World Cup Aftermath

[TheLion]

All I know is that I was laughing my ass off and I feal his reaction was completely justified, all aspects taken into account.

[Silverant]

but man soccer players have to be THE SOFTEST sporting professionals out there!

I'd go with ping pong or curling players actually. But hey, tendonitis can be a bitch.

[tokinggreg]

Well clearly Zidane took it as an insult, and right he should. How can you be so sure Materazzi wouldn't have said that? I, for one, would never put something like that past him. He said that knowing good and well that Zidane is the son of Algerian family. There's absolutely no class on the Italian side, and there's nothing anyone can say to prove otherwise.

On an ESPN radio show this afternoon, they also talked about how earlier on in the game, Materazzi supposedly gave Zidane a "purple nurple". It sounds funny, but fuck those can hurt sometimes. I'm sure Zidane wasn't exactly innocent, but at the same time, a racist remark like that should not be tolerated.

Dude, don't take such a strong point of view based on "what experts believe" was said. They can speculate on their own, but the bottom line is the that the two of them were going at it, not just Materazzi yelling insults at Zidane. No matter what Materazzi said, you can't deny that Zidane reacted childlishly by retaliating with violence. He made an ASS of himself, and he deserves the bad reputation for his actions.

And to say there's no class on the Italian side?!? Are you kidding dude? The players on both teams were tight for the most part. The only two on the field that had any problem were Zidane and Materazzi. And again with the conjecture about the "purple nurple".. do you seriously believe an adult would do that? Come on, grow up and don't insult Italians.

[Its a Plant]

Dude, don't take such a strong point of view based on "what experts believe" was said. They can speculate on their own, but the bottom line is the that the two of them were going at it, not just Materazzi yelling insults at Zidane. No matter what Materazzi said, you can't deny that Zidane reacted childlishly by retaliating with violence. He made an ASS of himself, and he deserves the bad reputation for his actions.

And to say there's no class on the Italian side?!? Are you kidding dude? The players on both teams were tight for the most part. The only two on the field that had any problem were Zidane and Materazzi. And again with the conjecture about the "purple nurple".. do you seriously believe an adult would do that? Come on, grow up and don't insult Italians.

I admit I might have come off a little heated there, but things were intense. I'm cool now though, I promise.

But why wouldn't you want me to believe what I heard on a reliable sports news channel. There's no way they wouldn't say something like that unless they had reliable sources and it was the truth.

And you know what, I actually do believe that a footballer, and not just an Italian one, would stoop as low to give an opponent a "purple nurple". I know this because shit like that goes on in football all the time. I played my first year of college soccer last year, and even at some NAIA league, things I experienced were much worse. My first game, the guy I was guarding stuck his fucking thumb up my ass. Swear to it. He just stuck it right in there when the ref wasn't looking and I was trying to fight for position. Needless to say, I gave up my position momentariy so I could go check for blood somewhere...

But the point is, he won the position by doing that to me. Anything to get that extra step, that extra inch. If you haven't played at a semi-competitive level, then you really can't know only a fraction of the actual shit going on out there. A lot of players get by doing that, it's just part of the game.

[rhino44]

I think Zidane should have just channeled his anger into his game. Beating Italy and winning the Worl Cup would have been the ultimate payback for those remarks whstec=ver they may have been. I'm not saying mazeratti or w/e didnt deserve it but in a game of that magnitude self destructing at the last minute is really uacceptable and will be hard for Zidane to live with I'm sure.

[rhino44]

Materazzi the animal lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hbls...arch=Materazzi

also a savage elbow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gyu8...rutal%20soccer

[robert42]

Dude, don't take such a strong point of view based on "what experts believe" was said. They can speculate on their own, but the bottom line is the that the two of them were going at it, not just Materazzi yelling insults at Zidane. No matter what Materazzi said, you can't deny that Zidane reacted childlishly by retaliating with violence. He made an ASS of himself, and he deserves the bad reputation for his actions.

And to say there's no class on the Italian side?!? Are you kidding dude? The players on both teams were tight for the most part. The only two on the field that had any problem were Zidane and Materazzi. And again with the conjecture about the "purple nurple".. do you seriously believe an adult would do that? Come on, grow up and don't insult Italians.

passes the bong too right!

[MeHeartGanja]

Kind of unrelated..but man soccer players have to be THE SOFTEST sporting professionals out there! They get kicked in the shins and they're down bawling their eyes out! These guys are full of shit it's disgusting to watch...i actually feel embarrassed for those guys. I love to watch the soccer, but i can't stand watching it anymore due to those pussies that can't handle a bit of pain!
You watch the grid iron and sports similar to that...some of those guys are the same builds as some of the soccer players and you see them being taken down HARD..what do you know? They are back up straight away!
They really need to change how the referees give decisions

players fake injury often!! they do it to gain time and attention, and for the formation to sort itself out. i read a few days ago, that out of like 150 injuries on the pitch only like 60-80 get a post match referral...theyre usually fine...plus not all players are sort. portugese are wimps. germany and ukraine were tough. ballack still played with cramp, and headed the last ball away from argentina. i wish players would play like men, for the good of the game.

[Its a Plant]

As I expected, FIFA is putting the gloves on and gettin' down and dirty to try and figure this one out. I just really want to see what they come up with.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...373731&cc=5901

Materazzi is still keeping his mouth shut for the most part, but I think I might too if I said some of the stuff he and others do.

'I used an insult that I've heard used a dozen times and which is heard all the time on the pitch,' Materazzi told the Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper when asked whether he had insulted Zidane's sister.

'I certainly did not call him a terrorist: I'm ignorant, I don't even know exactly what an Islamic terrorist is ... I also certainly didn't say anything about Zidane's mother: for me, a mother is sacrosanct.'

Materazzi said the incident started when he grabbed Zidane by the shirt.

I was thinking a little more about this, and maybe Zidane's plans just failed. He could have very well just expected Materazzi to take the hit and not semi-flop, and maybe Zidane could have pullled it off like he just stopped and was turning around and "accidentally" collided with Materazzi. Either way, FIFA is on the case...

[smokey]

italy are nothg but cheats they couldnt beat australia without diving for a penalty and and fifa r c*nts giving rooney a 2 game ban for an accident (where else was he sposed to put his foot he didnt know the guys nuts were there the guy was behind him yet figo got nothin for a blatant headbutt in the previous game