Was Zidane's act justifiable?

[Diam'S]

First it is Sis not bor
Second I was happy too aslthough it was the wrong time...because whatever what is his name was hitten

[Lallous]

No reason at all justifies his action. I understand all the pressure he had to support, but you should not use violence to solve your problems, especially on a World Cup final played by professionals. Even if he insulted his religion or whatever, you shouldn't react like that : it is a war of nerves and Zidane cracked first.

[AliArz]

Originally Posted by Aounist Forever

First it is Sis not bor
Second I was happy too aslthough it was the wrong time...because whatever what is his name was hitten

Sorry, "She"

My bad!

Indeed, it was all a wrong timing and wrong place.

It's sad that it ended this way, but I guess we will accept it with time.

Just wanted to know what Materazzi said, walla, I think people want to know what made a quiet guy like him go bezerk at the last moment of his career.

Hope all is well,

Ali Arz

[Diam'S]

Originally Posted by AliArz

Sorry, "She"

My bad!

Indeed, it was all a wrong timing and wrong place.

It's sad that it ended this way, but I guess we will accept it with time.

Just wanted to know what Materazzi said, walla, I think people want to know what made a quiet guy like him go bezerk at the last moment of his career.

Hope all is well,

Ali Arz

no problemo
akid medre chou esmo samma3o chi kelme...i really hate him

[AliArz]

Originally Posted by Aounist Forever

no problemo
akid medre chou esmo samma3o chi kelme...i really hate him

Materazzi is simply a cheap guy in which the Italian federation decided to hire in order to cheat and win this games.

Me too, I dislike him and I do not think that Italy deserved their win.

They went through cheatings, insults, disrespect and all that is slimey and vulgar from their part.

They showed no respect, and on the Football pitch, respect and fair play comes before anything else in order to have this "team spirit" and "heart of champions".

Italy may have won the Cup, but the whole world will remember how they did so, and that will not be good for them at all.

Take good care,

Ali Arz

[AliArz]

Originally Posted by Aounist Forever

how did u know ????
now really no body can guess but enno wee u zidane's ear??

No...

Like I explained to Bazek, I said: "chances are"...

Nowhere did I assume anything and nowhere did I say that this is what happened.

But everybody is speculating, and I am sure 90% thought just like I did, for these words did not only come from me.

When a quiet man like Zidane does something like this, it means that the insult was grave and not just any other kind of insults.

Therefore, these insults are between 2 thinngs...

1.) Something personal such as family issues (ie: insulting your Mom)

2.) Insulting your identity (ie: Black, Arab, Muslim, Christian, etc)

The World Cup is supposed to be an event where people should drop this mentality and focus on worldwide harmony.

From what I read in this thread, it seems that Zidane did those headbutts before, particularly one against a Saudi Arabian player.


Ali Arz

[kappa273]

people...

u r imagining and thinking a lot....

what Zizou did was wrong... period....

let's not go into the mother, father, religion, racist thing...

do u think what happened between Frings and the argentinian player was also due to racism?

or the game between portugal and holland was also intense because the dutch are known to be racist....

this is the worldcup... players may be entering history.. this may be the most important game in any player's life...
tensions are high...

let's not find pretexts and explanations for zizou's wrong behavior...

what a shame!!!!
in front of 2 billion spectators...

kappa

[coralie]

now Zidan was wrong he yes yes yes was wrong big time i am not exactly a football fan but i always watch the final games in world cup . i am french but i was nt specialy cheering for the french team nor the italien .. i was neutre ... and i can say that many errors were made in the arbitre team they over look many bad moves from the italiens ..
now i do not find what zidan did justificable in any way . j'etais vraiment choquee . cela n'a rien a voir avec ses origines algeriennes zimbabweynne francaise ou qu'importe un act violent est un act violent point a la ligne.
Zidan aurai du terminer sa carriere sur une note plus gracieuse et glorieuse meme en perdant la coupe du monde, mais malheureusement apres une longue carriere si riche en victoires il termine sur une note si honteuse ..c'est vraiment domage .

[METALLICA]

Isn't it sad we find the easy way out, blaming the obvious offense of Zidane's stupid headbutt, rightfully tag it unsportsmanlike, but wholly ignore whatever led to it because we couldn't hear it?
Zidane's known to have a short fuse and he's demonstrated it many times over.
I just hope whatever was said to him is made public, some of his teammates said Materazzi directed a racial slur to ZZ.
If you recall, the theme of this world cup: "say no to racism".
Due congratulations to Italy for their 4th WC title, but I hope Materazzi's name on the list of WC winners bears an asterisk.

[libnani_MTL]

I was so sad to see Zouzou end his career like this...it was unjustifiable act at a crucial moment of the game. I am not a fan of either teams in fact I cant stand the italians for their arrogance but I rooted for them simply because France had defeated Brazil (lesser of 2 evils)but to see such an amazing player like Zidane react in such a way was realy depressing to see as a soccer purist because I wanted to see him leave him with some dignity and not with disgrace .
overall It was not a good world cup from my point of view and hopefully in 2010 we will see less divings and cheating and more football.