Forza Italia! & The Zidane Headbutt
Being an American and rooting for France is like some bizarre cultural twist on the Stockholm Syndrome. So props to those of you that didn't do it.
What I really want to know is, prior to Zidane's Mortal Kombat Finishing Move, what did Materazzi say? I'm still shocked by the whole thing.
Videos | By Josiah Roe | 10:45 AM
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Does really matter what he said? Zidane has no excuse for that kind of act. It will haunt him forever, inspite of what a wonderous career he has had.
Posted by: glenH at July 10, 2006 12:36 PM
Violence at a soccer game...
Unbelievable!!!
But seriously, perhaps he should have used that anger to, I dunno, PUT A BALL IN THE NET.
Posted by: Bill at July 10, 2006 2:00 PM
Josiah,
Apparently Zidane has head butted before in a game in 2001 versus SV Hamburg.
Posted by: Kiko at July 10, 2006 4:08 PM
That was pretty insane. I'm glad I saw it - I've never even really watched a soccer match before.
Posted by: Evan Donovan at July 10, 2006 8:58 PM
Not that this excuses zizou's insanity (I doubt anything could), but perhaps a couple of clips of materazzi's "greatest hits" (recipient of said head butt) will explain the character of the man who did the provoking. (as a side note, I believe the current rumor is that Materazzi called his sisters prostitutes and his father a traitor to Algeria (where Zidane was born), with possibly some ethnic slurs thrown in).
Posted by: rob at July 10, 2006 9:06 PM
wish the video was still working.
in other news, looks like sweet barbie had a lot to say.
Posted by: daniel at July 11, 2006 9:24 AM
There's some speculaton on Zidane's wiki page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinedine_Zidane#Confrontation_with_Marco_Materazzi
Posted by: gtdmouse at July 13, 2006 11:48 AM
