What do u think of zidane's apology for the violent conduct?

Question

I am 100% sure that materazzi should have insulted him so badly. zidane's apology accepted! what do u think?

http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=ap-wcup-zidane&prov=ap&type=lgns

Answer 1

Imagine yo lil bro or sis said very2 hurtful things to you and deliberately repeating them over n over while u were seriously focusing at completing a very important school project that has been weeks of sweat, blood & sacrifices. To worsen them, he or she grabbed n tugged your shirt frm behind. How can someone who is a friend to you suddenly become some uncouth lout and made himself instant hero? Never experience that before? Put yourself in his shoes then u'll know why. Zeezou, u totally know yo manners and apologised. d othr man, what happen? No apologise yet?

Answer 2

My sentiments exactly! Why only the one with actions get punished but not the one who provoked? Be fair to Zidane! Lip synch Marco Materazzi and punish both then - revoke the World Cup title if revoke the Golden Ball award.

Golden Ball award was not voted/ organised by FIFA which means many still loved Zidane regardless of him being fouled 14 times or whatever. FIFA has no right to revoke. What is the voting for if it cannot be valid?

It's better than acting like an innocent baby after the wrong done. Verbal is the same as physical abuse.
I ACCEPT HIS APOLOGY - WHY ZIDANE DARES TO ADMIT THAT HE SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT BUT WHY HE DID NOT REGRET.

NO MATTER HOW PIOUS ONE IS, HE IS STILL A HUMAN LEARNING TO COPE WITH CONTROL & FEELINGS. THE MORE PIOUS ONE IS, THE MORE TUANTING FROM A DEVIL TO COMMIT SINS TO STOP THE PERSON FROM ACHIEVING SUCCESS (every religion is the same) and it makes no difference to Zizou's case - realising, admitting and repenting a wrong is the focul point.

Answer 3

I didn't need an apology from him in the first place. Yes, Zidane has a reputation as a hot-head but Materrazi has a history of being outright violent. The difference being that one reacts when provoked; the other is an instigator. Maybe Zizou should have just walked away but its garbage to think that every provocation should be ignored. Were that the case entire wars could have been prevented much less personal disputes. We all have limits that once crossed may result in our acting in ways that would shock even ourselves. Interestingly those who have never been pushed to that point are the first to point fingers at someone who was. The important thing is that he directed an explanation to the adult audience while more importantly offering an apology to the children that he wished had not witnessed it. I think it was the responsible thing to do and far more easy to defend than will be Materrazi's need to apologize for name calling, trash talk, and in general inciting violence on the field of play.

Answer 4

Zidane got what he deserved and should have been sent off. He should have his Award taken off him because behaving like that on the Pitch is just uncalled for. In a World Cup Final (in any match at all) you do not retaliate. You need to have the self control to walk away. Like someone else has said, if everyone did the same thing every time then we would have everyone headbutting each other. In my opinion he lost his nation the World Cup. They had the possession, they had the attack power, they were they were the ones having the shots, and if they went to shots, they had more experienced players to take them. Plus also having two guys with new legs they were in control. When he passed over that headbutt, he passed over that trophy.

Now he is sorry for people to have had to see it (several times) but says he would do it again. Now that makes the problem even worse and shows how he has not learnt from his lesson. As an Aussie I wanted to see the french to get up and win. But it took him 15 years to get a profile as one of the best players in the world, and then go on to ruin that in 15 seconds.

Now for the other Fruit cake. Materazzi needs to also get punishment. FIFA needs to find out what was said and he needs to be dealt with so we can end this kind of personal attacks. Unfortunately it happens everyday both in our lives and also in soccer matches. If you are a smart player, no matter what happens, you have the potential to ignore such comments.

So both need to be punished. Firstly as you do not attack someone especially with such force. Zidane to lose his award and fined. But also Materazzi to be fined also for verbal abuse.

Answer 5

Accepted, honest, sincere, and fair. Materazzi is an asshole, has always been, see the video on youtube. In 10 years time, Materrazzi will long be forgotten, probably dead or in jail, and Zidane will still shine as the best with Maradonna & Pélé. Materazzi should be fined, or banned for his violent verbal abuse.

Answer 6

as a fan, zizou owes me no apology. as he said he's a man first and he has to take care of his own. but i'm still glad he did it. i know many people still doubt his explanation but i think he's telling the truth. he was really provoked and in a very personal way. he's just too much of a gentleman to reveal the exact words but that will all come put in the fifa investigation anyway. between him and materrazi, zizou is more credible. materrazi keeps changing his lines and that's not helping his case any. first he said he's the aggrieved party then he admitted he did provoke zidane. also, if you review the video footage, materrazi did seem to address zidane at least 3 times. i wish people would stop being subjective and just look at the facts squarely. fan or not, you have to agree that zidane acted sincerely. it was personal to him and his act was a natural, human reaction to a harsh, uncalled for insult. true, football players habitually trash talk in the field but they have to draw the line somewhere. they cannot let their mouths ran away with them and expect no retaliation of one kind or other. zidane has acknowledged that what he did was wrong and has apologized for it. he physically assaulted materrazi in a match and the red card was justified. he knows that and by saying that he does not regret it, he admits his readiness to face the consequences of his act. now if only materrazi would be man enough to apologize for his own mistake....

Answer 7

i think people are provoked every single day and if everyone acted on those provocations, the world would be a nasty place. zidane's a soccer superstar but he's got a temper that has been shown at LEAST twice before in other instances. As for him being sorry... he's not even sorry for what he did... he's sorry the fans had to see it. As a proud Italian, that's almost like me saying "I'm not sorry for the way France lost, I'm just sorry the fans had to see their team lose and their captain get red carded in his last game" kinda putting salt in the wounds eh?? pretty arrogant?? Exactly my point. Thus i think his appology is as good as no appology at all.

Answer 8

Hey, what the man did wasn't kosher, but at least I know the reason behind it now. The wrong party got red carded, and I for one would love to have Zidane come back as a coach and kick Italy's butt just as payback. The man deserved a better send-off.

Answer 9

Apology accepted. Can you blame him, he was defending his family's honer. You can walk away when they insult you but you can't walk away when they insult a member of your family, I wouldn't. Materazzi has most of the blame because as the provoker he messed with people that weren't even on the field, that's not fair.

Answer 10

this man is very spiritual huh? first a voice, and now someone up there decided he should heatbutt the sh*t outta materazzi. with all that spirituality you think zidane would be more against violence. im not trying to be mean, but dont you think the same?