FIFA World Cup (TM) - July 2006

2006-07-11 06:00:52 · 22 answers · asked by peter o 1

2006-07-11 05:56:32 · 11 answers · asked by allosh 1

Zidane's red card was anything but unusual. He was sent off 14 times in his career at the club and international level.

At the 1998 World Cup, he stomped on a Saudi Arabian opponent. Sitting out a two-match ban, he came back to score two goals against Brazil in the final.

Five years ago with Juventus, he head-butted an opponent in a Champions League match against Hamburger SV after being tackled from behind.

The reaction to Sunday's outburst was mixed in France. President Jacques Chirac called Zidane "a genius of world football," and former Sports Minister Marie-George Buffet said Zidane's aggressive act was unforgivable for its effect on children watching the game.

"This morning, Zinedine, what do we tell our children, and all those for whom you were the living role model for all times?" French sports daily L'Equipe wrote.

Zidane, whose parents emigrated to France from Algeria, became a proud symbol of a multicultural France and is adored in Algeria.

In the mountains where Zidane's parents grew up, Atmanne Chelouah carried off a life-size cardboard cutout of the player at "Cafe Zizou" after the red card.

"We are very disappointed," Chelouah said. "He should have kept his cool."

But lashing out is nothing new to Zidane, who grew up playing on concrete in an impoverished immigrant neighbourhood of Marseille, where fouls and insults are met with instant retribution.

Perhaps he could never shake off that you-or-me mentality.

"You can take the man out of the rough neighbourhood, but you can't take the rough neighbourhood out of the man," striker Thierry Henry said Sunday.

At this year's World Cup, where Zidane sat out one match for getting two yellow cards in the first round, he sent a message to his teammates. In a rare television interview, he said, "We die together."

2006-07-11 05:45:55 · 38 answers · asked by Juventina 6

OK apart from all the jokes, why did Zidane headbutt the Italian guy

2006-07-11 05:44:20 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

what would you do if someone scold your religion or race like what just matterazzi did to zidane on the world cup final ? are you gonna just shut your mouth......?

2006-07-11 05:43:45 · 15 answers · asked by bzzz 2

2006-07-11 05:36:40 · 8 answers · asked by Ireland15 1

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/soccer/specials/world_cup/2006/07/11/bc.eu.spt.soc.wcup.materazzi.zidane.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

he was quoted "I don't even know what an Islamic terrorist is."
how can you not know what an islamic terrorist is??
or is it just me because i live in the us and i hear that word everytimes the news come on?
are there actually people out there who do not know what a terrorist is?

2006-07-11 05:32:42 · 17 answers · asked by ashleyxo603 3

what happend at the very last match maradona played in...was there a fight???

2006-07-11 05:32:42 · 6 answers · asked by JON D 1

And have you noticed most of them have short hair this year? Looks like the Alice Bands are no longer fashionable for men.

2006-07-11 05:31:57 · 23 answers · asked by luthien_ann 2

2006-07-11 05:29:17 · 11 answers · asked by pm 2

What would you do if someone told you something horrid about your mother the same day she was taken to the hospital? You ppl have to realise that Zizou is human too! Sure he's supposed to be professional and rational , but like none of you... REALITY CHECK.. he's not perfect either!
This is a report form BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/5169342.stm

BBC Radio Five Live asked for help from a deaf lip reader, Jessica Rees, who read the words phonetically to an Italian translator.

She deciphered the insult as being "you're the son of a terrorist whore" - a translation also carried by many national newspapers in Britain on Tuesday.

The BBC's Ten O'Clock News also called in experts to study the television footage of the incident and determined the following:

He then accused him of being a "liar" and wished "an ugly death to you and your family" on the day the Frenchman's mother had been taken to hospital ill. This was followed by "Go f*** yourse

2006-07-11 05:22:28 · 12 answers · asked by sushibabes 3

is it my fault that you're jealous of Cristiano Ronado? I didn't ask him to be hot you know. it's just something he does on his own.if you don't like him i do. it's just like i don't like David Beckham. so please just like Chillax.

2006-07-11 05:15:49 · 31 answers · asked by Bou 4

I mean, it was a professional headbutt!
If he ended up flying to the goal, would Zidane be able to add this one to his scoresheet?

2006-07-11 05:15:33 · 14 answers · asked by No. 10 2

I've noticed these two or three geniuses are messing arround..!

