How football reflects politics: Zidan-Matterazi incident?

Question

You know what I turn into politics? That is a six feet tall millionaire fella who is head butting another guy for some verbal joke no one else have heard any way, knocking him down almost unconscious, and that all happens in front of crowd of people and TV cameras who broadcast it world wide. The offender has a long track record off terrorising fellow athletes with head butts, or other nasty tricks. He was sent off many, many times for nasty unsportsmanlike violent behaviour.
Yet there are big number of people are justifying that brutal assault and cheering for offender and blaming a victim even though the victim had never even touched a guy. They justify it only because the offender is member of minority group, the victim is white and somebody had spread out a rumour of "racist offence" even though no one heard it. Does not it remind some other incidents, in USA or Europe when obvious criminal managed to get away with violent behaviour just upon calling his own victim “racist”?

And note that Matterazi and rest of Italian team never used violence, even after the incident... Even though he is tough guy, even though he are pretty physically fit.

Now that is what I call civility.
And same applies to the street, university campuses or workplace where thugs from minority group had been often given a chance to get away with offence just upon calling their victims "a racist"

Answer 1

Well the french president called Zidane a man of honour,and said that France loves him and still admire's him!Then FIFA gives him the Golden Ball,after that he is a victim cuz Materazzi called him a terrorist?!!!Zidane didn't talk to the media,Materazzi did!!!
IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT ZIDANE HEADBUT'S A PLAYER!!!Why everyone is trying to find excuses for him?Violence is awarded lately???!!!

Answer 2

Obviously you don't know much about Materazzi and the Italian team who has a history of provocation and verbal violence.

It is not unusual for Materazzi to use the most coward way to destabilize his opponent, insults and verbal violence. In an interview this morning he acknowledged insulting Zidane but denied calling him a terrorist, saying "I did not call him a terrorist, I don't even know what the word means" Yeah well if you can believe that one !!!

I agree thet Zidane should have waited until the end of the game but I thinl Materazzi should definitely be sanctioned by the FIFA

And here if you want to know more about Materazzi "sense of honor and fair play"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HblsV-urHg&search=materazzi

Also I am sure that you are aware about the big scandal that the biggest Italian soccer teams are facing :
Four clubs (Juventus, Milan AC, Fiorentina and Lazio Rome) and 26 personalities of the world of the football - Among which arbitrators, but no players are judged for corruption and malpractice against the sports ethics.

This is not a team that I can believe, no matter what.

Answer 3

Zidane is too cool to be victimised for anything that happened. If you are jealous of his skill and control of his game you should skip this game. No body has the right to insult any other human being on basis of anything. Zidane is too mature to start a row without any reason.
Racism exists even after Hitler has gone off all that is needed is a group of determined people who can root out those racist people from this world.

Answer 4

Couldn't have said it better!