What did Zidane do?
As seen by the Germans:
As seen by the French:
As seen by the Italians:
As seen by the Americans:
As seen by the Press:
Computer Science Canada Zidane |
| Author: | Cervantes [ Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:27 pm ] |
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What did Zidane do? As seen by the Germans:
As seen by the French:
As seen by the Italians:
As seen by the Americans:
As seen by the Press: |
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| Author: | Tony [ Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:38 pm ] |
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hah, awesome. I saw the full video just earlier today (can't seem to find now). 6 Hit Combo was the best by far  |
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| Author: | Andy [ Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:11 pm ] |
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Matterazzi called his mom and sister a wh0re.. the guy deserves it |
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| Author: | Amailer [ Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:30 pm ] |
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Yeah, if its true - Zidane should have hit him harder  |
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| Author: | zylum [ Fri Jul 14, 2006 12:57 am ] |
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haha where did you guys get this stuff? |
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| Author: | Cervantes [ Fri Jul 14, 2006 7:29 am ] |
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Haha, nice Amailer! zylum, my brother sent me a very odd looking email that appeared to be the beginnings of an email chain. It contained these gems. |
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| Author: | Delos [ Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:51 am ] |
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I feel...inspired...Zidane rocks! |
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| Author: | MihaiG [ Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:53 am ] |
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Yes, very cool, i was at a pub in Downtown Oxford when that happen, funniest thing in the world
btw: England is awesome...gonna see if i can get some jerseys, my friend got some for 15 quid(15 £)... they replayed that scene on tv 13time...gets better and better each time i saw it. |
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| Author: | Mazer [ Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:09 am ] |
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Zidane truly is the man now, dogs. |
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| Author: | Cervantes [ Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:20 am ] |
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When that happened, my Dad said, "Zidane has now gone from hero to goat in my books." I don't think he sunk as low as a goat, but still. The point is sound. |
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| Author: | MysticVegeta [ Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:25 am ] |
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wow guys, nice images! Really nice animated. Looks real... What I think is that perhaps Zidane took some bribe/money...? Although I am not sure because Materazzi did accept that he swore at him. Zidane.. lol.. omg... that was the funniest thing ever, I watched the match live and the commentators were like "What the heck is Zidane thinking?!" I was like "WOOT. Go get that Italian sob." Cause I saw them exchanging words before he hit him. Zidane is way better than Materazzi... but I still hate him since france beat brazil and anyone who beats brazil, I usually hate them. So I thought it was good italians won lol. |
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| Author: | Delos [ Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:12 pm ] |
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MysticVegeta wrote: wow guys, nice images! Really nice animated. Looks real... What I think is that perhaps Zidane took some bribe/money...? Although I am not sure because Materazzi did accept that he swore at him. Zidane.. lol.. omg... that was the funniest thing ever, I watched the match live and the commentators were like "What the heck is Zidane thinking?!" I was like "WOOT. Go get that Italian sob." Cause I saw them exchanging words before he hit him. Zidane is way better than Materazzi... but I still hate him since france beat brazil and anyone who beats brazil, I usually hate them. So I thought it was good italians won lol.
You're a very confusing/confused person...
@Cervantes: your dad is officially cool. Though he likely doesn't realize the goat reference...goats f0r teh win! |
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| Author: | BenLi [ Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:22 pm ] |
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well no matter what the other guy said, zidane shouldn't have headbutted him? where's the sportsmanship man? |
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| Author: | Andy [ Fri Jul 14, 2006 3:35 pm ] |
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where is the sportsmanship in matterazi calling zidane's mother/sister a wh0re? if you do the same to me, i'd do more than simply headbutt you. |
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| Author: | Mazer [ Fri Jul 14, 2006 4:15 pm ] |
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Indeed. While I can't condone his actions (yes I can!), I can't pretend I wouldn't have done the same. It's pretty impressive that he stopped there instead of jumping on Materazzi's throat if he were that pissed off. All of those "Zidane was an idiot" articles really get on my nerves. |
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| Author: | Amailer [ Fri Jul 14, 2006 5:55 pm ] |
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Actually when it did happne, I wanted to headbutt Zidane -.- he was about to make France lose (I still think if he was in the shoot outs he could have won them the cup, damn that 1 shot). Anyhow, after that interview- it seems that Zidane should have hit that guy harder
Umm a friend of mine sent me that pic xd funny |
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| Author: | Cervantes [ Fri Jul 14, 2006 6:24 pm ] |
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Andy wrote: where is the sportsmanship in matterazi calling zidane's mother/sister a wh0re?
A valid point. That wasn't a nice thing to do, but it was a pretty brialliant tactic. It could easily be argued that Materazzi won the Italians the cup. Psychology in sport is very important. And the psychology of pissing the opposing team off is often quite fun. I do delight in the times I've got cards to opposing players in my own soccer games. Andy wrote: if you do the same to me, i'd do more than simply headbutt you.
