Read my lips --Zidane alert

[WHA73]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,28783-2263995,00.html

 

[terrier]

I don't care if the guy said his mother deep-throated bin Laden, he was a Zidane Fool to retaliate at that point.

 

[hockeybeat]

A friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend who knows a guy says...

That's all that story was. Pure speculation.

 

[Blitz]

Still, this is the most in-depth and thought-provoking analysis of the event that we've seen.
Good reporting, using what little current info can be mustered.
A good read.

 

[Twoback]

“If it were true, it would be a reprehensible act, which would not reflect the fair play that Italy and Materazzi himself showed during the tournament,” Riccardo Villari, a centre-left MP, said. “It would risk uselessly inflaming passions and creating tensions.”

Fair play?
I guess he missed that little U.S.-Italy match, huh?

 

[HC]

Quote of the day:

“It is absolutely not true,” Materazzi said. “I did not call him a terrorist. I’m ignorant. I don’t even know what the word means. The whole world saw what happened on live TV.”

 

[Columbo]

Quote of the day:

“It is absolutely not true,” Materazzi said. “I did not call him a terrorist. I’m ignorant. I don’t even know what the word means. The whole world saw what happened on live TV.”

said THROUGH AN INTERPRETER

 

[HC]

Quote of the day:

“It is absolutely not true,” Materazzi said. “I did not call him a terrorist. I’m ignorant. I don’t even know what the word means. The whole world saw what happened on live TV.”

said THROUGH AN INTERPRETER

I realize that. That's what I thought made that funny. But still, "I don't know what that word means" ... come on.

 

[Football_Bat]

Technically, I suppose, Materazzi did NOT call ZZ a terrorist.

He called his mother one.

A big difference. :

 

[kingcreole]

Technically, I suppose, Materazzi did NOT call ZZ a terrorist.

He called his mother one.

A big difference. :

You know, there are a lot of folks here who think no matter what was said to Zidane, he didn't have to headbutt Materazzi said. I agree Zidane shouldn't have done what he did, but if it was a racist remark, there's no room for that ****. Little sets most people off like racist remarks, and I'm sure Zidane is no different.

 

[Twoback]

There is no room for that.
So what do you do? You play out the rest of the game, then inform FIFA what Matarazzi said, and then he gets suspended.
No defense for what Zizou did. None. Otherwise, crappy players on every team in every sport would be sent out to say vile things to star players and receive the reaction that you claim is natural.

 

[Prep_desk_junkie]

Not sure if this has been posted, but Materazzi speaks
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=373706&cc=5901

 

[Almost_Famous]

MM - Idiot. He probably said some nasty **** to ZZ.

BUT, you're ****ing joking if you think whatever he said warranted a HEADBUTT in the middle of overtime OF THE WORLD CUP FINALS.

Most of us have played sports in some fashion. There has been trash talking. Maybe cheap shots. BUT you cannot lose your cool and flip out like ZZ did. Disgusing a trip? Go for it. Maybe in the penatly area, while jockeying for position on a penalty kick, you throw an elbow.

But you cannot lose your cool.

ZZ is at fault here, no if, ands, or buts.

 

[novelist_wannabe]

And it happened in the same event where the pre-competition hype was about quelling racist displays. Nice.

 

[Starman]

It doesn't matter what Materazzi said.

You LET IT GO, win the game, then clobber the mother****er around the head and neck with a nice shiny blunt instrument, such as the World Cup, and set off the Great-Grandmother of all postgame riots. You do whatever you want when the game is done, but you do not get yourself thrown out of a world championship game in overtime. One of the most idiotic moves in the history of sports.

 

[Almost_Famous]

And if anyone thinks this was a dive by Materazzi, that's laughable.

This was an unprovoked attack, he had no clue it was coming, and he was DECLEATED by a headbutt.

 

[Chuck~Taylor]

It doesn't matter what Materazzi said.

You LET IT GO, win the game, then clobber the mother****er around the head and neck with a nice shiny blunt instrument, such as the World Cup, and set off the Great-Grandmother of all postgame riots. You do whatever you want when the game is done, but you do not get yourself thrown out of a world championship game in overtime. One of the most idiotic moves in the history of sports.

Yes, but you have to understand that he was just in the moment. I don't know if anyone realized this, but Italy played very dirty the whole match(My opinion). And I would bet that they were saying the things to Zidane the whole match too. This all goes back to the "racism in soccer" thing. I remember I saw something on OTL about how Spain's coach saying racist things about Theirry Henry. He said things like "Get that black etc." and other things of that nature. There also other times were German fans held the Nazi flag during games. Going back to Zidane's situation, was it right for him to headbutt him like that? No, but you have to understand why he did it.

 

[beefncheddar]

Going back to Zidane's situation, was it right for him to headbutt him like that? No, but you have to understand why he did it.

What I understand is that Zidane, in the single biggest match many of his teammates will ever play in their lives, took a cheapshot at a guy and got caught. And it's not out of the realm of possibility that his foul cost his team the World Cup.

Hard to come up with anything more selfish than that. You want a piece of the guy? Bust his ass after the game is over.

 

[Prep_desk_junkie]

And if anyone thinks this was a dive by Materazzi, that's laughable.

This was an unprovoked attack, he had no clue it was coming, and he was DECLEATED by a headbutt.

Italians taking a dive?