If in his position, somebody hounded you saying you are a terrorist and your Mothers a whore, do you think he was right to react in the way he did, or as a proffesional should he laugh it off.....he will always be the king of footie, but I can not condone his actions, as Roonies
2006-07-12 10:13:18 · 24 answers · asked by peter_bain2003 3 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
Zidane was wrong on several counts. First off, there's a huge difference between speaking (a right we here in the United States protect fiercely as a personal freedom) and acting violently. Zidane could have replied any way he wanted with his own variation on the Yo Momma chatter, or better still taken the high road and chosen to not dignify the baiting with a reply (keeping his eyes on the world cup prize,) but the minute he reacted physically, he absolutely lost the right to stay on the field.
But the other factor here is that he is a high profile, international role model, playing a GAME. No amount of world cup pressure justifies setting that kind of violent example for all the kids watching.
His golden ball trophy will always be nothing more than a reminder of his lost control and helping his team lose the world cup.
2006-07-12 10:32:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, first of all there have been no reports that he was called a terrorist AND his mother was disgraced. It was one or the other and Matarrazi hasn't even confirmed that this was what he said. Either way, stuff like that is tossed around the pitch all of the time. You have to take into account that this was his last game and a World Cup Final. He was absolutely in the wrong, he should not have done it.
2006-07-12 10:18:37 · answer #2 · answered by Existence 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely wrong. People like this need to grow up and behave in an adult fashion. Adults use their minds to resolve conflicts; if physicality is unavoidable, at least have the common sense, the class, and the professionalism to take care of business off the field-shame on jock idiots savages everywhere!!
2006-07-12 10:19:14 · answer #3 · answered by dr schmitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the law in US and England and Germany, the person who provokes is wrong. If Zidane kicked that italian in the groin it's still not Zidane's fault.
2006-07-12 10:28:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
King of foot? I think not, but I do thing that his reaction was fine especially when he was under pressure of the final match. At that point in time and with all the effort and exhaustion I think anyone could have do the same or even worse.
2006-07-12 10:18:05 · answer #5 · answered by venomfx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We do not actually know the full story from both sides, i.e. both players. FIFA are investigating. However, any kind of violent assault is wrong. While it cannot necessarily be justified, if he did get these insults, then I can understand why he did what he did. What I don't understand is why he walked away and then turned back to headbut him.
2006-07-12 10:18:10 · answer #6 · answered by Eleanora 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If that's what the other guy was saying to him, then I'm all for knocking the other guy out. But to do that in the world cup finial game, finial game of his career, the no I don't think He should have done it. Not a good way to end your career.
2006-07-12 10:17:57 · answer #7 · answered by Torps 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He let his team down by losing his cool and getting ejected. He's a "professional" who should be able to handle any kind of harrassment ...especially when the World Cup is on the line!!
2006-07-12 10:24:27 · answer #8 · answered by Tim S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WRONG<, WRONG, WRONG.At the time, he was on a field of sport, he should have ignored it. After the match, off the pitch, dealt with it. My old granny told me 2 wrongs do not make a right.
2006-07-12 11:02:23 · answer #9 · answered by johncob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
zidane *should* have laughed it off.
the other guy used trash talk to mess with zidanes head and it worked.
on the flip side, zidane is only human and particular insults can hurt quite deep so i can understand why he lost his cool.
2006-07-12 10:25:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