Was Zidane's act justifiable?

[lebanese Christian]

Nothing to say but zidane s act was completely idiot , aya ensen tabi3e bya3mel hek when he plays at a worldcup final ? no matter what Materazi told him but if he was an intelligent guy he shouldn t react like that , he could reply to him also by an insult but this hit from the head during a finale reflects nothing but stupidity .

[Regina]

No, Zidane's act was not justifiable at all.
What Zidane did was totally stupid. How can a player with his category, with such experience in these world cups, knowing this would be his last game and knowing he was important to his team, does such thing to the italian player?... He can play soccer very well but he is not smart.

I think he also disappointed himself, his team and his country. Like caramel said, he is team's captain, he should give the example.
Anyway, he will always be remembered as one of the best players France had.

[Dry Ice]

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[Dry Ice]

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[LebanonUSA]

Zidane's act was a shock. Now I was shocked twice during the World Cup: the way Germany lost in the last minute of the second period of overtime to Italy (only to be insulted by a second goal by the Italians) and Zidane's attack. It is not the kind of attitude expected by someone who was six minutes away of being a legend equal to Pele, Maradonna, Platini and Beckenpauer. Now his legacy is "notorious"... How sad... to leave the stadium in such a disgrace, I still cannot believe he would do such a thing...

And for those who are defending France, look at all the replays for the penalty shot that France got at the beginning of the game; there was no foul but still they got the penalty shot. The refs however did not give them the penalty in the second half of the game when they obviously deserved it so it kind of neutralizes it in a way.

[just_lebanese_80]

what zidane did was stupid but i was listening to a french guy on canadian TV earlier and he said knowing zidan only one thing would make him do such a thing if the italian guy insulted his mother.

[Hannibal]

Grosse déception ce soir : défaite de la France, doublée par une expulsion humiliante de Zidane.

Je n’arrive toujours pas expliquer ce geste. La patience humaine a des limites. Zizou a craqué mentalement. Après tout, il reste un homme (N’oublions pas qu’il est originaire de Marseille : Sang chaud méditerranéen...lol)

Je crois qu’au moment de l’incident, la tension était à son comble. Comme AliArz, je penche pour la thèse raciste (Eh oui, on va en faire toute une affaire…lol) Seule une insulte raciste a pu le mettre dans cet état. Et pourtant ! Zidane est le mieux placé pour savoir que la provocation fait partie du jeu Italien (C’est une finale, tous les coups sont permis, la fin justifie les moyens)

Je crois qu’il est au dessus de tout ça. Sa carrière et son palmarès parlent pour lui. Aucune insulte, fut elle raciste ne doit l’ébranler de la sorte, et le mettre dans une sorte d’état second où il complètement perdu la tête, si j’ose dire.

L’insulte la plus raciste ne justifie aucunement un acte pareil, car il a mis en danger toute son équipe. Beaucoup diront, à juste titre, que Zidane encaisse une part de responsabilité dans la déroute Gauloise, face aux légions Romaines.

Ce geste restera dans les annales du sport, au même titre que le geste de Tyson contre Hollyfield, ou encore le coup de point d’Eric Cantona à un supporter anglais. Personnellement je croisais je crois que ce geste dépasse tous les autres : C’est une finale de coupe du monde de Football (Sport roi), un milliard de téléspectateurs. Ce coup de tête fera couler beaucoup d’ancre ces jours ci. L’image de Zizou a été ternie pour la fin, c’est ce qu’on appelle une sortie ratée. Le football est cruel !

[King Rami]

is this football ?... no comments, i still can't believe this is zidane the old player and the CAPTAIN

[just_lebanese_80]

Originally Posted by Hannibal

Je n’arrive toujours pas expliquer ce geste. La patience humaine a des limites. Zizou a craqué mentalement. Après tout, il reste un homme

exactly he s human it s very easy to criticize but the french are saying that the italian guy probably called zidan son of a bi*ch or something like that it s very easy to criticize zidan and what he did was stupid but just imagine what you would do if someone called you son of a bi*ch.

[Zero Cult]

Originally Posted by LeXeU

I understand that FIFA is not doing its best to fight racism, but how do we know this was the case here!! I cannot immagine the italian player throwing racist words at Zidane, but then you never know!!
Yes I agree with you for the thousands time that FIFA needs a whole new administration, they are very bad to the game with their Fair Play slogan they are not doing much!

Seriously.

What could've compelled Zidane to act as he did?

The "you're a lousy player" type of trash talk or something about his mama, wife, kids or religion? I think it's obvious, regardless of Materazzi's defense on Zidane, that something was said while Zizou had his back turned.

Anyway let's not discuss this for too long, the sanction certainly was justifiable, ZZ should have known better.

On the other hand, I was quite surprised by Alou Diarra's play, I thought the team would crumble without Vieira but Diarra stood firm, suprisingly acted as a player of experience, and helped the team dominate through the second half and over-time.