Zidane: Materazzi Insulted My Mother and Sister

Where Does Soccer Go From Here?
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The “hero” of this final was a chest pinching thug. FIFA has to act decisively here.

Otherwise you’ll be seeing a groin pincher next.

Matereazzi should be banned for life.

Italy should honorably abdicate the cup. Italians are an honorable people. They don’t need this stigma.

ITALIAN FANS: I have said this repeatedly:
Materazzi or his gang of thugs
are NOT == Italy

Posted from  United States

Dear Francesco, Donna, Daniela, Kasets,
You are speaking out of ignorance and ignorance is a “sympathisable folly”.

You have nothing but my sympathies and best wishes. I was only apeaking as a friend of Italy.

If you don’t like honest friendly advice, then so be it. The wise amongst the Italians have already heard and spoken.

Best ragards,
Peace,
Kruman

Posted from  United States

Lin: “the FACT remains that the PROVOKER is Materazzi”

Yes, great, let’s talk about facts: give me the PROOF that Materazzi was the only provoker. Are those beautiful “analyses” in English tabloids, made by lip readers who don’t know italian? Intelligent people laugh at them.
If it is so important to blame and ban the provoker, why we do not analyse what Zidane said BEFORE (he did say something a little before Materazzi)?
As I wrote in another thread the keyword is OBIETTIVITA’. And, yes, I write it in Italian.

Kruman: “Matereazzi should be banned for life”
Luckily Justice supports civil liberties for all people that are accused: Otherwise there would be a dictatorship. Why don’t you (and other people) do that for Materazzi?

Posted from  Italy

Lin: “the FACT remains that the PROVOKER is Materazzi”

the FACT remains that Zidane said he didn’t!!!!

But YOU know the facts! Not Zizu himself!
Ho please.

Posted from  Italy

ZZ: “There was nothing beforehand and nothing in the match until he started pulling my jersey”

Don’t you think provocation as a vile tactic should have been going on all the match???? Not Just AFTER ZZ STARTS the conversation?

I really thought you could not handle the fall of your hero, understandable, but it seems evident you also cannot handle our victory. And that makes you such a little man, looking for any reason to blame the winners. Now you are a looser.

Posted from  Italy

France, being the losers, can only console themselves and come to terms with their defeat by blaming someone else. It is most uncivilised of a “civilised” country to turn a vile act of a violent nature into a major justification for its defeat. What’s shocking to me is that the whole country partook in the consumption of this half lie of the headbutter being being insulted. France, you are only kidding yourself. Get real, get off this self pity and stop pouring scorn on the Italian team. The facts are clear for all to see: they scored on the night that mattered, and you did not. So you lost. What would you say if Materrazzi headbutted Zidane? I am sick of reading all those pretentious lines from your self righteous press. But what else can one expect from losers?

Posted from  Malaysia

Kruman, well said! Materazzi deserves to be banned from playing football on the international stage. What a bad example of sportsmanship. I am ertainly no fan of ZZ. He, along with M should be punished. Howver, M should get the heavier punishment as he is the provoker. Italian fans, you obviously can’t ’see’ beyond your bias – read the different blogs and you will see that many people round the world condemn M for his devious tactics. Think about this – a common scenario. 2 children -one says really hurtful things repeatedly to another and the other hits him. Who should be punished more? I rest my case.

Posted from  Australia

Francseco, Materazzi had CONFESSED that he did insult ZZ.

Posted from  Australia

FRANCESCO and other Italian supporters in denial about Materazzi’s GUILT, please note the latest news that FIFA has found Materazzi GUILTY of ‘repeatedly provoking Zidane’. SHAME on Materazzi for his underhanded tactics!

Posted from  Australia

Fifa with all their wisdom have deemed it wise to punish Materazzi for taking a headbutt from ZZ.

Shame Shame Shame…..From now on every red card incident has a built in excuse….”he called me ugly”, “he said my sisters a tramp”, “he said i have a big nose”, “he said my momma’s teeth so yellow that when she smiles traffic slows down”….watch and see what an ugly precedent this sets.

ZZ be honourable and apologise to Mat and all soccer fans….and if you really want to restore your reputation return the golden ball.

Posted from  Canada

Also all those people out there who jumped to the conclusion that racist remarks must have been made by Mat here what was said by both players (FIFA Site)

In their statements, both players stressed that Materazzi’s comments had been defamatory but not of a racist nature.

