Claude,
I don't like Materazzi either.
In 1998 a stricker named Guivarch (I think he was from Bretagne) broke Cannavaro's face with his elbow. He deserved a red card, but nothing happened, maybe because the match was played in Paris. France won that match after the penalty kicks. Of course we weren't happy.
I think that Guivarch was a disgrace for the french football, but this does not change the fact that in 1998 France won the World Cup.
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