The New Thousand Year War: Zinedine Zidane v Marco Materazzi.

It was almost nice of Titi to give the talking heads something else to snark about whenever anti-French sentiment is called for.

In fact, I’m sure his motives were entirely altruistic, just to take heat away from Zidane.

And for the record, Zidane’s mother was in the hospital for the World Cup final.

Sorry I don’t mean to be posting rude things on this site as I frequently visit, but reading things like this just rubs me the wrong way and I have to say matterazi is a piece of shit coward

Zidane is a goof, period.

He said much worse things to players in much less important games.

For shame Zizou for shame!

You can like him or not, but he’s a World Champion.

As for Zidane bringing this up again, I agree with Laurie that it’s a timely effort to deflect attention from the grotesque manner in which his erstwhile teammate and similarly classy cohort, Henry handed the French a sleazy entree into wc’10.

Just to prove that neither of them will ever grow and and let it go, this is Matrix’s response.

Is this a pro-Italy site or what? you people really seem to have it in for Zizou. If you’re gonna quote the article where that interview came from don’t cherry pick the words to suit your anti-Zidane agenda and get a decent translator. Zidane’s mother WAS hospitalized – that is a known fact and I guess you, Chris, must have been hatched and do not have a mother that you would not feel emotional if some idiot was talking trash about her when she was sick enough to be hospitalized; sick enough for most of the Zidane family to leave Berlin to go back to France to be with her. That’s so not cool to be so glib about something like that. And honestly what did you expect Zizou to say? the journalists keep harping on and it and harping on it and he has been very restrained these past few years and has explicitly refused to answer questions about it and Materazzi keeps rearing his ugly head every few months or so to demand an apology or use this incident to get his name in the paper. Zizou should never forgive or apologize to that worthless sack of crap. You didn’t bother to write that Zizou said he begged his teammates for forgiveness, he asked forgiveness from the world of football and the fans…the only one he would never apologize to was that guy because if it had been anyone else but that guy he would have. He said if it had been a nice, normal, decent guy like Kaka he would have apologized but not to someone like that one – (and he never even mentioned Materazzi by name).

Anybody who does not bow before Zizou’s greatness needs to wash their mouth before they complain about him. Materazzi is a nobody. In 50 years from now, the entire footballing world will remember Zizou as the great player who became a star at Juve, was the most expensive transfer in history for some time, was part of the original Galacticos era, won the Ballon D’Or and the guy who (helped by Henry and Trezegol) gave France a World Cup win and a European Championship win in just 2 years.
In 50 years from now, Materazzi will be remembered as a dirty asswipe who was constantly looking to injure others and the guy who got headbutted by Zizou in that one World Cup final. Enough said.

Talia ..,with all due respect how can you breathe with your head up zidanes ass?

Just curious

Henry, shouldn’t you be sniffing those panties that you bought off of ebay?

Talia, well said! <3

I think this whole thing was blown out of propotion. Yes it was the world cup final and that was the reason for all of this hipe. The fact is in almost all sports and almost every second, somebody provoces his opponent to force an error out and this is what matirazzi did and zizou fill for it. Zizo appologized for the world, I don’t think he has to appologize to Matirazzi as there was no real harm done to him (no injury or anything). Zizou got the official punishment and that should be the end.

As a father of three I had to explain Zidanes cowardly assault on Materazzi.

All I could say to my children was that ZZ acted like a punk bitch and that Canavarro was / is a role model for not bitch slapping him after the fact.

Is no-one thinking of the children?

Zizou obviously never went to a public highschool. Who’s mother WASN’T insulted at my school is what I want to know…

Tom, I understand your point of view(At least I’m trying to. I don’t have kids myself but can see how it could be difficult to explain to a child what happened in the final.). With that said, please let’s not forget that Materazzi is utter fucking scum. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big Italy and Serie A fan, but I hate Matrix with a passion, and would love to see him break a leg or two.

Zizou has apologized to everyone but Matterazzi (sp?). If he doesnt want to forgive him I have absolutely no problem with that. He has apologized to teammates, fans, football, kids, everything you can name… Would you ever forgive someone who was the reason you ended your career like that? Im not sure I would. Dont mind him not apologizing at all…

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I think he still has beef with Metarazzi. Because Italy eliminated France during the last world cup. So a little bit of animosity still exist lol…

Well Tom what do you tell your kids when they see Materazzi doing his pre-game “Sieg Heil”? I think explaining to them why he’s doing that would be harder then explaining why Zidane headbutted him.

Well, like you said, one problem remains with those peky journalists that keep bringing up the matter. What’s done is done.

I’ll admit that I’m a pro-Italia fan, and I’ll say that what Zidane did was wrong. What he did is unforgiveable. Zidane is supposed to be above this, name-calling and insults happen all the time…the act of rage and violence doesn’t make it right.

Ultimately, players don’t get punished for insulting one another, but they should be suspended for inflicting pain on another human being.