Sulla craniata mondiale di Zinedine Zidane, si muove anche la Fifa che
ha aperto un'inchiesta sulla testata rifilata a Materazzi nella
finalissima di Berlino. La madre di Zidane, in un'intervista al Mirror,
fa dichiarazioni pesanti: «Materazzi va castrato, voglio i suoi
testicoli sul piatto»
La Fifa intanto vuole «chiarire il più esattamente possibile le
circostanze che hanno determinato l'incidente». Di qui il via
all'inchiesta, che coinvolgerà i due protagonisti. Nello stesso
comunicato, la Fifa sottolinea che la testata di Zidane a Materazzi è
stata segnalata all'arbitro Horacio Elizondo, «tramite il sistema di
interfono, dal quarto uomo, lo spagnolo Luis Medina Cantalejo, che ha
potuto osservare direttamente l'episodio, senza aiuto di monitor, dalla
sua postazione al lato del campo».
La nota
ufficiale vuole rispondere a tutte le supposizioni dell'uso di una moviola o
comunque di immagini televisive per decidere l'espulsione del francese.
PERCHE' IL
PALLONE D'ORO A ZIDANE - La federazione calcistica internazionale spiega anche
come si è giunti a dare a Zizou il pallone d'oro nonostante il suo atto di
violenza. «Oltre 700 rappresentanti dei media», rileva la nota, «hanno scelto
Zidane, attraverso un'elezione condotta senza l'intervento della Fifa,
depositando le schede elettorali in un'urna rimasta aperta per 24 ore nel centro
stampa di Berlino. Non si conosce l'esatto numero di giornalisti che hanno
votato prima e dopo la finale perchè i voti sono stati contati soltanto al
termine della procedura».
LA STAMPA INTERNAZIONALE - Il gesto diZidane è stato unanimemente condannato
dalla stampa internazionale. Ma gli interrogativi su cosa abbia spinto il
fuoriclasse francese ad agire in quel modo occupano ampio spazio sulle edizioni
successive. «Cosa potrebbe aver detto Materazzi a Zidane?» si chiede per esempio
il britannico Daily Telegraph in prima pagina. «All'origine dell'espulsione, il
difensore dell'Inter è un habitué delle provocazioni» scrive il francese
Liberation. Insomma, condanna a Zidane, ma dall'estero puntano anche il dito sul
ruolo del difensore azzurro nella vicenda. In ogni caso il 61% dei francesi,
secondo un sondaggio, assolve Zizou. E il giorno dopo la grande delusione, i
giornali francesi puntano sulla «provocazione» italiana alla base del gesto di
Zidane. E ora la Fifa chiederà ai protagonisti di spiegare cosa è accaduto.
Opinioni dall'estero
Moment of madness from Zizou
What a way to go. We wanted one more golden moment from the golden boy of the
golden generation. Well we got one from Zinedine Zidane, and one more moment of
madness into the bargain. The man who has delighted fans from every country for
the last decade certainly made sure the last match of his career, in Berlin's
magnificent Olympic Stadium, will never be forgotten.
Zidane's breathtaking skill and talent for the unexpected were in evidence for
as long as he was on the pitch, 110 minutes to be exact. But there has always
been a bit of the Marseille streetfighter in the Frenchman.
Quite what Italy's Marco Materazzi said to him as they walked back to the centre
circle may never be known, but whatever it was, something inside Zidane snapped.
As the giant defender loomed over him, the French skipper delivered a headbutt
into his chest, and Materazzi went down like a felled tree.
Reputations
matters not to referee Horacio Elizondo - David Beckham and Wayne Rooney are
among those in his red-card book - and the best player of his era stalked off
the pitch looking moody, mean but not so magnificent. What should not be
forgotten among all the drama around Zidane is that it was Italy who had the
outstanding player of this World Cup, and thus it seems right that they should
had triumphed. That man was Fabio Cannavaro, the spring-heeled captain and
centre-back who, once more, was utterly awesome. Every player in that
Italian team should have shaken his hand and said 'thanks for winning us the
World Cup." Indeed, they probably did.
