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I hope that guy has a cracked sternum from Zidane's headbut. He deserved it. He's a shitty player from the looks of it. All of a sudden, it makes perfect sense. I wanted to know what he said to Zidane, but this brings it into perspective.

I'm sure you could compile something like this for pretty much any player. The fact is, Zidane's reaction was insane, regardless of any provacation, which appeared to be only verbal...

actually... i gotta say though zidane's reaction was extreme, i think he was reacting to being battered the entire game and never getting a penalty called. if you watch the game you see zidane getting smacked to the ground constantly and i think he just got fed up and lost it. not excusable... but something that maybe could have been contained earlier by reffing. add to it that the ref never saw the headbutt, it was only the 4th ref who saw it on the REPLAY that made the call happen. there is no replay in soccer and you shouldn't be able to give a card almost 3-5 minutes after an infraction.

Yeah, it's quite easy to make a reel of anyones actions like this. The game is full of intentional fouling and faked injuries.

Zidane was just being a football player... arrogant and ignorant. He said it was something that Materazzi said to him. He probably accused Zidane of liking girls.

Bunch of whiney pansies if you ask me.

i heard on the news that he actually called zidane a "dirty terrorist" but in much cruder terms.

soccer sux

yea, good luck with your lack of review booths and refs with varying rule interpretations Europeans.

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