Really? To paraphrase a Frasier episode, "We live in a civilized world. We don't settle our differences with brawling no matter who you are." Zidane was an idiot to do that, especially because of the situation. But even if it were an ordinary situation, meeting someone on the street; would you seriously attack someone who called your mother/sister a wh*re? Sticks and stones... Delos wrote: @Cervantes: your dad is officially cool. Though he likely doesn't realize the goat reference...goats f0r teh win!
Eh? Neither do I.  |
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| Author: | [Gandalf] [ Fri Jul 14, 2006 6:34 pm ] |
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Cervantes wrote: It could easily be argued that Materazzi won the Italians the cup.
Then it could also be argued that the Italians won the cup by being cheap. What you do to win... Cervantes wrote: Zidane was an idiot to do that
Sure, it wasn't the best course of action he could have taken. That said, "Materazzi was an ass to do that". |
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| Author: | Cervantes [ Fri Jul 14, 2006 7:46 pm ] |
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[Gandalf] wrote: Cervantes wrote: It could easily be argued that Materazzi won the Italians the cup.
Then it could also be argued that the Italians won the cup by being cheap. What you do to win... Well, Materazzi also got the equalizing goal. He also gave them the penalty, but from the replay's it looked like he withdrew from the tackle at the last second and barely touched the French player. Shouldn't have been a penalty. That was "fixed" by another incident later where France probably should have gotten a penalty but didn't. [Gandalf] wrote: Cervantes wrote: Zidane was an idiot to do that
Sure, it wasn't the best course of action he could have taken. That said, "Materazzi was an ass to do that". Yes, but a tactful ass. |
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| Author: | BenLi [ Sat Jul 15, 2006 9:40 am ] |
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too true cervantes. But isn't this typical? Zidane the well known player commits an offense towards the sport of soccer. Three days later, with words, the world is in Zidane's favor. This proves that history takes the side of the winner (as zidane won the golden ball and is the more famous player) |
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| Author: | [Gandalf] [ Sat Jul 15, 2006 1:50 pm ] |
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Umm... wouldn't you say the winner in all this is Italy? Maybe you disagree, but the world cup seems more important than the golden ball to me. Also, I'm not sure about "the world", but ever since the very moment I saw that when watching the game, I have kept the same opinion. Something like: "I can understand why he did that, but it sucks that it probably lost them the cup." |
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| Author: | Mazer [ Sat Jul 15, 2006 3:09 pm ] |
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I normally dislike ytmnd's in this style, but this one was too good: http://matarazziownedbyanimu.ytmnd.com/ |
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| Author: | Delos [ Sat Jul 15, 2006 5:53 pm ] |
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OSAKA!!!! That was hilarious. This bloody thing has turned into one of the biggest memes of recent memory. |
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| Author: | jamonathin [ Sun Jul 16, 2006 12:02 pm ] |
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First of all, thanks Cervantes and Amailer for sharing those, they made my day  . Probabily even more because i watched it happen.
But what you guys have to look at is, besides that guy called zidanes female family wh0res (where im right with Andy), but is that headbut. Yes he's a professional soccer player, but frig man, he hit him square in the solarplex with perfect timing!!!! He has had to of done this before, i mean, to get such a perfect headbut and at the world cup finals? He has had to of practiced that.... fricken awesome. |
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| Author: | Cervantes [ Sun Jul 16, 2006 1:31 pm ] |
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jamonathin wrote: But what you guys have to look at is, besides that guy called zidanes female family wh0res (where im right with Andy), but is that headbut. Yes he's a professional soccer player, but frig man, he hit him square in the solarplex with perfect timing!!!! He has had to of done this before, i mean, to get such a perfect headbut and at the world cup finals? He has had to of practiced that.... fricken awesome. Practice? Running into someone with your head down isn't all that difficult. Besides, that could have turned out far worse than it did, for both of them. It's entirely possible that getting a blow to the chest at just the wrong instant, related to the heartbeat, can be fatal. |
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| Author: | Delos [ Sun Jul 16, 2006 2:31 pm ] |
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Cervantes wrote: Practice? Running into someone with your head down isn't all that difficult.
Good grief Cervantes! I really hope that you don't get into too many fights on your way to stardom - because you apparently are quite oblivious to certain relations of bodily dynamic and physical laws... . Zidane was able to pull off such a picture perfect head-butt because he's a professional soccer player, and I would expect he spent many hours practising headers - such as the infamous ones he pulled off at the '98 World Cup.
