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Originally Posted by Pinhead
As for the language barrier, it's not like France and Italy are very far apart, geographically or linguistically. And the guy presumably knew going in that he'd spend a lot of time marking Zidane - it's not like NFL players are the only ones who spend time preparing trash-talk during the week prior.
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French and Italian are far from mutually intelligible. However, as I noted previously, Zidane spent 5 seasons with Italy's top club, so he likely knows some Italian, and certainly the "bad" words. Thierry Henry, another French player (and victim of earlier racist remarks by a former Spanish national team coach), is captain of Britain's Arsenal club, and speaks excellent English.