In what language were they talking?

What did Marco Materazzi say to Zinedine Zidane? We still don't know.

But Materazzi told Gazetta dello Sport that it wasn't anything about Zidane's mom. "For me the mother is sacred," he said, through a translator.

But Zidane, who was angry at Materazzi grabbing his jersey (and possibly pinching the flesh underneath), reportedly said, "If you really want my shirt, I'll give it to you afterward."

That reportedly prompted Materazzi to say: "I'd rather take the shirt off your wife."

So, here's what we know.

For Materazzi, mothers are sacred. But wives aren't.

Until those wives become mothers, that is.

Comments

Anonymous said…
I'd like to Materazzi to just come out and tell us what he said. He's admited it was an insult, but "It was the kind of insult you will hear dozens of times and just slips out of the ground."

BBC hired a deaf lip reader who speaks Italian to watch the video. She claims Materazzi said: ""you're the son of a terrorist whore"

Another expert said he wished Zidane "an ugly death to you and your family" (apparently Zidane's mom is in the hospital)
July 11, 2006
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