{"id":1148,"date":"2006-07-11T08:47:02","date_gmt":"2006-07-11T08:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=1148"},"modified":"2006-07-11T08:47:02","modified_gmt":"2006-07-11T08:47:02","slug":"2006-7-11-what-did-materazzi-tell-zidane-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=1148","title":{"rendered":"What did Materazzi tell Zidane?"},"content":{"rendered":"
One possibility, as reported by the AP<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Paris-based anti-racism advocacy group SOS-Racism issued a statement Monday quoting “several very well informed sources from the world of football” as saying Materazzi called Zidane a “dirty terrorist.” It demanded that FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, investigate and take any appropriate action.<\/p>\n

FIFA, which reviews all red cards at the World Cup, would not comment on the specifics.<\/p>\n

“This is a disciplinary matter now. I can’t give any statements now,” FIFA spokesman Markus Siegler said.<\/p>\n

Materazzi, meanwhile, was quoted as denying the terrorist comment<\/p>\n

“It is absolutely not true, I didn’t call him a terrorist, I don’t know anything about that,” the Italian news agency ANSA quoted Materazzi as saying when he arrived with his team at an Italian military airfield.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lying mafiosi…<\/p>\n

Update: <\/strong>The Times<\/a> adds:<\/p>\n

With many conflicting versions of events circling on the internet and in the world’s media, The Times enlisted the help of an expert lip reader, Jessica Rees, to determine the precise nature of the dialogue that caused Zidane to react in such a manner.<\/p>\n

After an exhaustive study of the match video, and with the help of an Italian translator, Rees claimed that Materazzi called Zidane “the son of a terrorist whore” before adding “so just f*** off” for good measure, supporting the natural assumption that the Frenchman must have been grievously insulted.
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Update 2: <\/strong>See below for SP’s comment on a Le Monde article that suggests Zidane’s sister may have been insulted, as well as his mother. These Italians know no boundaries… Also, check out this<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One possibility, as reported by the AP<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Paris-based anti-racism advocacy group SOS-Racism issued a statement Monday quoting “several very well informed sources from the world of football” as saying Materazzi called Zidane a “dirty terrorist.” It demanded that FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, investigate and take any appropriate action.
\nFIFA, which reviews all red cards at the World Cup, would not comment on the specifics.
\n“This is a disciplinary matter now. I can’t give any statements now,” FIFA spokesman Markus Siegler said.
\nMaterazzi, meanwhile, was quoted as denying the terrorist comment
\n“It is absolutely not true, I didn’t call him a terrorist, I don’t know anything about that,” the Italian news agency ANSA quoted Materazzi as saying when he arrived with his team at an Italian military airfield.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lying mafiosi…
\nUpdate: <\/strong>The Times<\/a> adds:<\/p>\n

With many conflicting versions of events circling on the internet and in the world’s media, The Times enlisted the help of an expert lip reader, Jessica Rees, to determine the precise nature of the dialogue that caused Zidane to react in such a manner.
\nAfter an exhaustive study of the match video, and with the help of an Italian translator, Rees claimed that Materazzi called Zidane “the son of a terrorist whore” before adding “so just f*** off” for good measure, supporting the natural assumption that the Frenchman must have been grievously insulted.
\n<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


\nUpdate 2: <\/strong>See below for SP’s comment on a Le Monde article that suggests Zidane’s sister may have been insulted, as well as his mother. These Italians know no boundaries… Also, check out this<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}