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MaaaD wrote:hockey is much more violent than soccer kanelli. and the brawls will never go, they are part of the appeal of the game and the NHL has laws to regulate the brawls actually.
Chocoholic wrote:LH, how naive of you to assume that I know nothing of football - I used to be a sports reporter!!!!
My point was that condoning a violent reaction to a verbal insult is just silly. Zidane initially walked away then came back and headbutted the guy, so it was a premeditated act, not an off the cuff reaction.
Yes I'm well aware of the Beckham 98 saga, who can forget. But I'm talking about now, in this world cup!
Zidane was a genius on the pitch and now it's marred because of one silly act, and once again my point is that the reaction he gave and to condone it just brings shame. He should have just walked away, that's what a bigger, better man would have done.
If we all went around hitting people for making nasty remarks the whole world would be one big fight club - think of it that way. A violent reaction is never the answer.
HP wrote:Lionheart,
whenever ya get your interview , they ask for personality test. Which is always having the questions relative to the angers and handling the situation. He behaved like 10 years old kid .
Chocoholic wrote:LH, Nurato, it has nothing to do with defending religion or anything of the sort, you two totally miss the point! The match was watched by millions around the globe and Zidanes violent conduct was appalling.
No Matter WHAT WAS SAID a bigger man would have just walked away and had those in charge deal with it later.
It is never acceptable to act the way he did. The Italian needs to be reprimanded for what he said, but doing what Zidane did he probably lost the match for France! It would have been better for him to ignore the pathetic Italian comments, and just get on and win the match.
Sad to say buts it's the 'smash his face in for what he said' attitude of guys like you that keep racial hatred going, because you just can't walk away, which people would respect a lot more.
David Beckham has had horrible things said to him about his family by other players, the crowds in the stands and the German press, did you ever see him losing his cool? No! He ignored it all and just got on with the job at hand.
Zidane will always now be known as the player who headbutted another guy during a world cup final - this is far more humilitating.
capri wrote:So finally Zidane spoke. Questions:
1. Was he pushed by the laweyrs to speak? He didn't speak to any journalist through the whole championship...
2. Why coming with the explanation so late? Why Zidane didn't report the case earlier?
3. It's a word against the word... Talking about abuse against the mother and sister in general is very weak, doesn't convince me that much
4. Who is lying? Zidane or Materazzi?
Still, if somebody is talking badly in public you don't pull the knife or gun and kill him. There are other options (legal) how you can stop it. Imagine Zidane would have a gun in his hand, would he shoot him?
He is saying, he is not sorry for the incident, on the other hand he is apologizing to children. What does this mean?? What is the message? Is he telling to public, that everybody can take the justice into his own hands?
If somebody says to me, nasty word or abuse, am I right to physically attack him??
Zidane lost his career and reputation to such a stupid incident, nobody in the future will write, what a special penalty he shot an hour before, every writer will just mention that he was sent out after attacking an Italian player, even not mentioning Italian's name...
naruto wrote: ..he is arabic blood will not tolarate some1 to insult his mother or his sister even if the whole world will see it .
capri wrote:keithl... what do you want to say with your statement? Are Algerians bad or good? How shall we understand your message? I hope it is not an insult towards any nationalities ?!
capri wrote:ad kanelli - I know from my past that if player 1 kicks player 2 and in front of the cameras, he looks nicely talking to player 2 (it looks like), he is saying "I'm sorry that I didn't kick your a#s enough, next time you're coming close to me, I will be better, I'll break all your legs..."
This is no more sport, money talks, player 1 job is to defend and player 2 is to kick the goal... and they are using ALL tools to survive... Who ever has better nerves, is the winner...
Concord wrote:Dude,
There's got to be a picture of Mohammed Ali somewhere!
kanelli wrote:Guys, this is how it works.
Player1 says something really nasty and provoking to Player2 to make him lose his cool and do something stupid. Either Player2 controls himself and keeps playing, thereby foiling Player1's plans to sabotage him and his team OR he does something stupid, gets kicked out of the game, and therefore Player1 has succeeded. These players say things they don't mean to each other because it is a mind game, not just physical game. Maybe some of you have your own bias for feeling that Zidane was right to assault Materazzi because of his comment - but you are losing sight of the fact that trash talk is part of sport and this situation is nothing new.
KeithL wrote:naruto wrote: ..he is arabic blood will not tolarate some1 to insult his mother or his sister even if the whole world will see it .
He's actually Kabyle Algerial which part of the Berber people.
If you go back centuries, genetics may possibly trace them to East african with part roman decent
naruto wrote:KeithL wrote:naruto wrote: ..he is arabic blood will not tolarate some1 to insult his mother or his sister even if the whole world will see it .
He's actually Kabyle Algerial which part of the Berber people.
If you go back centuries, genetics may possibly trace them to East african with part roman decent
berber people
i dnt know from where did u get this info. but if u ask all the ppl here they know he is arabic .
sniper420 wrote:naruto wrote:KeithL wrote:naruto wrote: ..he is arabic blood will not tolarate some1 to insult his mother or his sister even if the whole world will see it .
He's actually Kabyle Algerial which part of the Berber people.
If you go back centuries, genetics may possibly trace them to East african with part roman decent
berber people
i dnt know from where did u get this info. but if u ask all the ppl here they know he is arabic .
he is a berber........and I guess u arent aware of the history of algeria who under islamist rule wanted to take out Franch language completely and even ban berber language.....and recently those guys killed a french kabylian poet which caused huge protest......most of the algerians are against zidane...and to tell u the truth he has grudge against arabs.....
Berbers arent arabs. fullstop