Please forward your apologies directly to Materazzi at FIGC.

Posted from  Canada

Well done FIFA!
Your Q.I. is less than 20.
Probably FIFA will want to give work to Zidane in the future, so…

Lin: Materazzi has CONFESSED and Zidane somehow confirmed that Zidane provoked him FIRST.
“…underhanded tactics” Tactics? Please provide proofs that it was a tactic. Then it was also a tactic the first provocation of Zidane.

HYPOCRITES, please, SHUT UP!

Posted from  Italy

stop already, all those italian fans endorsing the cowardly acts of Materazzi! yeah, right, he was not insulting someone’s “mother”, the Fact is, as you all lovers of the facts you love, he did not deny his insults on someone’s “sister”, satisfied ?

maybe the female side of your family is so cheap that it is bussiness as usual that those words slip out everyday every minute. But, someone take it in a different way, and react to it in a different way.

FIFA has had its verdict, consider it giving balls back to those fans, or refuse it.

Posted from  United States

Flying2002. Please fly down.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,27-2279237,00.html

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1825192,00.html

Do you know what are proportions?
Search it on the vocabulary.
Often mouth is better close…

Posted from  Italy

>> 2 children -one says really hurtful things
>> repeatedly to another and the other hits him.
>> Who should be punished more? I rest my case

Is this the way you raise your children? You really think the butthead has the same weight of words ?

When I was a boy and had discussions with my younger sister, if I hit her, no matter what she had said to me and for how long, I was the one who ended in punishment. I really though this was normal, but maybe there is a world out there of parents that tell their children to hit their brothers if they talk too much?

On this there is no point in discussing. It is just a different view of life probably. I still prefere mine though.

I don’t love Materazzi, or actually I couldn’t care less of him, but I still like him much much more than Hitler, Saddam Hussein, ..etc..

I have never posted in DEFENSE of Materazzi. And I’m not even a great football fan, so read my posts, before writing to criticize them!

I was expecting excuses from Zidane though!!! Materazzi as excused himself for insulting!!!!
Even the butt-head is no problem to me: it was in the field, someone can loose control. No problem. But after, when you are out of the field you HAVE to say I’m sorry.
When I was a boy, no matter what we did, WE BOTH HAD TO SAY SORRY in the end. No matter who was right or wrong.

This should apply to WHOLE NATIONS TOO. France and Italy HAVE to say they are sorry!!!! I can be the first if you wish: “I am sorry for the insults of Materazzi”. See? Without any “but..” No “although..”. Sorry. Full stop. Materazzi has said it too. The vicious uglu guy..

Zidane has said he was sorry for the (French)children watching and the people but NOT FOR DOING IT. Not for Materazzi and not BECAUSE IT WAS WRONG. HE was wrong.

He has said it was sort of right to do it!

France president has given him his congratulations for doing it!

The whole nation said it was great!

This has NO EXCUSES. And it has nothing to do with football or FIFA or the butt-head itself.

Sore loosers.

>> FIFA has found Materazzi GUILTY of ‘repeatedly provoking Zidane’. SHAME on Materazzi for his underhanded tactics!

repeatedly = twice !!!! one after the other.

underhanded tactics = starting a provocation at 10′ to the end of the game!!!!!
(Zidane said they hadn’t even talked before)

provoking = an insult to the sister!!!!

FIFA has found Materazzi GUILTY = condemned to 2 days of rest! ZZZzzzzZZZzz…
He will probably spend them cleaning the World Cup with a cloth.

I was surprised about the weak condemn to Zidane though, but they probably thought he had his punishment already..

Posted from  Italy

flying2002, the conversation in the field was in italian (Zidane started it in italian) so I guess it should be based on italian conversation standards.

On italian standards, saying someone’s sister is a b**ch, is like me saying you are an as***le: absolutely normal. Now would you hit me?

ok, ok, sorry, just scientifically testing th.. Ouch!

Posted from  Italy

This might be out of step with this thread, but here goes.

