Video of Zidane's explanation : Lots of apologies with no regrets
By liza
Created 12 Jul 2006 - 9:11pm
BBC Radio 5 consulted a lip reading expert [1]. The expert claims she could decipher Materazzi telling Zidane he was the son of a terrorist whore.
It came down to this : The best soccer player in the world looses his head over not just any ethnic slur, but one of the most hideously political ethnic slurs anybody could use against a man of Middle Eastern ascendancy : son of a terrorist whore.
During his Canal+ interview Zidane did not repeat the words uttered by the italian player. He did apologize, epecially to the children, for his unforgivable reaction. Yet he did not express any regret : To do so would be to say he had every reason to say what he said.
Do you think that I would do something like that, during the last 10 minutes of my career ... that I would do something like that just because I felt like it? ... What I did was inexcusable ... but the one who provokes ought to be taken to task.
You can watch the Canal+ interview here and continue on to YouTube.com for part two [2].
More on his explanation at : ZIDANE SORRY FOR WORLD CUP HEAD-BUTT | News, Fixtures, Results, Match Reports, Stats [3]
Le Monde.fr : Zidane s'excuse mais ne regrette rien [4]
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