materazzi/ zidane *update*

haha, who called it? (well, it wasn't just me; it was a bunch of people.) i knew materazzi must've said something snotty to zidane to get him to head-butt him. here's one blurb:

"Marco Materazzi admits he insulted Zinedine Zidane before the France captain head-butted him in the World Cup final. Materazzi denies calling him a 'terrorist.'

'I did insult him, it's true,' Materazzi said in Tuesday's Gazzetta dello Sport. 'But I categorically did not call him a terrorist. I'm not cultured and I don't even know what an Islamic terrorist is.'"

i'm still not convinced. what does "categorically did not call him a terrorist" mean? that sounds like a technicality thing. and plus, what the hell does that mean - "i don't even know what an islamic terrorist is"? i don't think there's anyone in the world who's been reading the news for the last few years knows what a terrorist is.

zidane spoke a little about it:

"French soccer star Zinedine Zidane offered apologies but no regrets Wednesday for brutally head-butting an Italian opponent in the World Cup final, saying he was spurred by cruel insults to his mother and sister.

Exactly what was said between France's captain and Marco Materazzi remains a mystery, however. Zidane never was specific about what enraged him. So, for the moment, the exchange stays between them.

'I would rather have taken a punch in the jaw than have heard that,' he told the Canal-Plus television network, stressing that Materazzi's language was 'very harsh,' and that he uttered the insults several times."

and now fifa is considering taking away his golden ball award. i went to fifa's website to write a note asking them not to take away his award, but when i went on the contact page, i couldn't find their email addy.

anyway, i'm probably almost over this debacle. hopefully the same can be said about the rest of the media; it's time to move on to something else.