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Sporting Press Cheers Italy's
World Cup Win
Costa Rica's sporting press on
Monday hailed Italy's World Cup
triumph, but felt regrets at
French midfielder Zinedine
Zidane, who was sent off for
headbutting Italian defender
Marco Materazzi.
All of Costa Rica's Spanish
language newspapers and Inside
Costa Rica ran front-page
pictures of Italian team lifting
the Trophy with headlines
including "Four-time winner
Italy" and "The Clouded
Triumph".
La Nación said that the final
could only have gone one way:
the Italians would win on
penalties after a game of much
calculation.
The paper described Zidane's
sending off as "a sad goodbye to
a footballing genius".
"Zidane the Wizard should have
been using his head to test the
ball-handling skills of (Italian
goalkeeper) Gianluigi Buffon.
But instead he used it for a
sneaky attack on Materazzi,
which could have no other
conclusion than a red card," the
newspaper commented.
Zidane's attack came after an
argument between the two during
which Materazzi reportedly
called Zidane, who is of
Algerian parentage, "a dirty
terrorist" and reportedly went
on to call his only sister Laila
"a whore".
French non-governmental
organization SOS Racism called
for the incident to be
investigated.
Al Día said: "It was a very low
class final. The Maestro clearly
attacked Materazzi. It was a
regrettable farewell."
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