Materazzi: What's a terrorist?

[Scott]

From Sky Sports:

Italy defender Marco Materazzi has strenuously denied reports that he called Zinedine Zidane a 'dirty terrorist'.

The 32-year-old was responding to suggestions made by the Paris-based anti-racism group SOS Racism that he apparently used the phrase seconds before the France captain head-butted Materazzi in the chest in extra time.

Zidane was sent off as a result of his actions before the Azzurri went on to defeat Les Bleus 5-3 on penalties after a 1-1 extra-time draw in Sunday's World Cup final in Berlin.

SOS Racism claim well informed sources told them of what Materazzi allegedly said to the now-retired Zidane, but the Internazionale player denies making any such statement to the former Real Madrid man.

"It is absolutely not true, I did not call him a terrorist," Materazzi told Italian news agency Ansa.

"I'm ignorant. I don't even know what the word means.

"The whole world saw what happened on live TV."

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on the news before they spoke to some italian guy and they seem to think its more likely that materazzi said something to him about his mother who apparantly is ill and had gotten worse that morning so obviously zidane was going to react emotionallly to any sort of remark about her.

[Busby Boy]

I've heard the mother and the terrorist stories, don't know what to believe. But, for someone of Materazzi's age in these times it's ludicrous to claim you don't know what a terrorist is. Maybe it's a sign of his guilt, I don't know!

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mufcadz said:

I've heard the mother and the terrorist stories, don't know what to believe. But, for someone of Materazzi's age in these times it's ludicrous to claim you don't know what a terrorist is. Maybe it's a sign of his guilt, I don't know!

You're probably right - it's probably more to do with the fact that he is a lying bastard who is in the process of being found out......