Zidane's behaviour in the Final

[charliebinn]

Originally Posted by Cane_The9lives

Did you even watch the match?

He had injured his arm/s during the waning minutes of regulation, he almost left the game then, but he's strong, he fought through it.

And since your arms, are not as neccisary as your feet are.....he decided to continue playing.

I just like everybody else am a little surprised by zidanes behavior.....but whatever the italian said, it must have been bad.

If he had said somthing very offensive, that was personal to me......i cant say i would not have done the same thing.

Although im sure france wished he had ignored the bloke.
They really could have used him in penalty kicks.

Actually if you were looking... he only injured one arm... why not use the other one?

[fieldy3000]

too bad zidane didn't go for the face

[DarkDays]

Least Zidane still got the Golden Ball award =D

[Toruxxx]

I just heard on the News over here that Materazzi supposedly said "I slept with your mother last night. She is a Algerian whore" something along those lines. Now i just heard he said "Your a son of a terrorist whore" we will prolly get loads of shit that was supposedly said now lol.

[vi3tstah]

i wonder if zidane never headbutted the guy would france win or lose

[xpack67]

Originally Posted by Haohmaru

For the ones who didn't see it http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/1504/zidane9uh.gif

[Cane_The9lives]

Originally Posted by charliebinn

Actually if you were looking... he only injured one arm... why not use the other one?

Here is a quote"He had injured his Arm/s"

notice the Arm slash, s?

Meaning one or the other.


And to your question, depending on which arm he injured......perhaps that was his dominent arm.

So if he was a righty, and if that was the arm he injured.....a left punch might be awkward.

But materazzi is dirty as fuck, he deserved what he got.
He had been pushing zidane around all night.

[DarkDays]

Is it true that this was the first red card (or any foul) given via the recorded replay?

[fieldy3000]

http://www.break.com/index/zidane_head_butt_game.html

and i think it was given because of the linesman

[Cane_The9lives]

Originally Posted by DarkDays

Is it true that this was the first red card (or any foul) given via the recorded replay?

The officials claim that the redcard was not given after a replay of the headbutt, but of the notification of another ref, of what happened.(this is possible, the ref in charge did have 1 second discussion with, an outside official....but with such a short conversing time.....it leads me to believe the official, saw the replay..and simply went to the other official.....to agree to give zidane a redcard, and make it seem like he was discussing the matter.)

But i dont buy it, that conversation was over faster than it started.
he saw the replay.

[Toruxxx]

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[Luffy]

LOL, the irony. Zidane still gets golden ball.

[San Goku]

^

I'm glad he got it, although it should of been someone from the championship team, unless it was completly evident that that player out played everyone by so far that he had to get it.

And those clips above me are fucking hularious. Is that him comming out of the trenches, roaldfadfhfjdhskf

I have my pic of Zidan in my sig.

[SSJ7 Goku]

Cannavaro should have won it.

[superbob]

LOL at all the gifs that people are putting up.

anyways, i agree with cain on this, it looked like they both, as in the refs, exchanged like two words, causing me to believe that they used the replay, even though that is illegal by fifa's standards.

this event will be cause for controversy for a little while.

[Denny Crane]

they didnt show the replay of the incident in the stadium
the only official to have seen it is the fifth official

[SamsonW]

the cruel irony is that Zidane didn't use his head before he used his head :/ Although I'm sad he didn't retire happily winning the World Cup, I'm really glad he won the golden shoe award

[Shaheerrahman]

Ya what Zidane did was completely wrong. What a way to end his career. Materazzi had to say something so severe to provoke Zidane like that. Anyway he's still an amazing soccer player and will be remembered hopefully for his skills and not his headbutt.

[lokes]

Materazzi admits to insulting Zidane

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...373706&cc=5901

Marco Materazzi has admitted he insulted Zinedine Zidane prior to the head-butt which earned the Frenchman a red card in Sunday's World Cup final.


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Materazzi hits the deck after 'the head-butt'

Zidane lost his cool during extra-time in Berlin and charged at Italy defender Materazzi, butting him in the chest.

Theories have abounded as to what Materazzi might have said to provoke such a response and the former Everton defender concedes he did make an offensive remark.

Materazzi, 32, told Gazetta dello Sport: 'I held his shirt for a few seconds only, then he turned to me and talked to me, jeering.

'He looked at me with a huge arrogance and said, 'If you really want my shirt I'll give it to you afterwards'. I replied with an insult, that's true.'

Materazzi has not elaborated on what he did say, but one report suggested he responded with: 'I'd rather take the shirt off your wife'.

He has denied, however, some of the more vile insults referring to his wife or sister or calling him a terrorist.

'It was one of those insults you're told dozens of times and that you often let fall on a pitch,' Materazzi said.

'I did not call him a terrorist. I am not a cultured person and I don't even know what an Islamist terrorist is.'

He added: 'For me the mother is sacred, you know that.'

The incident marked an unsavoury end to Zidane's career, especially as France went on to lose the match on penalties. The 34-year-old had said he would retire after the tournament.

Zidane himself is yet to speak on the incident but his agent yesterday claimed the reaction was due to a 'very serious' comment.

Suggestions that Materazzi's remarks may have been vile or racist in nature have raised the issue of whether he should face some sort of retrospective action himself.

Tournament organisers FIFA have given no indication they might pursue such a line but English referees chief Keith Hackett sees no reason why such a principle should not be established.

Hackett told BBC Radio Five Live: 'They are reluctant to take action after the game but here is a situation where, if there is proof, for the good of the game