I am curious why Materazzi was punished with a 2 game suspension but when Totti, in Euro 2004, spat back at the Danish defender, no one went back to look at the guy’s provocations and gave him an equivalent penalty. I think that FIFA has set a really dangerous precedent. Now, every time someone reacts to ‘provocation,’ FIFA (or other federations) will have to go check for the provocation, figure out how bad it was, etc., etc… I also would like to point out that, as someone said, if it had not been Zidane, this probably would not have had such a resounding echo. But let’s not forget that Zidane has been known to have violent reactions in the past, and thus he is a repeat offender, something that should be frowned on upon as much as the provocation of Materazzi (who I don’t particularly like as a person). In civil law, repeat offenders get punished more, as repeating one’s offenses shows the inability to change.

Finally, Italy did not play as poorly as people say. What intrigues me is that people base their judgment on offensive output. France did spend more time on offense than Italy did (though France were gifted a penalty, Italy scored the only live-action goal, Toni was not in offside when the pass started – and the goal was denied because of someone else’s offside which was, in my view, ininfluent on the outcome – a valid goal by FIFA rules; and Italy hit the crossbar again with Toni). However, soccer is played on both sides of the ball. If France’s offense was mediocre it’s also because Italy had much better players on defense. Soccer is a game played by 11 players. It should be time that we recognize that. Which means: Italy had the best defensive players in the game (Buffon is 10 times the goalie Bartez is, for example, that alone earned them a victory) and they managed to win because on that side of the ball they kept the French at bay. If you admire soccer, you should admire high quality defense as well as any offense that can’t score a live-action goal. Let’s give credit to Lippi for having set up the best defensive unit in the World Cup. And then, at the penalty shootout, let’s not forget that not one of Italy’s penalty shots came even close to being picked off by Barthez (and yes, Materazzi scored his, which made him the game’s high scorer, irony of ironies… and Italy’s other defender, Grosso, scored with immense pressure on him, and showed that his beautiful goal against Germany was not a fluke… Italians have defenders who know how to play the ball, something not every team in the world can say). As someone who has always appreciated defense, I can say that Italy’s defense earned them a World Cup… what’s wrong with that, it’s the other side of the coin… and the rest of the team was not too shabby either: for all the talk, Italy scored 12 goals in the tournament, second only to Germany, France scored 9… and don’t tell me France’s opposition was better… Togo, South Korea, Switzerland, Spain, Brazil and Portugal vs. Ghana, US, Czech Republic, Australia, Ukraine and Germany are pretty much even when you think about it (remember, the Czech Republic was ranked 2nd coming into the WC, behind only Brazil; and the US were ranked 5th… Ghana was the top African team, Germany had the huge advantage of home field… Yes, France defeated Brazil, that was its crowning achievement; but Portugal, as Germany proved, was a lame opponent in the semifinal… and France beat them only with a penalty kick…). I think that in the end, Italy deserved the title, as much as it would not have deserved it in 1994, had it won on penalty kicks.

Posted from  United States

It is foolish to call italians racist and then call them mafiosi!This was not the first time zidane was expelled: it was his twelvth! This is a very high number for a midfielder. A lot of players will make such comments hoping the opponent will react. Now only because the player was italian, they have to investigate on everything: what about paulsen-totti? paulsen called him very bad names, insulted hiw wife and his child to be born!If Materazzi was shorter, he would’ve KILLED him! he could’ve nearly given him cardiac arrest..is zidane so innocent now? Materazzi shouldn’t have any days off or fines, and zidane should have more days off and fines! Im sticking to nike from now on..no more adidas! they say italians are racist, but everyone’s just racist towards them! Zidane was just nervous, because he almost scored, but zidane one-handedly awesomely blocked it! He doesn’t deserve the golden ball. someone like cannavaro who played excellently to the tops and a CLEAN game, should get it! the final was also a bit unfair because many of the french players played for italian clubs like juve, so they knew how italians played. also, domenech put wiltord and trezeguet in because they were the ones to score against italy at the european finals 6 years ago…he thought he would scare italy…SORRY LA FRANCE, but we beat all. the cup is italian for 4 years!

Posted from  Zambia

Why are you italy fans so angry and full of hatred to zidane? His argument was with materazzi, not italy. Many of the italian players are his friends, he has no argument with them. Buffon even defended him, saying he was provoked. You loved zidane when he in juventus. Lippi was his coach for 5 years and loved him as a player and as a man. Lippi still supports him and is his friend. He called him a “wonderful boy” many times when zizou arrived at Juve and continued to support him when he left.

Zizou fell for Materazzi’s lowlife scumbag trap, that was his great mistake. Leave him the hell alone, let it rest. Stop feeding off his professional carcass. He’s left the game in disgrace – you’ve won. What more do you want? Nothing worse than a sore winner.

