We may never know. Sigh…

July 13th, 2006 | Posted by PostmanE

In case you haven’t been following along, I’ve become slightly obsessed with the whole Zidane-Materazzi blowup. What can I say? When you see a man drop another with a head to the chest, it’s not something you can unthink easily. It must be pored over and worked through until a logical conclusion can be reached.

Unfortunately, Zidane had his chance to tell the world last night what was said, but refused. Well, he didn’t actually refuse - he just didn’t get into any detail:

“I was very seriously provoked,” said the 34-year-old French football captain, adding that Materazzi “said very hard words about my mother and my sister. I tried not to listen to him but he kept repeating them”.Zidane’s mother is reported to have been ill and taken to hospital in the run-up to the match. The Italian player repeated the insults “two or three times” and the third time Zidane reacted, he said.Sometimes words were harsher than actions and he would rather have been “punched in the mouth” than subjected to insults like that.But Zidane did not spell out what the “very serious” insults were.

Come on! At least give us something. OK - so your mother and your sister were involved, and he tweaked your nipple. Not cool, obviously. But you’re the only one that can set this straight! Like three different lip readers say Marco said like three different things! We need to know! Pleeeaase! You’re almost making Materazzi look, um, like a nice guy here:

Materazzi made a statement of his own, saying: “I didn’t mention anything about religion, politics or racism. I didn’t insult his mother. I lost my mother when I was 15 years old and still get emotional when I talk about it. Naturally, I didn’t know that his mother was in hospital but I wish her all the best.”

Alright. So we may never know what the insults were or whether they were that severe at all. But man. That head-butt. It will live on forever.

Also, in case you were wondering, Materazzi is kind of a bastard on the field. Check this video if you don’t believe. Gangsta.