I know we’ve beaten this thing to death, but just one more time … Zinedine Zidane is a pussy. Marco Materazzi revealed yesterday what it was that set Zidane off at the World Cup, and if you believe Materazzi… yeah, Zidane’s a pussy. Even if you don’t believe Materazzi, Zidane’s a pussy. Here’s what Marco said:
In Tuesday’s interview with the Gazzetta dello Sport, Materazzi disclosed that after he held his opponent’s shirt, Zidane said: “If you want, I’ll give you the jersey later.”
“I responded that I preferred his sister, it’s true,” Materazzi said. “It wasn’t something nice, true. But luckily there have been dozens of players who have confirmed that a lot worse things are said on the field.”
Well, here’s hoping that Zidane never ends up sitting in the front row at an Andrew Dice Clay performance.
I just can’t imagine that Zidane hasn’t heard worse than that. Either Materazzi is lying, guys just don’t talk trash to Zidane, or he was just overwhelmed with the pressure of playing in the World Cup, and the flipped out. I’d really be shocked if Zidane hadn’t heard worse than that before, but at the same time … that would be pretty consistent with everything that both Zidane and Materazzi said about the incident.
If he’s going to head butt someone’s chest because of this, then I don’t think the guy could even have a conversation with me. About 20 minutes ago, I accused a very close friend of mine of giving a handjob to a dead elk, for no good reason (as if there could be a good reason for something like that). Let’s just hope these two crazy kids can make up.
“He has not apologized to me and I certainly don’t have to apologize to him. If anything, I owe apologies to his sister, although I swear, before all this mess I didn’t even know Zidane had a sister,” he said.
Materazzi said that he thought the two could put the incident behind them.
“If peace can be made after terrible wars can Zidane and I not make peace? A peace between men, without much publicity, certainly yes.
“The door of my house will always be open to him and if he wants, Zidane knows how to find out my address,” said Materazzi.
The perfect way for this to end, obviously, is for Materazzi to put his Italian sausage down on Zidane’s sister.
chris Says:
September 6th, 2006 at 9:11 am
Does Zidane’s sister want to TOUCH IT??????
OHHHHH
jerloma Says:
September 6th, 2006 at 9:25 am
So the 15-20 lip readers who all said he called him the son of a terrorist whore were off by that much?
Howie Says:
September 6th, 2006 at 10:54 am
The lipreaders on world soccer daily (sirius) had much more commentary. calling him the n word. Telling him to f off. The terrorist whore comment, and comments about his sister. He cost them the cup but the matz is a prick.
Josh Says:
September 6th, 2006 at 4:42 pm
Check this video out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXF1lrZWTso
Its Andriy Shevchenko headbutting Materazzi, showing that just about every one hates Materazzi. Which is understandable as he is a prick.
Sean Says:
September 6th, 2006 at 7:57 pm
I’m still on Zidane’s side here..
insomniac Says:
September 6th, 2006 at 10:01 pm
When I see that YouTube vid, it looks like Materazzi turning around into an oncoming Shevchenko and then flopping because….well, because he’s a soccer player and that’s what they do.
B. Minich Says:
September 8th, 2006 at 12:00 pm
Maybe Zidane decided to do what he had always wanted to do to someone who taunted him. Maybe it really bothered him, and he was tired of it, and finally decided “hey, if I don’t do this now, I’ll never get the opprotunity to bust anyone.”
I don’t think that’s a good excuse, but it is something I could understand.
brigitte Says:
September 8th, 2006 at 3:40 pm
What I can’t understand is how everyone seems to be taking it for granted that Materazzi is telling the truth. When you look at the video, it’s clear that Materazzi talks continually as Zidane turns away, until he gets headbutted. So he talked for that long, just saying “I’d prefer your sister”? Or he just repeated that several times? “I’d prefer your sister. I’d prefer your sister. I’d prefer…” Hmm. Somehow, I think he’s leaving something out. And I think he’s waited two months to come out with this, because by now he’s realized Zidane is never going to repeat what Materazzi said for the public…
Of course, the headbutt was the wrong thing to do (Zidane is the first to admit that), but what I find really disgusting is that Materazzi has not once apologized to the public for his role in that ugly spectacle that marred the WC. That’s just lack of class and respect for all fans of the beautiful game.