Would Zidane have made the difference had his control not deserted him? It meant
France were denied his services for the penalty shoot-out, but he had already
written his name indelibly into the annals of this final from the spot.
Florent Malouda had won the penalty in the seventh minute after Thierry Henry
headed on a long kick from Fabien Barthez. Malouda darted towards goal,
Materazzi stuck out one long, clumsy leg and Elizondo pointed to the spot.
It's your last-ever match in professional football, in the World Cup final no
less, so what you do? Chip the best goalkeeper in the world from the spot. Just
to make it more exciting you hit the crossbar and the ball bounces down over the
line and then out again. Fortunately the linesman spotted that it was indeed a
goal and saved the football world an orgy of recrimination.
Italy's salvation arrived from an unexpected quarter. France have the height to
deal with set-pieces but a trio of Andrea Pirlo corners created such havoc that
the French were fortunate to just concede the one goal. It was Materazzi, making
up for his previous misdemeanour, beating Vieira in the air to head firmly past
Barthez, and one heavily-tattooed arm was raised aloft.
The Inter Milan centre-back had another header cleared off the line and then
from the same source Luca Toni headed against the bar. If Italy had had
much the better of the first half, the French emerged from the dressing rooms
fired with a new desire in the second. Henry in particular, perhaps
realising that looking for a quick ball from Zidane is akin to waiting for Godot
- it's just not his style - started running at the Italians on his own and
caused major discomfort in the ranks of the Azzurri.
One fantastic run, in classic Henry fashion, took him past four challenges but
he could only direct a weak shot into Buffon's hands. Then the Arsenal
player sidestepped Fabio Cannavaro, and not many players can say they have done
that his World Cup, but his snapshot was well-saved by Buffon. Sensing
problems, Marcello Lippi toughened up his midfield - which was already pretty
tough - by the addition of Daniele de Rossi, fresh from his four-match
suspension for elbowing Brian McBride, and that at least stemmed the French flow.
Franck Ribery's one-two with Malouda almost paid off but the bright young hope
of French football missed the upright by a whisker. Zidane had one last
golden chance for the golden generation with a bullet header but Buffon
performed heroics, tipping the ball over at full stretch. Then came
Zizou's demise, a wretched if spectacular end, and when you saw Materazzi
walking up to take Italy's second penalty the writing was already on the wall
for France.
David Trezeguet, architect of Italy's downfall in the final of Euro 2000, missed
and Fabio Grosso, hero of the semi-final against Germany, struck the winning
kick before embarking on a wild sprint the length of the pitch, a picture of
pure ecstasy.
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LA STAMPA INTERNAZIONALE - Il gesto diZidane è stato unanimemente condannato
dalla stampa internazionale. Ma gli interrogativi su cosa abbia spinto il
fuoriclasse francese ad agire in quel modo occupano ampio spazio sulle edizioni
successive. «Cosa potrebbe aver detto Materazzi a Zidane?» si chiede per esempio
il britannico Daily Telegraph in prima pagina. «All'origine dell'espulsione, il
difensore dell'Inter è un habitué delle provocazioni» scrive il francese
Liberation. Insomma, condanna a Zidane, ma dall'estero puntano anche il dito sul
ruolo del difensore azzurro nella vicenda. In ogni caso il 61% dei francesi,
secondo un sondaggio, assolve Zizou. E il giorno dopo la grande delusione, i
giornali francesi puntano sulla «provocazione» italiana alla base del gesto di
Zidane. E ora la Fifa chiederà ai protagonisti di spiegare cosa è accaduto.
Reputations
matters not to referee Horacio Elizondo - David Beckham and Wayne Rooney are
among those in his red-card book - and the best player of his era stalked off
the pitch looking moody, mean but not so magnificent. What should not be
forgotten among all the drama around Zidane is that it was Italy who had the
outstanding player of this World Cup, and thus it seems right that they should
had triumphed. That man was Fabio Cannavaro, the spring-heeled captain and
centre-back who, once more, was utterly awesome. Every player in that
Italian team should have shaken his hand and said 'thanks for winning us the
World Cup." Indeed, they probably did.