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What happened in the World Cup Final...
Materazzi was tugging Zidane's shirt...
Zidane: "If you want my shirt so much I'll give it to you afterwards"
Materazzi: "I'd rather have your sister"
That's classic!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/5315618.stm
Fair enough zidane then!!
those of us with sisters would appreciate, in my opinion, that zidane would react that way. Materazzi is a bit of a fool saying that to start with, no wonder he got headbutted.
Roy keane knows how to do it in style, he got sent off for a shove against Alan Shearer, saw the red card, then wellied him in the face!
plekhanov 05-09-2006, 18:14 Fair enough zidane then!!
those of us with sisters would appreciate, in my opinion, that zidane would react that way. Materazzi is a bit of a fool saying that to start with, no wonder he got headbutted.
Don't be absurd the only fool is Zidane who massively overreacted to a generic bit of banter and lost his team the game.
If a guy expressed a desire to get to know my sister during a game I’d try to get him back by playing well and doing everything possible to ensure that he was on the losing team. Lashing out like Zidane did is exactly the wrong thing to do and played entirely into Materazzi’s hands.
...Nah just belt him :D
Im not saying its acceptable, but i can see how it could quite easily happen. If you decide to start to disrespect someones family 'banter' or not, which is bloody stupid anyway, whats the point in banter? ur asking for trouble.
Glen McGrath of Austrailia cricket nearly knocked someones teeth out becasue they took the P*** out of his terminally ill wife.
El-Mariachi 06-09-2006, 12:06 Fair enough zidane then!!
those of us with sisters would appreciate, in my opinion, that zidane would react that way. Materazzi is a bit of a fool saying that to start with, no wonder he got headbutted.
Roy keane knows how to do it in style, he got sent off for a shove against Alan Shearer, saw the red card, then wellied him in the face!
I'm surprised he didn't simply knock him out. :D
plekhanov 06-09-2006, 14:28 ...Nah just belt him :D
Im not saying its acceptable, but i can see how it could quite easily happen. If you decide to start to disrespect someones family 'banter' or not, which is bloody stupid anyway, whats the point in banter? ur asking for trouble.
The point of banter is that it can put opposition players off their game, if they’re complete idiots (like Zidane) it can even wind them up so much that they’ll get themselves sent off.
Winding opposing players up may well be a/immoral and unsporting behaviour but it isn’t ‘bloody stupid’ if it helps you win the game which it did in this case, the only stupid person in this situation is Zidane.
Glen McGrath of Austrailia cricket nearly knocked someones teeth out becasue they took the P*** out of his terminally ill wife.
Can you really not see the difference between a generic bit of off the cuff banter and the premeditated mocking of a terminally ill loved one?
BasilRathbon 06-09-2006, 15:57 whilever you have a 'win at all costs' attitude, morality goes out of the window.
The point of banter is that it can put opposition players off their game, if they’re complete idiots (like Zidane) it can even wind them up so much that they’ll get themselves sent off.
so if someone deliberatly too the P out of someone in your family excessivly in a stressful situation, youd stand there and take it, and not do anything?
Dont give me all this tosh about the point of banter...the twit who invented this sort of behavoir clearly didnt have half a brain cell. Using 'wit' to control a game of skill is certainly not clever, and quite frankly i did think materazzi deserved it. Zidane should rightfully be sent off, no questions about that, but before you criticise him, think of the situation and stress he was in, representing his NATION.
plekhanov 08-09-2006, 04:34 so if someone deliberatly too the P out of someone in your family excessivly in a stressful situation, youd stand there and take it, and not do anything?
If someone tried that line on me I'd respond by saying something along the lines of
'you've got no chance as she's got a lot going for her and wouldn't give a gibbering moron who can't come up with a better attempt to wind me up than 'I'd like to shag your sister' the time of day'
I most certainly wouldn't do him a favour by getting myself sent off.
Dont give me all this tosh about the point of banter...the twit who invented this sort of behavoir clearly didnt have half a brain cell. Using 'wit' to control a game of skill is certainly not clever, and quite frankly i did think materazzi deserved it. Zidane should rightfully be sent off, no questions about that, but before you criticise him, think of the situation and stress he was in, representing his NATION.
How is using ''wit' to control a game of skill is certainly not clever? Materazzi's lame wind up got Zidane a significantly better player than him and keystone of the french team sent off and helped Italy win the world cup, seems pretty clever to me.
sufc_tom 08-09-2006, 10:33 Roy keane knows how to do it in style, he got sent off for a shove against Alan Shearer, saw the red card, then wellied him in the face!
Oh no - Not England golden boy-great professional-role model Alan Shearer?
If there is one player I was happy to have seen retired, it was that man. How the media made him out to be the golden boy of our time was sickening. He was a cheat, a mardy arse and remember the Neil Lennon incident back in 1997/98 season when he blackmailed the F.A.
How is using ''wit' to control a game of skill is certainly not clever? Materazzi's lame wind up got Zidane a significantly better player than him and keystone of the french team sent off and helped Italy win the world cup, seems pretty clever to me.
We'll have to agree to disagree then, tbh i dont need to justify my own opinion excessivly. In my view if you 'sledge' other players your only asking for trouble, and if you get it, im not suprised thats all.
Oh no - Not England golden boy-great professional-role model Alan Shearer?
If there is one player I was happy to have seen retired, it was that man. How the media made him out to be the golden boy of our time was sickening. He was a cheat, a mardy arse and remember the Neil Lennon incident back in 1997/98 season when he blackmailed the F.A.
Agree with you about Shearer - I absolutely hate the guy. Always moaning and the media think the sun shines out of his arse.
Le_Rosbif 08-09-2006, 11:18 Agree with you about Shearer - I absolutely hate the guy. Always moaning and the media think the sun shines out of his arse.
He was however the best striker ENgland has had for a long long time irrespective of the prck he was.
Onto the main subject. Banter is part of football, if you can't take it, you shouldn't be playing.
Zidane being to stupid to come back with a witty response (which you could tell he was thinking of one as he spent about 5 seconds laughing at first) decided the only response was violence.
Therefore Materazzi did his job.
Well done Materazzi! (I had Italy to win the World Cup)
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