Interview Zidane Canal Plus France

Zinedine Zidane s'explique - Zidane il a parlé sur Canal Plus France

SPANISH:
"MATERAZZI INSULTÓ A LA MADRE Y HERMANA DE ZIDANE"
=> "No hay ningún pretexto por lo que he hecho", dice Zidane a Canal Plus.

Pero Zidane no quiere decir en detalle lo que Marco Materazzi le dijo el domingo en el terreno de juego, pero dice:
=> "Lamento el cabezazo que di a Materazzi, pero me agredió con palabras cortantes y soy de la opinión que el que insulta es el culpable. El insulto trataba de mi madre y hermana. Traté de no hacer caso a sus palabras, pero insistía".

Zidane declara que los insultos trataban sobre su madre y su hermana, y no que Materazzi lo haya llamado 'terrorista'.

=> "Quiero ser honesto; millones de televidentes fueron testigos de lo que hice y quiero pedir disculpas a todos los niños que vieron el episodio", dice Zidane.

Ahora Zidane espera que la FIFA castigue a Materzzi por haber provocado aquella acción.

ENGLISH:
French soccer star Zinedine Zidane apologized for head-butting an Italian opponent during the World Cup final, saying Wednesday that he was provoked by insults about his mother and sister.

"I apologize, to all the children" who watched the match Sunday, Zidane said in his first, highly-awaited comments about the act of violence that marked the end of his career.

Zidane did not specify exactly what Italian defender Marco Materazzi said that enraged him, but that it was insulting to his sister and mother.

"I would rather have taken a punch in the jaw than have heard that," Zidane said, stressing that Materazzi's language was "very harsh."

The France captain said he felt no regret for his act, "because that would mean (Materazzi) was right to say all that."

At nearly the same moment Zidane was appearing on French TV, excerpts from an interview that Materazzi gave to Italian sports daily Gazzetta dello Sport were posted on the newspaper's Web site.

"I didn't say anything to him about racism, religion or politics," Materazzi told the Gazzetta. "I didn't talk about his mother either. I lost my mother when I was 15 and even now I still get emotional talking about her. Naturally, I didn't know his (mother) was in the hospital, I give her my best wishes."

"He's always been my hero, I admire him a lot."

For days, sports fans around the world have been riveted by the question: What could Materazzi have said to set Zidane off? Media from Brazil to Britain hired lip readers to try to figure it out, then came up with different answers.

Materazzi has acknowledged he insulted Zidane, without giving specifics.

Materazzi spoke to Zidane in Italian. Zidane, who played for several years at Turin club Turin, speaks Italian.

Despite the head-butt, Zidane was awarded the Golden Ball award for best player at the World Cup _ though FIFA president Sepp Blatter has suggested Zidane could be stripped of the honor.

"The winner of the award is not decided by FIFA, but by an international commission of journalists," Blatter said in Italian newspaper La Repubblica. "That said, FIFA's executive committee has the right, and the duty, to intervene when faced with behavior contrary to the ethics of the sport."

In France, many have already pardoned Zidane, even without his explanation.

ITALIAN:
Non c'erano particolari contenziosi precedenti con giocatori italiani. Neanche con Materazzi. Il problema è sorto quando mi ha tirato la maglia. Gli dico di fermarsi aggiungendo "se vuoi la maglia te la do a fine partita". Ha detto parole molto dure che ha ripetuto più volte. Più dure dei gesti. Non ho riflettuto. E ho reagito in fretta. Sono cose personali, sono prima di tutto un uomo, preferivo prendermi un cazzotto in faccia che ascoltare questo. Ha offeso le donne della mia famiglia, madre e sorella. Mi scuso con i bambini che mi vedevano (ne ho anch'io) per la reazione che ho avuto". Se rifarei la stessa cosa? Ho detto quello che volevo dire. Si parla sempre della reazione. La reazione va punita, ma non ci sarebbe reazione se non ci fosse una provocazione. Il colpevole è chi provoca. A 10' dalla fine della mia carriera non avrei mai fatto un gesto simile, l'ho fatto perchè ho ricevuto una provocazione molto grave. Il mio gesto non è perdonabile, ma bisogna sanzionare il vero colpevole. Voglio solo dire che ringrazio il calcio e chi ha supportato me e la Francia. L'addio è irrevocabile".