Here's my theory:
Italians are well known for their means of pulling unfair techniques off the game. (remember the recent "match-fixing" scandals and mafia involvement). This is almost Sopranesque. Perhaps the Italians had put Z.Z. under threat ...if he did not take a dive, death awaited after the game was over with. Materazzi just came over to Zidane and reminded him, "Now is the time..." The rest is all history.
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