Zidane - a true legend - NOT

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1i_l0OeeMc

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Hi Sateesh,

 

Yeah, I don't get it. I was watching the game and

actually rooting for the French only because everyone

has been stigmatizing them for their age (I wanted

Germany to win but they weren't even in the game).

 

Anyway, I thought the French were playing better in

the second half! I can't figure out what Zidane was a

sore loser for, afterall, it was still 1 to 1. But

according to the announcers on the Spanish channel

over here, Zidane has a history of throwing these

kinds of fits when things aren't going his way. How

very sportsmanlike.

 

Too bad. The French could have used him during the

penalty kicks since it all came down to who had the

better kickers. I thought neither goalie could compare

with Lehman - sigh.

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I always want Argentina or Germany to win - no idea why (maybe as they gave the English a hard time in the 20th century perhaps ;-) ) - but I was gutted when they ended up playing each other - and then started hitting each other at the end, LOL.

 

Yes, Lehmann was good - but I think Ricardo (Portugal) and Buffoon (Italy) were as good.

 

Does Oliver Khan always have a snarl on his face? Or is it only when he's in a good mood?

 

Check this hilarious message someone posted on the BBC site -

 

Read number #3 - LOL

 

 

Message 36 - posted by Capt'n Billy's Whizbang (U3795912) , 53 Minutes Ago

 

Zidane blows France's chances by

 

1. Leaving his team a man down

 

2. Leaving his team without their best penalty kicker

 

3. Giving baldies a bad name everywhere

 

What the hell were you thinking, lad?

 

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Mary Quinn

valist

Sunday, July 09, 2006 10:40 PM

Re: Zidane - a true legend - NOT

 

 

Hi Sateesh,

 

Yeah, I don't get it. I was watching the game and

actually rooting for the French only because everyone

has been stigmatizing them for their age (I wanted

Germany to win but they weren't even in the game).

 

Anyway, I thought the French were playing better in

the second half! I can't figure out what Zidane was a

sore loser for, afterall, it was still 1 to 1. But

according to the announcers on the Spanish channel

over here, Zidane has a history of throwing these

kinds of fits when things aren't going his way. How

very sportsmanlike.

 

Too bad. The French could have used him during the

penalty kicks since it all came down to who had the

better kickers. I thought neither goalie could compare

with Lehman - sigh.

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Ok, fine, Ricardo was good too, but don't

underestimate the power of attraction! Lehman rules!

And he always dove the right way, too!!

 

AND he's handsome!

;-)))))

 

--- Sateesh Batas <makaras (AT) ukonline (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

 

> Germany were the most passionate team this year -

> everyone else seemed not to try - maybe as it was

> held in Germany? Ballack and Klose are brilliant

>

> But I still think the Argentines were the best - for

> hitting the Germans after losing to them :-) .

>

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>

> -

> Mary Quinn

> valist

> Sunday, July 09, 2006 11:00 PM

> Re: Zidane - a true legend - NOT

>

>

> Lehman was best because he is also handsomest. There

> is no stronger argument! Khan looks constipated all

> the time. Buffon (I thought) wasn't very good, but I

> only saw Italy play in the last game. I followed

> Germany and England more closely (and Spain but our

> team sucked this year).

> ;-)

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[Guest guest]

Hi Chris,

 

I suspect that the people who liked Zidane before will

find a good reason and still like him. Those who

didn't before, still don't. And those who never heard

of him before the World Cup will either not care or

follow the media lead. Which is a whole lot of words

to say nothing. Sorry!

 

As to reasons, Zidane says Materazzi called him a

terrorist. Materazzi denies, says he insulted him but

won't repeat it. Whatever. It seems to me that in the

last half of the final came, when all the marbles are

at stake, it would have been more professional for

Zidane to have "kept his head". But I fall into the

"don't care" group, so it's all the same to me.

 

Now, if he or Materazzi had been as handsome as

Lehmann...

 

;-))))

 

I copied this article re the insulting:

 

Marco Materazzi admits he insulted Zinedine Zidane

before the France captain head-butted him in the World

Cup final. Materazzi denies calling him a "terrorist."

 

Materazzi admits insult

France forgives Zidane

FIFA to investigate red

Zidane wins Golden Ball

A nation asks itself 'Why?'

What set Zidane off?

 

"I did insult him, it's true," Materazzi said in

Tuesday's Gazzetta dello Sport. "But I categorically

did not call him a terrorist. I'm not cultured and I

don't even know what an Islamic terrorist is."

 

Zidane and Materazzi exchanged words after Italy broke

up a French attack in extra-time of Sunday's final in

Berlin. Seconds later, Zidane lowered his head and

rammed Materazzi in the chest, knocking him to the

ground.

 

Zidane was sent off, reducing France to 10 men. Italy

won the game in a penalty shootout.

 

"I held his shirt for a few seconds only, then he

turned round and spoke to me, sneering," the Italian

defender said. "He looked me up and down, arrogantly

and said: 'If you really want my shirt, I'll give it

to you afterwards."'

 

The 32-year-old Inter Milan player did not elaborate

exactly on what he said to Zidane.

 

"It was one of those insults you're told tens of times

and that always fly around the pitch," he said.

 

Media reports, based on interpretations by

lip-readers, have suggested that Materazzi called

Zidane a terrorist or insulted his mother or sister.

Materazzi denies these claims, too.

 

"For me, the mother is sacred, you know that,"

Materazzi told the newspaper.

 

Materazzi is no stranger to controversy. He was

suspended for two months for punching Siena defender

Bruno Cirillo after a Serie A game in February 2004,

and earned condemnation following a brutal tackle on

Sweden and Juventus striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic in

October 2005.

 

Materazzi was also sent off three times while playing

for Everton in the 1998-99 season.

 

One Italian senator even suggested that Materazzi

didn't merit selection for the Italian team because of

his physical style.

 

Zidane also is known for having a temper. He was sent

off for stomping on a Saudi Arabian opponent at the

1998 World Cup, while at Germany 2006 he was banned

for France's group match against Togo.

 

Five years ago with Juventus, Zidane head-butted an

opponent in a Champions League match against Hamburger

SV after being tackled from behind.

 

Meanwhile, Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni accused FIFA of

double standards, noting that soccer's governing body

named Zidane as the tournament's best player after his

head-butt, while Italy forward Francesco Totti was

kicked out of the 2004 European Championship for

spitting in an opponent's face.

 

"I notice a difference in the way in which Totti was

treated after the spit and the way in which Zinedine

Zidane has been lauded as a champion of soccer, even

though he is held responsible for such a violent blow

that it could even have had devastating effects,"

Veltroni said.

 

FIFA announced Tuesday it will open a disciplinary

investigation into Zidane's conduct.

 

FIFA also said that the ballot box for the

tournament's top player - voted by journalists - was

open until after the final had ended, making it

impossible to know how many ballots were cast before

the match and during it.