Zidane, the truth and the shamed faces

Zinedine Zidane appeared on French TV last night to explain why he nutted Marco Materazzi in the final minutes of the World Cup final on Sunday.
According to the great player himself, there were no 'terrorist' slurs or racist abuse as many have claimed, but rather an insult to the women in his family.
Whether he still believes that was cause enough to get himself sent off and rob his team-mates of the opportunity to lift the World Cup only he will know, but the shamed faces should belong to all those who have shrilly claimed he must have assaulted Materazzi due to racist abuse, and there have been plenty who have desperately wanted that to be the case.
This thread on Comment Is Free (One of only a good half dozen on the subject, all condoning Zidane's actions in one way or another but mostly assuming racism was the cause) is a prime example of how hysterical, apologetic and downright fuckwitted some people are.