The Italian defender met with officials at FIFA's headquarters in Zurich on Friday morning, FIFA spokesman Nicolas Maingot said.
Maingot refused to provide any details of the meeting, which came one day after world soccer's governing body said it would open disciplinary proceedings against Materazzi.
Materazzi is being investigated based on statements by Zidane, who was sent off for ramming his head into the defender's chest in extra time of Sunday's final in Berlin.
Zidane said on French television Wednesday that Materazzi insulted his mother and sister. Materazzi has admitted insulting Zidane, but denied verbally attacking Zidane's mother.
Materazzi's agent Claudio Vigorelli said FIFA should only consider Zidane's reaction.
"His reaction was absolutely out of order, especially in a big game like the final, because it was his last game as a football player," Materazzi told the British Broadcasting Corp.
Vigorelli said any punishment toward Materazzi could create a difficult precedent, citing the case of Italy forward Francesco Totti, who was banned for three games for spitting at Denmark's Christian Poulsen during the 2004 European Championship.
"Totti was banned for four games, which was reduced to three, and nothing happened to Poulsen - this is absolutely a similar case," Vigorelli said.
"If they want to attack a player for what he keeps saying on the pitch, they will be very busy in the future because it's quite normal that players shout to each other in a game — especially when it's such a stressful game."
Zidane is scheduled to attend a FIFA hearing next Thursday. A decision is expected later that day.
FIFA has declined to comment on possible punishments for either individuals or teams.
Zidane has retired, but could be stripped of his award as the best player of the World Cup. Materazzi, however, could face a ban and fine.
Italy won Sunday's final 5-3 on penalties after the two teams were 1-1 after extra time.
Zidane - France's regular penalty taker - was sent off with 10 minutes of extra time remaining.
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President Jacques Chirac called Zinedine Zidane's head-butt in the World Cup final "unacceptable" on Friday, adding that something must have provoked it.
The French captain, playing his last match before retirement, was given a red card for ramming his head into Italian defender Marco Materazzi's chest in Sunday's World Cup final in Berlin. Italy won in a penalty shootout.
"His gesture was not acceptable," Chirac said in a speech on France's national holiday, Bastille Day. "That is obvious. He said so with great courage."
Zidane apologized to children in a French television interview Wednesday, but said he did not regret the incident because Materazzi had insulted his mother and sister.
Materazzi has admitted insulting Zidane, but denied that he verbally attacked his mother. The Italian player appeared before a FIFA disciplinary committee on Friday. Zidane is scheduled to appear next Thursday.
The president said an investigation by the world soccer body would show who is responsible and whether there was provocation.
"What is certain is that, for a man like Zidane — a man balanced in all respects — to have this type of reaction, there had to be something," Chirac said.
Chirac met Zidane on Monday at a team reception and called the French captain "a virtuoso, a genius of world football."
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Lilian Thuram reproached the blow on the head that Zinedine Zidane offered to Materazzi Frame during the end of the World-wide one, although recognized that the provoking attitude of the player ' azzurró damages the image of soccer. Already the ex- defense of France indicated, in an interview that will be published in the French magazine ' Them incorruptibles', that understood the reaction of Zidane, but that this one did not have to take place in the game land. "Materazzi insulted its family. I understand that Zidane reacted, but it did not have to be in the field, not in the field ", pointed the power station of the Juventus. Thuram recognized that the expulsion of the ex- player of Real Madrid did not affect, in its opinion, to the final result of the encounter in which Italy proclaimed campeona. "he committed an error and he knows it. To be honest, I do not believe that it affected the result. But, good, Zidane knows that she was victim of a trap ", added. In spite of admitting the failure of Zidane, the soccer player of the Juventus also criticized hard the behavior of Materazzi. "This type of players is a disease. It would not have to exist. Materazzi gives a negative image of soccer ", concluded.
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