Had he simply '[ran] into someone', chances are he'd have hurt himself as much as he'd have hurt the other person. Your neck isn't exaclty the strongest part of your body - unless you have well built up neck muscles as he does. What Zidane did was lower his chin and ram into Matarazzio, while at the same time tightening his abdominal muscles. He the what!? Abdoninals? Pourquoi? Quite simply, by hardening the core of his body, he essentially was very much like that lamp post that you posted earlier. Just, in this case, that lamp-post had some of its own kinetic energy. Had Zidane been less versed in the ways of head-butting, he'd likely have directed his energy in a less fruitful manner - perhaps slamming his head down into Matarazzio's chest instead of thrusting it in. This would have put far more stress on his neck, thus resulting in personal injury. I'd go into the dynamics of his foot placement too, but I have to go do some other stuff now  . In brief, Cervantes, the Liverpool Kiss really does take a long time to perfect! |
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| Author: | Mazer [ Sun Jul 16, 2006 2:45 pm ] |
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I'm with Cervantes. Sure, the neck thing, but I doubt Zidane spent his younger years studying the ancient art of Martial Headbutting under the tutelage of Jacques Cousteau and working in a French Fry restaurant. Head down, into the other guy; momentum = +good. I'm more concerned about Materazzi here. What's the thought process? "Ah crap, Zidane's forehead coming in fast! Take evasive-- hey, I wonder what shaving cream he uses?" *knocked down* I really don't think Zidane was moving that fast. |
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| Author: | [Gandalf] [ Sun Jul 16, 2006 3:03 pm ] |
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Hmm... Delos has a point. I was actually quite surprised that Materazzi was knocked down by that headbutt. That explains it quite well. 
Anyway, where are you getting this "running head first into Materazzi" from? As I recall, he simply took a few well placed steps forward. |
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| Author: | Mr. T [ Sun Jul 16, 2006 3:34 pm ] |
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[Gandalf] wrote: Hmm... Delos has a point. I was actually quite surprised that Materazzi was knocked down by that headbutt. That explains it quite well.
Professional soccer players are crybabies and fakers. That is precisely why soccer is so slow to catch on in North America. We're all about violence and hard-hitting sports. Hence, Zidane's head-butt accomplished more for soccer in North America than any other soccer event in the past 50 years. |
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| Author: | Mazer [ Sun Jul 16, 2006 4:01 pm ] |
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Thank you for making North Americans to look like a bunch of idiots... |
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| Author: | Mr. T [ Sun Jul 16, 2006 4:03 pm ] |
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...and pro soccer players looking like wussies.  |
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| Author: | Cervantes [ Sun Jul 16, 2006 5:55 pm ] |
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Mr. ... you there: Pro soccer players are not wussies. I doubt you have any concept of how difficult a game soccer is, both physically and mentally. As for this business of Cervantes wrote: Running into someone with your head down isn't all that difficult. Okay, that's not quite an accurate description of what he did. The point was to indicate how easy it is for a soccer player (who has strong neck muscles and practice heading the ball) to do such a maneuver. |
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| Author: | Amailer [ Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:55 pm ] |
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Hm when heading a ball its not often that you use the top of your head. Don't you mostly use the upper part of your forehead? Though no doubt soccer is not an easy game to play, but extreamly fun even to watch |
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| Author: | Mazer [ Sun Jul 16, 2006 7:01 pm ] |
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So, tell me something... who the hell came up with the name "soccer"? |
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| Author: | Cervantes [ Sun Jul 16, 2006 7:36 pm ] |
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Amailer wrote: Hm when heading a ball its not often that you use the top of your head. Don't you mostly use the upper part of your forehead?
The hairline (of non-balding people), which appears to be what Zidane used. Top marks for technique. Mazer wrote: So, tell me something... who the hell came up with the name "soccer"?
The English, actually. "SOC" in "soccer" comes from "Association football". |
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| Author: | Amailer [ Sun Jul 16, 2006 7:59 pm ] |
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Football FTW, the real meaning of Football |
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| Author: | Mr. T [ Sun Jul 16, 2006 10:59 pm ] |
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Cervantes wrote: Mr. ... you there: Pro soccer players are not wussies. I doubt you have any concept of how difficult a game soccer is, both physically and mentally.
