World Cup Butt Head

For those of you who watched the final yesterday and are wondering why Zidane possibly ended his career last night with an ignomious head butt to the chest of Materazzi, the Italian papers are reporting that Materazzi called him a "terrorista". It's a fairly common sarcastic remark these days in Italy and is said more to friends than anyone else (I've been called it a few times myself...), although one can understand how the sarcasm might be lost on someone born in Algeria after the riots in France. Interesting how world events such as the so-called War on Terror impinge upon the field of play.

Update: Now the Italian press is reporting their source for the "terrorista" comment was a report on the UK's Guardian web site, which has since been withdrawn. Now I'm seeing reports that Materazzi may have called Zidane's mother a name or his sister a prostitute. I wouldn't be surprised to see if all the insults pan out -- sounds like the normal trash talking.