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  • The Zidane mystery: what set him off?

    07/10/2006 1:28:36 PM PDT · by Caravaggio · 44 replies · 739+ views
    Associated Press ^ | 07/10/2006 | Associated Press
    Berlin — Was it something he said? With France and Italy tied in extra time of Sunday's World Cup final, Zinedine Zidane head-butted Marco Materazzi in the chest and was ejected. France went on to lose on penalty kicks. The day after, still no one knew what the Italian defender might have said to the French star. "The Italians did everything they could do to provoke Zidane," France defender William Gallas said. Seconds before, Materazzi had grabbed a handful of Zidane's jersey just as a French attack on goal passed harmlessly by. The two exchanged words as they walked back...
  • Zidane sent off in extra time of World Cup final for headbutt

    07/09/2006 3:34:19 PM PDT · by SkyPilot · 167 replies · 5,322+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | 9 July 06 | JEROME PUGMIRE
    BERLIN (AP) -- Zinedine Zidane cut short his dazzling World Cup and closed his career with an ugly head butt -- and a loss. The France captain was given a red card for slamming the crown of his bald head into the center of Italy defender Marco Materazzi's chest after the two exchanged words while walking down the field in extra time. The game was tied 1-1 when Zidane was sent off, head bowed, in the 110th minute Sunday. Without their sharpshooting captain, France couldn't unlock Italy's defense and went on to lose in a shootout, 5-3. Zidane's strike was...
  • Italy are champions of the world! (breaking...)

    07/09/2006 1:50:48 PM PDT · by voletti · 50 replies · 1,311+ views
    abc tv ^ | 7/9/06 | self
    Yippie!!!