I'm not referring to the actual playing of the game, because obviously it takes tremendous physical fitness to be able to run up and down the field. I'm referring to the b.s. faking acts soccer players put on when they get bumped even slightly. Suck it up; be a man. |
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| Author: | md [ Sun Jul 16, 2006 11:38 pm ] |
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Football (aka. soccer... that american sport by the name of football is just rugby for wusses who can't comprehend rules) is indeed a wussy sport. Certainly you need to be in good shape, but football players always get hurt (or act like it) oh so easily, when in other sports play would continue without anyone caring. If you want real sports check out rugby or lacrosse. Sailing while not so seming to be physically demanding is actually quite hard (physically and mentally) and is definitely the hardest sport I've ever done. |
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| Author: | Mr. T [ Sun Jul 16, 2006 11:39 pm ] |
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Thank you Cornflake. Finally someone gets it. |
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| Author: | MysticVegeta [ Mon Jul 17, 2006 12:02 am ] |
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Although I agree that soccer doesnt demand THAT many physical skills such as american football or rugby, it is not a "wussie" game. These guys go through extreme challenges to get where they are at. You have got to consider that. There are always injury risks involved / mental pressure of strategy. I find it extremely hard to point the finger at them when I know that I am no better than them. Trust me if you guys think they are wussies, try making it to the Fifa world cup representing your country to prove that you are not a "wussie". But you could only imagine what they have been through if you are in their shoes, which I dont think you guys are. |
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| Author: | jamonathin [ Mon Jul 17, 2006 4:33 pm ] |
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Well im glad Delos said what he did, he was bang on. He definately did not just lower his head and run at him. Im no human kinetics major or anything of that type, but I am someone who has been in soccer since I was five, and been in MMA since I was 2 1/2 (including karate, akido, ju-jitsu, judo, kickboxing, muay thai) And no, i have never gone through the movements of 'headbutting' someone, but i have been in a high contact sport my entire live, and have been knocked down, knocked out, and knocked other people out, and yes in my younger years ran at people with my head and regreted it. The chances of someone perfectly placing a headbut and dropping an opponent - without ever thinking/practicing it, is highly unlikely. Yes, Italy should have won that soap opera award, but the difference between acting and not acting is, acting happens after the attack - where the person can have a brief moment to reflect on what happened. I've taught, fought, and witnessed so many fakers in my life (makes me sick), and that was no fake 
Anyways... soccer can be a really great game to play, physically and mentally, that is if you have the right referee's. Some fouls are justified, but at our age (referring to the 17+'s, and "pros"), it's time to take your balls out of your mother's purse and play like man - i'll end it here. |
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| Author: | Cervantes [ Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:34 am ] |
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Cornflake wrote: Certainly you need to be in good shape, but football players always get hurt (or act like it) oh so easily, when in other sports play would continue without anyone caring.
This just isn't true. It's true of some of the players (such as the Portuguese) but not all of them. Probably the majority of players don't fake things. Yet soccer has acquired this reputation, and they are doing something to fix it. Next world cup will have rules against faking these sorts of things, for which a player can get carded. |
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| Author: | Andy [ Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:50 pm ] |
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there is already a rule like that for diving... |
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| Author: | Mr. T [ Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:14 pm ] |
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Stole the words right out of my mouth, Andy. |
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| Author: | Cervantes [ Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:22 pm ] |
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Andy wrote: there is already a rule like that for diving...
Yes, but these rules haven't been brought into the World Cup yet. |
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| Author: | Aziz [ Wed Jul 19, 2006 4:15 pm ] |
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I think it should be a "PWN'D" clip. |
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| Author: | Amailer [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:37 pm ] |
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Zidane given ban and fine by Fifa Zinedine Zidane has been banned for three games and fined £3,260 for head-butting Italy's Marco Materazzi during the World Cup final. Quote: Zidane's ban is academic as he retired from football after the finals.
However the 34-year-old will instead work with football's world governing body Fifa for three days. |
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| Author: | MysticVegeta [ Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:14 am ] |
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lol whats a ban gonna do if hes retired? and 3.26k euro shouldnt be a problem to him since he has million O_O. So I would guess he made a clever decision. But what about Materazzi cussing at him? Doesnt he get to be banned/pay sometime? |
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| Author: | Cervantes [ Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:23 am ] |
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MysticVegeta wrote: But what about Materazzi cussing at him? Doesnt he get to be banned/pay sometime?
Yes. Zidane gets a three "game" suspension and some fines, Materazzi gets a two game suspension (meaning he will miss the next Italy France game) and a lesser fine. |
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| Author: | MysticVegeta [ Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:28 pm ] |
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wait what do you mean? What next france vs italy game.. are you talking about the next world cup or the next friendly game? when would that take place? Obviously not the next world cup because italy will play sometime in 4 years lol. Man I would wanna watch that game!! Both goal scorers out... hehe |
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| Author: | Amailer [ Fri Jul 21, 2006 3:21 pm ] |
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Euro Cup. And since Zidane retired, he has to do community service |
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| Author: | bugzpodder [ Wed Sep 20, 2006 7:58 pm ] |
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after seeing that headbutt zidane immediately became my biggest hero. |
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| Author: | [Gandalf] [ Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:15 pm ] |
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| Amazing still to this day.
This popped up a little while ago. |
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| Author: | Clayton [ Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:32 pm ] |
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yeah i heard them talking about what was said on the news like maybe a week ago, pretty dumb thing to say eh? |
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