Zadine was called a terrorist??? FIFA to investigate

[Lost-in-FL]

:wow: :wow:

If that's the case, Materazzi deserves the headbutt, maybe more. Materazzi admitted he insulted him but did not called a terrorist.



http://football.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-5942075,00.html

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13804403/

[MadMaddie]

1. Still...Zadine was the experienced one....he should have kept

on walking away....if he would have been the one taking the penalty kick that was missed things might have turned out differntly...it cost his team the game......he should have been able to raise above the fray.....he could have kicked his ass after the game.....

It was a great game...

[Lost-in-FL]

2. European civility at its best.

I mean, the comment made by the Italian guy.

[AlamoDemoc]

3. here more from BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/5169342.stm


BBC Radio Five Live asked for help from a deaf lip reader, Jessica Rees, who read the words phonetically to an Italian translator.

She deciphered the insult as being "you're the son of a terrorist whore" - a translation also carried by many national newspapers in Britain on Tuesday.

The BBC's Ten O'Clock News also called in experts to study the television footage of the incident and determined the following:

Materazzi's first word to Zidane was "no" before he then told him to "calm down".

He then accused him of being a "liar" and wished "an ugly death to you and your family" on the day the Frenchman's mother had been taken to hospital ill. This was followed by "Go f*** yourself".

[MadMaddie]

4. Well....I can definitely understand the anger but he should

have taken it out on scoring another goal and then kicking the guys ass....that's the way to go out!!!

[AlamoDemoc]

11. frankly of what hat has been happening in France of late

and the entire world soccer sport...I too would have snapped and punched the racist Italian bastard without remorse. This FIFA racist community learned that even someone like Zidane would not tolerate such stupidity.

[cobaindrain]

5. taunting has always been a part of sports

It goes on all the time, nasty things have been said. It's up to Zidane to turn the other cheek. Sure Materazzi deserved the headbutt, but Zidane wasn't thinking about the tean at that moment.

[Lost-in-FL]

7. That goes beyond taunting

Remember that there are issues of racism in Europe during soccer games (fans making monkey noises when black players have possesion of the ball, and carring nazi flags to games, violence against black soccer players, etc.).

Imagine professional soccer players calling each other with racial slurs. What message is that sending? To me, words can be forms of violence and if that was the case during this game I think the Italian Soccer Federation (which is already in big trouble over misconduct of soccer players, gambling, setting up games, etc.) should at the least pay a HUGE $$$$ fine. I don't think this is an innocent (childish) taunting incident. Something has to be done about this.

[Sam Odom]

8. Please...

You want euro soccer to become PC? :crazy: Aint going to happen!

[Lost-in-FL]

9. PC?

:shrug:

[Sam Odom]

10. politically correct n/t

n/t

[Lost-in-FL]

12. We are talking Euro Soccer here

not Hockey or Basketball in the US. There is always the potential for riots in European soccer games.

You don't see riots in a Hockey game when players are going at it killing each other. Didn't you noticed all of the security around the field? The guys dressed in orange facing the public? It would be in the best interest of the game to keep the racial slurs away from soccer to lessen the chances of riots. But that is just me, I guess it is bad for some to take racism out of sports. Maybe it is more fun that way. :eyes:

[Sam Odom]

13. Let's take racism, sexism & homophobia out of RAP music 1st n/t

:banghead:

[Lost-in-FL]

16. TV, Radio, Politics, Religion, Schools

, soccer, households, etc.

[Sam Odom]

6. This is Euro soccer for gawdsakes !

Much worse been uttered and done... Zadane has no excuse.

[Gloria]

14. Interesting piece on this business.....Materazzi's background

http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/06/07/con06302.html

July 11, 2006

Why Today I Wear My Zidane Jersey

A BUZZFLASH GUEST CONTRIBUTION
by Dave Zirin

SNIP

Zissou is the son of Algerian immigrants who has sparred verbally with Europe's far-right political machine for more than a decade. He is an outspoken anti-racist on a team that has defined itself by its multiculturalism and stubborn insistence to stand up against bigotry both inside and outside the sport.

Materazzi on the other hand, will be playing this year for the Italian team Lazio, where his father was the former coach. Lazio's fan club, The Ultras, are notorious for their Fascist-friendly politics. Lazio's hardcore Ultras, known as the "Irriducibili," have members in Italy's extra-parliamentary far right and try to use the club to recruit. The group has frequently uses racist and anti-Semitic banners, one time hanging a 50-foot banner that said their opponents were a "team of niggers."

It's wrong to taint Materazzi for the actions of Lazio's fans, but there is more. Earlier this season in a match that pitted Messina against Inter in Sicily, Messina's star African player Marc Zoro famously picked up the ball and walked off the pitch in protest of the monkey chants rained upon him by Inter supporters.

In a stirring act of solidarity, many of the Inter players immediately showed support for Zoro's actions. But one opponent yelled, "Stop that, Zoro, you're just trying to make a name for yourself." That opponent's name was Marco Materazzi.

MORE

[Lost-in-FL]

15. Nice piece

Thanks!

But then in the final act, at the moment of most exquisite tension, it seems racism may have actually emerged from the shadows. I, for one, am damn glad that when it did, it ran smack into Zissou's beautiful head. :woohoo: :rofl: