World Cup 2006 in Germany

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 09 Jul 2006, 21:33

It's a damn shame that he couldn't keep his head. Win or lose, that's a bad way to go out...

Still, it doesn't stop him from being one of the best players ever, but it's just a little bittersweet.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 09 Jul 2006, 21:37

Wow and I thought Rooney was a twat. Zidane makes Rooney look like a saint. Tough shit France. Glad Italy won, although their celebrations were kinda homosexual. Must be all those years of supressed disappointment exploding into sheer ecstacy.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 09 Jul 2006, 23:51

Pfff... what a lousy player that Zidane is: incredible bad aim... a talented player would have headbutted materazzi between the eyes, but ZZ totally missed and only hit him in the chest: what an amateur

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 10 Jul 2006, 14:46

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 10 Jul 2006, 14:59

Although a professional player shouldn't react in such a way, I am still curious about what Materazzi has said to Zidane. In this world cup he was very calm. When he was fouled he wouldn't push anybody, shout around or whatever. He'd just stand up and continue playing. I'm sure that all the stuff he took gathered and all exploded into this headbutt into Materazzi's solar plexus during the final 10 minutes. Before that Materazzi grabbed him from behind during that corner kick. Then he must have said something that either insulted his wife, daughter or Islam, man.

If it was that bad I'd have waited until after the match. It's good to see him elected as best player of the whole championship.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 10 Jul 2006, 15:34

Materazzi must have said something REALLY bad, but that doesn't excuse his behaviour. If ZZ was annoyed he should of waited till after the game, IMO.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 10 Jul 2006, 16:44

Well deserved headbutt, if you know Materazzi.

But I still think an icon like Zidane shouldn't react like this.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 10 Jul 2006, 16:50

Rumours are that it was something said about Zidane's racial background. Doesn't justify the headbutt but if true it's sad to see players being verbally abused.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 10 Jul 2006, 17:09

thelostdragon wrote:
If it was that bad I'd have waited until after the match. It's good to see him elected as best player of the whole championship.

It's a joke that he was elected, as ZZ only had 1 good game against brazil and in the other games he was OK at most. he got the award based purely on his reputation, instead of his actual performance this world cup.

Ah well, this whole WC has been a big joke...

They even elected Portugal as the team that played the most entertaining ...(!)

dragonhero005 · Post by **dragonhero005** » 10 Jul 2006, 17:34

Yi-Long wrote: They even elected Portugal as the team that played the most entertaining ...(!)

Well, their match against the Netherlands was very entertaining, wasn´t it.

No, seriously... I know what you mean.

I didn´t think Zidane would get the trophy after the headbutt against Materazzi, yesterday. And... you´re right, he wasn´t that good at all. But still, I think it´s okay - it´s like a "Thank you", for the good moments he gave us in his career.

Concerning the performamces in this worldcup I would have given the award to either Andrea Pirlo or Fabio Cannavaro...

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 10 Jul 2006, 17:55

The Korean/Japan world cup was more enjoyable I thought.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 10 Jul 2006, 18:47

The third place match in this WC (Portugal/Germany) was better than the final IMO.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 10 Jul 2006, 18:58

the reason zidane got the award was because the journalists voted at half time last night-clearly if they'd have waited there'd have been a different result

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 10 Jul 2006, 19:09

I heard Matterazzi said (in Italian?):

"I hope Jean suffered".

Jean was Zidane's first coach or something I think and to him he was like a 2nd father, he had died of cancer the previous year I think

If Matterazzi said that then thats way out of order, but Zidane shouldnt have reacted like that. The best thing for him to do would have to score the winning goal, win the WC and dedicate the award to his former coach.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 10 Jul 2006, 21:35

grim_tales wrote:I heard Matterazzi said (in Italian?):

"I hope Jean suffered".

Jean was Zidane's first coach or something I think and to him he was like a 2nd father, he had died of cancer the previous year I think

That's worse than the racist remark because it's personal and cruel.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 11 Jul 2006, 07:59

It might be wrong, whatever he said is pretty bad, expecially f it was the remark about his friend/coach, but you can't excuse what ZZ did.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 11 Jul 2006, 08:36

BBC News (I think, may have been News 24) told a story about a Hi-Fi store, which now has to pay back over 10.000 custormers who bought a Flatpanel TV. The deal was if the customers could guess the winner and Italy won, the customers would get their Flatpanel TV for free. Ouch!

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 11 Jul 2006, 16:05

Speaking of BBC News, here's an update on the Zidane story. If the lip reader is accurate, then it doesn't excuse Zinedine, but I'd've probably nutted Materazzi too.

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 12 Jul 2006, 22:03

What Zidane had to say about the incident.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 15 Jul 2006, 19:49

Still not sure I agree with him. What Materazzi said was wrong, but ZZ is supposed to be a professional and not let taunts get to him.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 16 Jul 2006, 22:37

So much for Yi saying that Zidane is overrated:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYUtKKbBTkw

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 17 Jul 2006, 08:31

Agree with you LD, one of the world's great players

Yi will be saying Thierry Henry is overrated next

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 17 Jul 2006, 16:54

... and my reply
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvp2p1Tr ... h=bergkamp

Worth watching till the very end

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 17 Jul 2006, 17:04

You're right, it was worth watching 'till the end. Or rather, listening 'til the end

Although, the titles were a little misleading: 'World Class Defenders' is a bit much

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 17 Jul 2006, 20:38

Very good video as well. The final scene is an example of a reason of why more Dutch people have learnt to speak German than Germans have learnt Dutch.