Was Zidane's act justifiable?

[Zero Cult]

Originally Posted by suomynona

Zidane is a fool. Remember the way he stepped on the Saudi player 8 years ago. Was that because the saudi was being racist too?

No that was a Kabyle vs Arab thing.

[Souss]

totally unjustifiable, totally unsportsman-like. Materazzi may be the worst human being on the planet, it doesn't matter, he didn't do anything wrong in this particular game. For those who think he shouldn't be allowed to play for his past behaviour, blame FIFA for not doing anything about it.

Trash talk is part of the game, like it's part of any other team sport. It doesn't matter what Materazzi said, whether its racist or about Zidane's mom or anything else, nothing warrants such a reaction. I felt bad for Zidane because he's not that kind of player and he's done so much for French football.

The french did not deserve to win this game, from Malouda's shameless dive to Zidane's aggression.

[suomynona]

Originally Posted by Haruun

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Does anyone know for a fact what pushed Zidane to do this? No!
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Please stop acting like your all angels, especially us Lebanese.
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Ya haruun,

If everyone reacts to provocation, then it'll be a big mess. We, lebanese, should now know that more than anyone. Let's not mix politics and sports anyways....

--Suomynona

[LeXeU]

Originally Posted by suomynona

I'm sure FIFA wouldn't let such things happening on the field go unpunished.

Hahaha... They did things slide in the pass which made the French players to go public about it!! FIFA is not handling the racism slogans good ! So, don;t be surprised if they let this go unpunished again!! But then I donot think this was anything to do racism!!

Originally Posted by Haruun

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Please stop acting like your all angels, especially us Lebanese, the professionals of racist and discriminatory behavior. Go look at our sporting events, we have people threatening to kill each other, teams are basically sectarian clubs and now were trying to prescribe good behavior in sports? Look at our own people first.
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P.S. I don’t endorse his behavior but let’s not be hypocrites.

Ya man, why mix things together brother!

[Heaven]

Les rumeurs commençent déjà à circuler. Il y a en qui raconte que son acte est dû au fait que le joueur italien à insulté la mère de Zidane. Je viens de lire un article qui affirme que Materazzi aurait insulter l'Islam et Zidane ne l'aurait pas pris. Rien n'est sure et personne n'a osée dire ce que le joueur italien aurait dit à Zidane, même s'il y avait des joueurs près d'eux, lors de l'incident.

[AliArz]

Originally Posted by Haruun

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Does anyone know for a fact what pushed Zidane to do this? No!
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It’s real easy to sit outside and criticize but nobody, including myself, really understands the passion behind this particular game, and the tension was unbearable. Obviously the Italian dude said something to really **** him off and considering Zidane’s classy reputation something really harsh must have been said, let’s just wait and see.
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Please stop acting like your all angels, especially us Lebanese, the professionals of racist and discriminatory behavior. Go look at our sporting events, we have people threatening to kill each other, teams are basically sectarian clubs and now were trying to prescribe good behavior in sports? Look at our own people first.
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P.S. I don’t endorse his behavior but let’s not be hypocrites.

Haruun,

With all due and respect.

First, I never said that Zizou's response was due to a racist act...

I just speculated something of that nature, since common sense will tell us that he said something very personal and insulting.

Second, this is the World Cup final game...so I think many of us has a reaction as into what happened...

If Lebanon was in it, we will criticise Lebanon as well...

But it's the World Cup...

The games there are more important then that of Nejmeh...

That is the major difference.

Ali Arz

[AliArz]

Originally Posted by Heaven

Les rumeurs commençent déjà à circuler. Il y a en qui raconte que son acte est dû au fait que le joueur italien à insulté la mère de Zidane. Je viens de lire un article qui affirme que Materazzi aurait insulter l'Islam et Zidane ne l'aurait pas pris. Rien n'est sure et personne n'a osée dire ce que le joueur italien aurait dit à Zidane, même s'il y avait des joueurs près d'eux, lors de l'incident.

Si ca te derange pas, pourrais-te me dire dans quel article on pourrais trouver l'histoire que Materazzi a insulte l'Islam?

Merci!

Ali Arz

[Diam'S]

I personnaly hated the Italian team during all the world cup...
I approve Zidane Behaviour...Didi you see how the italian player
(duno the name and don't wanna know) l'aw touché ?

[AliArz]

Originally Posted by maven

totti puts his finger in his mouth every time he scores...this is his way of celebration since this year
its becoz of his son...he dedicates tje goal to his son

he did it more then one time in serie a



and not all big clubs are involved in scandal...inter & roma are clean

and also we did not cheat....the ref made mistake...human error...its not our mistake...its fifa mistake who got the wrong ref vs australia

zidane deserves red card....and since his retiring and match ban wont help....he deserves a heavy fine

I may have gotten the Totti celebration part wrong, but we are not idiots.

He can give any reason he wants, people will always see it in another way.

As for the scandals, I mentioned about most major clubs.

No, the Italian federation paid lots of money in order to get where they are.

Their Football was cheap, and they won this World Cup in a cheap fashion.

Everything was cheap and it was a horrible WC.

Ali Arz

[AliArz]

Originally Posted by Aounist Forever

I personnaly hated the Italian team during all the world cup...
I approve Zidane Behaviour...Didi you see how the italian player
(duno the name and don't wanna know) l'aw touché ?

Bro,

Trust me when I tell you that many people, deep down inside, where happy by Zizou's hit towards Materazzi.

It's just that Zidane chose the wrong moment and completely ignored his teammates' dreams.

Materazzi sent many players to the hospital...

He is an agressive person with no Football qualities.

Italy won in a cheap fashion.

Anyways, I am not surprised Zidane ended this way...

He is an Arab, and no Arab has a fairy tale story in their life.

Arabs have a rough life filled with nightmares, and the one for Zizou was no different.

Hope all is well,

Ali Arz