Zidane is more popular in France *after* his head-butt than is Chirac after the waves of car fire-bombings.
It's just a fact.
Zidane is a real looser ! In the past he received many warnings about his TEMPER !
Chirac and Zidane are the same liars about how they live therir lives.
They both STINK !!
Looking at pictures of him, anything said about mom and sister was bound to be a compliment by comparison.
My roommate had an indiscreet head-butt incident in college, but I won't get into details.
"Your mother was a hamster and your sister smelt of elderberries!"
So, not physically attacking someone who says insulting things equals approval of those insults? Mmmmm Kaaaaayyyy...
He's human. Everyone has a limit of how much crap they can take. After playing for 110 minutes and listening to that idiot all the time and after suffering constant "nipple tweaks", I guess his fuse was out. I completely understand him but wish he didn't do it... oh well, he's human.
Every sport on earth has trash talk, it is up to the competitors to tune it out and play the game. That is what champions are made of.
This is the problem with soccer: the governing body seeks to take away an award which it does not bestow. World soccer is more byzantine and maybe more corrupt than the UN!
He should have expected dirty tricks from the Italian side, and been smart enough not to fall for them. It should have been obvious to him as the match went on that the Italian side would feel themselves incapable of defeating France even up, and would resort to whatever was necessary to place themselves at a comparative advantage.
Materazzi did what had to be done for Italy to win, and Zidane was stupid enough to fall for it.
The French could have stopped the game and had the Italian player arrested, oui?
"Are there times when OTHER Arabs you know have done this..? What can we ask Arabs to do differently, so this doesn't recurr?"
Zidane is more popular in France *after* his head-butt than is Chirac after the waves of car fire-bombings.
It's just a fact.
France Fighter II Turbo: http://francefighter.ytmnd.com/
Zidane saves Mazzerati's life (featuring viking sniper kitten): http://zidanesavesmaterazzi.ytmnd.com/
Zidane vs. Deathstar: http://zidanedeathstar.ytmnd.com/
What a bunch of drama queens...these futbol players!
Man responsible for Castro's death outed
http://www.babalublog.com/archives/headbutt.gif
Zidane redeems himself! Vive la france!
Whoops! Now the links work!
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Zidane owns Fidel Castro: http://zidaneownsfidelcastro.ytmnd.com/
France Fighter II Turbo: http://francefighter.ytmnd.com/
Zidane saves Mazzerati's life (featuring viking sniper kitten): http://zidanesavesmaterazzi.ytmnd.com/
Zidane vs. Deathstar: http://zidanedeathstar.ytmnd.com/
Funny thing is, in two World Cups, he's been tossed out of or missed entirely due to suspension a total of 6 matches. He was tossed in '98 for stomping on the back of a Saudi player, then suspended for the next two matches. Earlier this year, he was tossed after receiving two yellows, and was suspended the following game. Then the incident in the final. He also had an earlier head-butt incident this year in non-WC play. This guy has ALWAYS had a temper, and the coddling media was afraid to call him out on it. Instead, they made him sound like the ambassador to world for Soccer and role model to be revered.
How many of us who have played sports, even at a high school level, have heard all sorts of trash talk? You don't even have to play, just watch a football or basketball game on TV, or sit near the field/court and you'd hear some things that would likely have driven Zidane to pull out a gun. There is no excuse for what Zidane did. It was just stupid.