2006-07-11 05:14:41 · 14 answers · asked by winnertakesall 1

What do you think about the performance of
a) Brazil - Fair play award winners
b) England
c) Argentina
d) Italy- The World Champions
e) France - Runner-up
f) Germany- Third place

2006-07-11 05:14:28 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

tht guy s the worst italian player..he did sometyhing same with paul nedved in 2000..besides,he called zidane a dirty terrorist..how sad a scum like materazzi call the best player in world cup a terrorist..

2006-07-11 05:12:33 · 22 answers · asked by last spiritual man 1

My vote goes to Italy. They have always been boring to watch. 8 players inside their box from the 20th minute in the final.

2006-07-11 05:12:26 · 31 answers · asked by Critical_of_Idiots 2

2006-07-11 05:11:23 · 12 answers · asked by micho 7

cause i thing so because zidane is not the kind of person that will just headbutt some if there was no reason.
Also marco could have saying some racism to zidane beacuse with out zidane in the game france will lose.

2006-07-11 05:10:00 · 9 answers · asked by Chelsea!10 3

He tweaked Zidane's nipples before the head butting incident. Is this normal behaviour among footballers?

2006-07-11 05:08:12 · 23 answers · asked by World Cuppa 2

2006-07-11 04:57:15 · 22 answers · asked by chad.c 2

Neither of them seemed to watch what was going on in the field of play. Even with instant replay, Balboa as the analyst would incorrectly comment on fouls. He also could not hide his bias toward teams. ie he was rooting for Italy on Sunday.

2006-07-11 04:56:32 · 4 answers · asked by Critical_of_Idiots 2

2006-07-11 04:56:00 · 10 answers · asked by troubled 1

The French cry babies can not stop crying? WWWWWWWWAAAAAAAA WWWWWWWWWAAA.. it's ok French cry baby it'll be ok. wwwwwaaaaaaa wwwwwaaaaa I know it hurts you are French and suck and cheated to get to the finals but it's ok. wwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaa wwwwwwwaaaa I know you wanted to cheat the Italians but they were just better. wwwwwwwaaaaa wwwwwaaaaa Zidane. I know he was an idiot and no one can justify what he did.wwwwwwwwaaaaa waaaaaaaa I know the ref gave him a red card but what did you want the ref to do? wwwwwwwwaaaaa wwwwwaaaa now that's silly another penalty kick but you just got one in the 7th min of the game that was unjust. wwwwwwaaaaa waaaaaaaa Oh I see you could never score a real goal and wanted to win the world cup . wwwwaaaaaaaw wwwwwwwaaaaaaaa

2006-07-11 04:55:38 · 15 answers · asked by tony c 2

A Brazilian one says Materazzi said: your sister is a whore. An Italian one says: you're a dirty terrorists's son.
People, come off it! This is all bulllshit! Stop feeding this nonsense!

2006-07-11 04:51:26 · 12 answers · asked by Atomin 5

Does no one else find it hypocritical that Zidane was still given the Golden Ball award despite head-butting Materazzi in a fashion that would make a goat proud, where as Cristiano Ronaldo was denied Best Young Player because of his "antics" on the pitch? Zidane makes C. Ronaldo look like a saint, hell he even makes Rooney look innocent.

What a World Cup.

2006-07-11 04:51:01 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

After the very first match (a disastrous one) with Paraguay, they said the lack of water was guilty of their bad play, lol. They cried that they lost a match to Portugal because of the red card which Rooney (absolutely fairly) got.

Americans... They didn't go far... lol.

Australians said they would sue Croatia to FIFA if they didn't pass the group. ROTFL. How pathetic...

So, all you american, english or australian France-hater smartasses... Stop crapping about France which WON THE SILVER, 'cause your teams are far back behind la France. Mind your own business (like shaping Rooney from the beast in to a man).

2006-07-11 04:50:45 · 15 answers · asked by Mattia 2

what did he told him that made zidane hit him??

2006-07-11 04:46:57 · 16 answers · asked by yus_barrett 2

Zidane recieved his red card and other "social" punishments. But materazzi did not get any punishment...

2006-07-11 04:44:48 · 14 answers · asked by dolphin 1

What did the Italian player tell him before the incident?

2006-07-11 04:40:58 · 25 answers · asked by AST 2