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Article: Zidane explains - partly - about what caused his violent World Cup outburst.
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- UNB - United News of Bangladesh
- Article date:
- July 13, 2006
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PARIS, JULY 13 (AP/UNB) - The Zinedine Zidane mystery is not quite solved yet.
In his first, highly awaited comments since the World Cup final, the France captain only partly explained what caused him to head-butt Italy's Marco Materazzi: Repeated harsh insults about his mother and sister.
But Zidane didn't go into specifics about what Materazzi said. Materazzi swears he never insulted Zidane's mother. And FIFA is still investigating.
Relaxed and soft-spoken, Zidane repeatedly apologized to fans - especially to children - in several interviews on Wednesday, three days after the abrupt, violent act prompted his sending ...