The reason for the headbutt

Now this seems like a reason that could invite a violent act of rage that we saw!
If this is true, then in my opinion, Materazzi got away light. He deserved a lot more.

Materazzi repeated dirt-talk can arise from only two reasons:-
1) Zidane had participated in a verbal duel with him: if this is the case then Zidane's act is inexcuzable, but from what i saw on the telly i dont think Zidane said much, if anything at all...
Or,
2) This was a part of a deliberate plan of the Italians to make Zidane do something stupid with the penalty kicks just round the corner. If this is true, then I am sorry to say that they might have won the trophy but they definitely lost all respect as sportsmen from me.
As i said before, there has got to be some line after which the shit talk should stop.

All my sympathies with Zidane, and i definitely dont blame him for losing his cool after such a comment for his ailing mother.

P.S: Suhel of Inquizzitive Google has linked to my Zidane article here. He had asked all the members of Inquizzitive to post come comments/remarks on the match, the red card and Zidane. It makes for a pretty nice read [Yup, now you know where i got that beautiful Zidane wallpaper from]