World Cup!

[dezz]

FORZA AZZURI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ZIDANE- YOU ARE A PIG!

ITALY !!!!!!! 2006 WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!

[allblitz]

Lets wait and see why zidane did what he did, you never know, the guy might have deserved it.

[dezz]

Lets wait and see why zidane did what he did, you never know, the guy might have deserved it.

as martin tyler put it, there is NO excuse for what he did.

[Guest IH8VEE8S]

dezz zidane is not a player that would do something like that for nothing, i think materazzi must've said somethin racist too him

[CNR33]

Good to see the better actors won on the day...

[GTSR22]

you no what pisses me off, is that they didnt deserve to beat australia and now they are world champions, and with zidane he would of only done that if the italians where being racist plain and simple as that, and really who cares what martin tyler thinks lol.

cyas

[Guest IH8VEE8S]

Good to see the better actors won on the day...

nah hey at the end of the day italy won it fair and square but i do think that materazzi made ALOT of zidane's headbutt, i mean come on you wouldn't go flying..... :

[Guest IH8VEE8S]

you no what pisses me off, is that they didnt deserve to beat australia and now they are world champions, and with zidane he would of only done that if the italians where being racist plain and simple as that, and really who cares what martin tyler thinks lol.

cyas

i disagree with your first point mate. give me a reason WHY australia deserved to beat italy on that game and i'll shut the hell up

[inark]

there isnt a reason because they dont deserve to beat them and they didnt.

simple as that.

[JVP]

forza azzurri!

dissapointed in zidane, lost total respect for him....

a player with his experience shouldnt have done it, especially in his last EVER game for club and country.

[JVP]

you no what pisses me off, is that they didnt deserve to beat australia and now they are world champions, and with zidane he would of only done that if the italians where being racist plain and simple as that, and really who cares what martin tyler thinks lol.

cyas

how do u know that materazzi was being racist? were you there? how do u know that zidane didnt say anything to materazzi? i think zidane got what he deserved. dont get me wrong he is a great player, but a player of his expertise and credentials shouldnt have done that.

[GTSR22]

i disagree with your first point mate. give me a reason WHY australia deserved to beat italy on that game and i'll shut the hell up

due to the fact, that they had something like 60-40 % of the possesion, absolutley dominating and to have a very very questionable penalty go to them in last 5 second of injury time. Would not have been a win, i would have been proud of, and also it is strange that every referee that did the australia games were sent home because of bad desisions,

[GTSR22]

how do u know that materazzi was being racist? were you there? how do u know that zidane didnt say anything to materazzi? i think zidane got what he deserved. dont get me wrong he is a great player, but a player of his expertise and credentials shouldnt have done that.

thats exactly my piont, why would a player as great as that need to head but someone chest to get a message across. and i am only going off what i sore on the news for the racism part that is what they have stated, and i tend to agree with them as i have stated earlier

cheers guys

[inark]

due to the fact, that they had something like 60-40 % of the possesion, absolutley dominating and to have a very very questionable penalty go to them in last 5 second of injury time. Would not have been a win, i would have been proud of, and also it is strange that every referee that did the australia games were sent home because of bad desisions,

if the aussies are so great and had so much ball and italy were a man down for a half... then why didnt they score?

sorry but as ive said, theyre a really good second rate team and they didnt deserve to beat Italy. People need to get over it already and focus on the good that came of their adventures in Germany.

[JVP]

he headbutted him coz he is a pig...

who does that?

[GTSR22]

he headbutted him coz he is a pig...

who does that?

well i dont no mate, put yourself in his shoes, would u head but someone if they where racist to you or maybe said somthing about your family who knows?

not here to get into an argument but we wont no until both players come forward.

cyas

[Taso84]

Why on earth are ppl saying that Italy got a questionable penalty against Australia??? It was clearly a clumsy challenge, clearly a foul and clearly in the penalty box. So hows that not a penalty??

I wonder if roles were reversed and that Italy had committed the foul on an ossie striker whether ppl would have the same opinion

[allblitz]

Zidane is a gun, and always will be a gun. Stop crying over a headbutt which the italian player most likely deserved as Zidane is known for his gentlemen character. As a professional career, it is a dissapointing way to go out, but good on him for sticking up for himself and getting the message across to the loud mouth player.

[JVP]

well i dont no mate, put yourself in his shoes, would u head but someone if they where racist to you or maybe said somthing about your family who knows?

not here to get into an argument but we wont no until both players come forward.

cyas

not here to have an argument either mate

i just thought it was a shitty way to end an awesome career.

i spose if someone called me a dirty wog or something id spit it too, but i just thought in the circumstances he could have gone about it a better way. just my opinon, not having a go at anyone

[Kozeyekan]

Meh, Zidane's a professional sports player, he would have heard all the taunts on one stage or another. Not really an excuse to head butt someone (and in the chest....?) seems like he might have lost the plot for a moment. I men, he knows the rules like the back of his hand, and if he were put off his game by any words whatsoever, he'd never have had the career he has. They'd just insult him and laugh as he was sent off.

And back to the Aust-Italy comments.... To paraphrase one guy: "To be the man, you gotta BEAT the man." Australia did not, and really never looked like doing so. It was a crappy way to lose, but at no stage did we look like winning, and that's the deciding factor. We did well, we earned a small amount of respect. Maybe one day they'll make a 'cool runnings' style film about an Aussie team that did it hard, but held their heads high (might have to gloss over a detail or two) but returned to the next world cup to compete as equals.

Or maybe We'll play Italy at the MCG at come stage. That'd be interesting.