Zidane / Materazzi

It was not Zidane's first try!

2006-07-17T12:07:00.000+02:00

Materazzi says

2006-07-17T12:04:00.000+02:00

I doubt we'll ever know what Materazzi and Zidane said to each other on that 9th of July night.

Anyway, let your imagination flow and make the subtitles yourself :
http://www.materazzisays.com/

Materazzi heard by the FIFA

2006-07-14T12:10:00.000+02:00

Materazzi was heard in advance this morning by the FIFA. This early audition was requested by Materazzi because he wanted some vacation. No information was leaked and Zidane now has to be heard before a one-to-one confrontation on July 20th.

Marco Materazzi under investigation

2006-07-13T17:02:00.000+02:00

FIFA announced in a press release that an investigation was opened against Marco Materazzi.

Thursday, July 20th, both players will be heard by a commission and a decision will be announced later that day.

Soon in a store near you...

2006-07-13T09:50:00.000+02:00

The Shroud of... Berlin!

Zidane explains himself on French TV

2006-07-12T20:57:00.000+02:00

Zidane was interviewed on French's TV channel Canal+. After having reviewed the whole competition with the France team, he finally commented on the famous Materazzi knock-out.

He apologized for having given a bad example for young children. However, he didn't regret the headbutt. He didn't say if Materazzi's insults were racist, but insisted on the fact that it concerned his mother and his sister. Very "rough words" that were pronounced several times that explain -according to him- his burst of violence.

He confirmed that was his last professional match. And insisted again on the fact that Materazzi was guilty of having said those nasty words.

ILM-powered replay

2006-07-12T18:26:00.000+02:00

With sound and amazing visual effects, here comes a new version!

Sepp Blatter warns Zidane might lose his Best player award

2006-07-12T17:55:00.000+02:00

Wednesday, FIFA's president Sepp Blatter warned that the Best Player award given by international journalists might be taken back by FIFA "because of sport ethics".

A French lawyer wants to have the match cancelled

2006-07-12T17:41:00.000+02:00

According to Paris' AFP news agency, a French lawyer has decided to have a court decide whether the France-Italy should be replayed.

The subject brought to court concerns the alleged use of video made by the 4th referee to send Zidane off the field. "It could be considered as an illegal mean, therefore conclusions should be drawn", says the attorney.

FIFA officially stated that video was not used by the 4th referee.

Italy to be disqualified?

2006-07-12T11:47:00.000+02:00

A recent change in FIFA's Disciplinary Code (PDF) induces that the whole Italian team may be disqualified and lose the World Cup if Materazzi is charged with racial and/or religious slurs towards Zidane.

We'll follow up with this as soon as we know more about it...

BREAKING NEWS: Zidane to explain himself, tonight 8PM (GMT +1)

2006-07-12T10:38:00.000+02:00

The French press agency AFP was told that Zidane would be interviewed on Canal+ at 8PM (GMT +1). He will explain what happened on that 9th of July.

Source (FR)

Zidane does it again!

2006-07-12T10:34:00.000+02:00

Shockwave game

2006-07-12T10:32:00.000+02:00

Did you dream about it? It does exist now: the Shockwave game that lets you control Zidane and knock Materazzi off. Awesome!

The truth: How Zidane saved Materazzi

2006-07-12T00:10:00.000+02:00

Huge lol for this new version of the knock-out!

The famous video but a new angle

2006-07-11T17:51:00.000+02:00

Follow-up: Zidane will explain himself, French forgive him

2006-07-11T17:25:00.000+02:00

Interesting article from Time.com that sums up what we know about all the story.

Important things to note:

Zidane may explain himself on French television (Canal+) next week

Polls show that French people already forgive him for his unbelievable burst of violence

But all this is still speculation, we'll know more later, and we'll keep you updated of course!

FIFA to investigate the case

2006-07-11T17:22:00.000+02:00

"FIFA will open a disciplinary investigation into Zidane's conduct to enable it to clarify the circumstances surrounding the incident as exactly as possible," FIFA said in a statement.

Source

Materazzi's version of the story

2006-07-11T17:12:00.000+02:00

Read on the Times Online:

"It is absolutely not true," Materazzi said. "I did not call him a terrorist. I’m ignorant. I don’t even know what the word means. The whole world saw what happened on live TV."

I'm not sure whether this will bring sympathy toward him!

A NES port of the Zidane/Materazzi videogame

2006-07-11T17:11:00.000+02:00

How about an old-school version of the Zidane/Materazzi action?

Already a classic!

Lego version of the action

2006-07-11T17:08:00.000+02:00

Soccer fans are amazing!

See this Lego version of the knock-out. I can't wait for a full-animated version with multi-angle replays ;-)

A French blog filled with videos

2006-07-11T17:04:00.000+02:00

I found out another Zidane/Materazzi dedicated blog. Written in French, it features loads of videos with Materazzi doing all kinds of nasty defensive moves...

A must see !

Let the games begin!

2006-07-11T16:56:00.000+02:00

It didn't take long for creative minds to make out a video game about this epic fight!

Check it out for yourself, I guess it's the first of many more!

The animated GIF version

2006-07-11T16:53:00.000+02:00

The video that started it all

2006-07-11T16:28:00.000+02:00

A few words from Materazzi, Zidane turns back to him and... BANG !