Why did Zidane do it?

JUST what did Marco Materazzi say to Zinedine Zidane in Sunday’s World Cup final?

The question dominated the French and Italian media yesterday and a thousand water cooler conversations around the world after the French captain was sent off in the World Cup final — his last game before retirement — after driving his shaven head into the chest of Materazzi in the first period of extra time.

The Italians went on to win the tournament on a penalty shootout, while the best player of his generation lurked somewhere in the bowels of Berlin’s Olympic Stadium.