If you would have been in Zidane's position?...?

Question

How would you have reacted towards Materazzi if he had insulted your mother/your nationality/your honour?... or whatever it was he said that was really bad?

Answer 1

it's easy for us to say "I would have walked", cause we weren't in his position. But under pressure, palying the most important game of his life, while being insulted by a stupid, disrespectful player...i understand his gesture. He cracked! i don't agree with him, but I understand him...

Answer 2

ROME (Reuters) - Italy defender Marco Materazzi on Monday denied a report that he had called Zinedine Zidane a "dirty terrorist" seconds before the French captain head-butted him in Sunday's World Cup final.

"It is absolutely not true, I did not call him a terrorist. I'm ignorant. I don't even know what the word means," the Italian news agency Ansa quoted Materazzi as saying after the Italian team returned to Rome.

"The whole world saw what happened on live TV," he added.


The Paris-based anti-racism group SOS Racism had earlier quoted well informed sources as saying Materazzi had apparently used the phrase.



"According to several very well informed sources from the world of football, it would seem that the Italian player Marco Materazzi called Zinedine Zidane a 'dirty terrorist'," SOS Racism said in a statement.

Zidane, the son of Algerian immigrants, was shown a red card after the incident and Italy went on to win on penalties after the match was tied 1-1 following extra time.

SOS Racism called for an inquiry and said world soccer's governing body FIFA had recently toughened sanctions against racism.

"It's for this reason that SOS Racism asks in a determined fashion for FIFA to shed light on this altercation and that sanctions laid out in the official rules be applied should this be the case," SOS Racism said.

French television reported that Zidane would talk about the incident "in the coming days".

Answer 3

I would of just walked away and do not listen to what he said.And Materazzi did not say any of those things...even Zidane said he did not say that. And Materazzi said I would never say something about his mother because I lost my mother when I was young I never say anything about peoples Mothers!Thats what he siad(Materazzi not ZIDANE!)

Answer 4

Walked away and played the game. The height of stupidity is what Zizou did. It doesn't matter what Materazzi said, whether its a racial slur, religious slur, or ZZ's mother is a whore.....PLAY THE GAME! Words are just words. They are playing in front of a global audience.....no one can hear the words, SO JUST PLAY THE GAME.

Answer 5

Ignored him. I was playing the most important game of my career. If what he said really mattered that much to me, I'd wait for him outside of Italy's locker room after the game.

If you're a captain and a leader...and an icon for the country of France and children all over the world...you need to keep your head about you when others get chesty. No pun intended. Well, sort of.

Answer 6

walked away and put 100% effort into scoring another goal and then verablly say to materazzi in your face we won

Answer 7

walked away and put 100% effort into scoring another goal and then verablly say to materazzi in your face we won!!!!!

Answer 8

i would try harder to win and if the team did win i would rub it in materazzi's face and tell him to stuff his racist comments ... violence not nesacery

Answer 9

Zidane only made himself and his team look bad doing what he did. He should have walked away.

Answer 10

If I was Zidane I would have walked away with class.