Posted from  United States

Completely agree with you, Colman, that Zidane unfortunately fell for that scumbag’s ‘trap’. Can’t you Italian supporters get it into your heads that people who think that Italy should not have won because of the ‘way’ it was won are not racists against Italians. There are many nice Italians ( I used to have some work colleagues who are Italian, one of my daughter’s best friends is half Italian and I know a nice Italian girl). Materazzi and Grosso (in the game against Australia) showed the whole world what they would stoop to just to win. I am really disgusted with both of them.

Posted from  Australia

Marie, the cup may be Italy’s for 4 years but do you know what many people round the world think? LOTS of people (read the various blogs) think that they didn’t deserve to win it. Materazzi and Grosso = ‘bad sportsmanship’.

Posted from  Australia

Zidane’s action was shameful; and it is incredible that some people could actually defend him and try to argue that he was justified for what he did to Materazzi. In a very intense soccer game, as the FIFA finals have been, there will be some name-calling involved. I do not believe that it is correct to use offensive terms towards others; however, violence is a lot worse than words and should never be the answer to solve anything. As Marie has mentioned, Zidane could have caused Materazzi to undergo cardio arrest and, hence, die. One should be able to ignore others when being provoked. Maturity is essential. Besides, it was Zidane who stareted the argument between the two players. Materazzi, normally, replied; and then Zidane attacked him. How could one say that Zidane was right because Materazzi offended him? If that is the case, does that mean that if you call me “stupid”, I have the right to beat you up? Francesco in his response to Lin. It is right that the one who reacts physically, no matter how much someone is verbally insulted. I do not think that one should even hesitate with accusing Zidane of being completely disgraceful and unreasonable. If FIFA were consistant, then why didn’t they defend Totti when he spat on Paulsen. In my opinion, Totti was punished rightfully. But if one defends Zidane, then why didn’t anyone make any hesitations about Totti being suspended – I mean, he also was provoked by his opponed and, thus, reacted (in a better, less dangerous way than Zidane did, let I mantion). Evidently, there are some racial issues, which arise. Many people descriminate against Italians, for no reason. French people, in particular, do, since they are jealous that Italy is better then them at most things. They just cannot stand defeat.
Zidane was clearly angry, because the Italian goly, Buffon, made a beautiful save. Zidane was so confident of France making that goal and burned in desire to attain it. The unsuccessful try made him furious and he was not able to handle his rage, hence taking it out on an Italian player.
Afterwards, he did not even repent what he did, which makes one look down at him even more. He is a terrible role model and if he does any advertisements for any companies, I will definitely not purchase any more products from those companies. I agree with Kasets that Zidane does not deserve the Golden Ball. Rather, Cannavaro deserves it, for he played a clean game, wonderfully, and was always an motivating team mate.
Moreover, I would like to point out that I agree with what Daniela wrote. I would like to argue with a comment that Lin made, which is the following: “Italian fans, you obviously can’t ’see’ beyond your bias – read the different blogs and you will see that many people round the world condemn M for his devious tactics.”. I would like to mention that I am French and I still do not believe that Zidane was right. I think that you need to read the other blogs yourself, because there are other people, aside from Italians, who defend Materazzi – to mention, Hin Tan from Malaysia and Kasen from Canada. I would also like respond to another comment that Lin wrote: “Better to lose with honour than to win WITHOUT honour.” Italy most definitely won with honor and completely deserved it; whereas, France played well, yet one of its players took off his medal. That is losing without honor. He could have still accepted his medal with pride. Besides, he came really far, so he should be happy, and Italy absolutely deserved to win. Italy won and, for those of you who do not believe it was right, you need to accept the truth (stop insulting Italy and Materazzi, just because you can’t handle loss. Sore losers are pathetic); and move on with your lives.

Posted from  Zambia

For all those people are defending ZZ. Lets change the roles, Materazzi headbutting ZZ.
Now think about what would have been the end of the story?
Easy answer eh..eh.. my friend. Also in this case ZZ the hero and blames to MM…or not????
However, at the end of the day in 1 years from now we will remebrer Italy WC 2006 all the rest bullshit.

Posted from  United States

Zidane is the best and the true champ. Rest is all bul*sh*t

Posted from  United States

je veut un ticot de zineddine zidane