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The Paris-based anti-racism advocacy group SOS-Racism issued a statement Monday quoting "several very well informed sources from the world of football" as saying Materazzi called Zidane a "dirty terrorist." It demanded that FIFA, soccer's world governing body, investigate and take any appropriate action.

FIFA, which reviews all red cards at the World Cup, would not comment on the specifics.

"This is a disciplinary matter now. I can't give any statements now," FIFA spokesman Markus Siegler said.

Materazzi, meanwhile, was quoted as denying the terrorist comment.

"It is absolutely not true, I didn't call him a terrorist, I don't know anything about that," the Italian news agency ANSA quoted Materazzi as saying when he arrived with his team at an Italian military airfield

Zidane nearly won the match with a late header after giving France an early lead with a penalty, taking two steps forward to slowly chip the ball into the air while goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon dived to his right.

It was his third goal of the tournament and sixth in the last 10 major tournament matches. He scored three at the 2004 European Championship.

Zidane's teammates had all wanted to help him to one last trophy. Failing that, they refused to kick him when he was down.

"For all that Zidane has done for the national team, you have to say 'Thank you and well done,"' said striker David Trezeguet, the only player to miss his penalty kick in the shootout.

Source: Yahoo News.

A friend just told me that Materazzi said something insulting about French Muslims and immigrants and that Zidane should be playing for Algeria and not France.

something must have provoked him. he wouldnt want his career to have a bad mark at least not on the last match. come on so many of us are posting and saying why zidane why did you do this. He himself knows this much more than any one of us. Why? Because he built up his career by himself....

the respect that i lost from Zidane, gained 10000% more after reading the article. anybody would loose his temper after that kind of comments. he hold up himself not punching the b**terd.

ari Zidane-er kono dosh nai. He was just showing Materazzi how he did the header that almost blasted the ball through Italy's net during the over time......ppl took it the other way.

i feel so sorry for him. lost interest in the match afterwards..