Zidane's headbutt...

[Simorgh]

Yeah but I dont see how that affected the outcome of the match? It was in the end of a game where all players were tired and barely attacking...and either way Trezeguet would have missed his penalty.

Well, looking at it logically, Zidane might have be chosen to take a penalty instead of Trezeguet.

[Amir H F]

Well, looking at it logically, Zidane might have be chosen to take a penalty instead of Trezeguet.

Huh? nonsense. Trezeguet took the second penalty...if Zidane was their it simply would have been the third, thats a ridiculous argument come on bro its over and done with, no if's and but's about it...Zidane is better than that so its truly ashame he let his country and fans down.

[Simorgh]

Huh? nonsense. Trezeguet took the second penalty...if Zidane was their it simply would have been the third, thats a ridiculous argument come on bro its over and done with,

I said MIGHT HAVE. Implying that it could have been a possible scenario.

no if's and but's about it...Zidane is better than that so its truly ashame he let his country and fans down.

You brought up the points about Trez...

[Amir H F]

I said MIGHT HAVE. Implying that it could have been a possible scenario.



You brought up the points about Trez...

Ok but I still dont understand 'might have' either? unless maybe if Zidane told Trezeguet to kick the penalty lower?

[Simorgh]

Ok but I still dont understand 'might have' either? unless maybe if Zidane told Trezeguet to kick the penalty lower?

You are losing me here. What I meant was, if Zidane was to take a penalty for france INSTEAD of trezeguet (assuming if he werent red carded to begin with), it could've changed the whole outlook of the match.

Anyway, what is done is done... moving on.

[VivaItalia]

Mazzeratti should have been selected as the man of the match, as the French coach also suggested!

He was the man behind every single action of the game:

1- Giving Penalty to France
2- Scoring on the corner kick
3- having Zidane (one of the greatest footballer of all time) red carded!

Well done to the boy. Great great job by Mazzeratti.

He owned Zidane. He screwed his last game. damesh garm.

But Zidane was a great player, no matter what. He just needs to accept the loss and move on.

VIVA ITALIA....FORZA AZZURRI

[Club monaco]

Its hard to say, but if racial abuse did occur, then its something FIFA needs to look into. Its sad enough that racial abuse occurs on the stands, no need for the players to participate in it too, and to say that "I did not mean it, only tried to psyche out the player" is a poor excuse.

Would be very interesting to know what really went down between those two. I'm sure there will be atleast 10 different versions though.

[Club monaco]

An interesting thing, the ref did not see anything, the assistants did not see anything, then how did they find out what Zidane did? Video replay?

But isn't FIFA against video replay?

[VivaItalia]

An interesting thing, the ref did not see anything, the assistants did not see anything, then how did they find out what Zidane did? Video replay?

But isn't FIFA against video replay?

the 4th ref saw it!

[Land of Samba]

The animal known as materrazi should have also been red carded for his provocation..I support zidane completely....
One of the best soccer players of my generation, besides Ronaldo...
It is a sad day to see italy win the world cup, totally undeserving to be champs...

[Suprah]

You know...had Zidane not head-butted Materazzi and just approached the ref quoting Materazzi's alleged racist comment, I am sure Materazzi would have been in trouble, but we DONT know if Materazzi did infact say a racist slur or something about Zidane's bald head and balls We will never know unless Zidane spills the beans.

There have been reports that Materazzi said "how does it feel playing for an African side ?" to Zidane. Offense aside, since most (if not all) of black players and Zidane in France national side are either African born or have African parents.

Mazzeratti should have been selected as the man of the match, as the French coach also suggested!

He was the man behind every single action of the game:

1- Giving Penalty to France
2- Scoring on the corner kick
3- having Zidane (one of the greatest footballer of all time) red carded!

Well done to the boy. Great great job by Mazzeratti.

He owned Zidane. He screwed his last game. damesh garm.

Plus he is Inter Milan's finest

It is a sad day to see italy win the world cup, totally undeserving to be champs...

Live with it kid, Italy deserved the World Cup, and Zidane screwed his own chance of winning it by snapping at the wrong place at the wrong time....at a World Cup final !!!

[Club monaco]

There have been reports that Materazzi said "how does it feel playing for an African side ?" to Zidane. Offense aside, since most (if not all) of black players and Zidane in France national side are either African born or have African parents.

What does being African born have to do with this? These are all French players playing for their country and that is nothing but reality.

[Pharaoh]

There are rumors that Materazzi told him, "You play like your handicapped son". If that's really what he said, he's lucky a headbutt to the chest is all he got. Zidane should've kept his cool, then killed Materazzi after the match.

[50Toman]

I just wished he headbutted him in his dirty face.. that son of a wh*re.. how dare he talk to the maestro like that!

[50Toman]

Mazzeratti should have been selected as the man of the match, as the French coach also suggested!

He was the man behind every single action of the game:

1- Giving Penalty to France
2- Scoring on the corner kick
3- having Zidane (one of the greatest footballer of all time) red carded!

Well done to the boy. Great great job by Mazzeratti.

He owned Zidane. He screwed his last game. damesh garm.

But Zidane was a great player, no matter what. He just needs to accept the loss and move on.

VIVA ITALIA....FORZA AZZURRI

his name is matterazzi and he owned SHET!