would you be insulting zidane???
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Never, he's a maestro.
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This will be Zidane's last match.  Thank you to this great legend, as a Juventus fan, it was fun to watch you! But Spain will be victorious.\n\nOkay....I am eating crow this morning.....I was wrong.  Good call and I have to know....will you buy me a lottery ticket?
1112563
I agree !!! it is called being childish and imature in nature .I am a brasil fan ! and last world cup I had some guy with his st george flag /england screamming nasty insults about brasils teams !!!
1148718
ce n'est peut être qu'un point de vue personnel, mais oui je pense que Zidane est le meilleur joueur de tous les temps. En plus d'avoir un jeu technique il fait jouer ses partenaires. Il a des qualités humaines qui en font un joueur d'exception.
1186467
Yep Zidane  and Ronaldo should retire from international soccer as they are not as fast and are a liability, however their skill and flair is superb. Beckham still has a few more years left in him.
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Given how people immediately blame the refs for everything, whether they deserve it or not, I don't think I'd ever want to ref a World Cup game, let alone a quarter-final!!\n\n....But if I had to, I would like to see Brazil massacre France up close... Sorry, still a little bitter about the Spain-France game...
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maybe you offended someone???
1131269
sans Zidane, ce sera plus facile : un quatuor Henry-Trézéguet-Malouda-Wiltord complété à l'heure de jeu par Ribéry et le tour est joué....\nsi en plus, on enfermer Dhorasoo dans les vestiaires, ça va le faire !
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It will make no difference. Zidane I would rate as the 3rd best player of all time after Maradona and Pele but he's been downhill for some time. \n\nHe may raise his game sometimes, but to do it for 7 competitive matches (that's if France make it to the Final), is a tall order and as much as I admire Zidane, he's not the man to do it.\n\nBut hey, he single-handedly brought France the cup in 1998 and no other player apart from Maradona has done that before, so he has no more records to break or prove to.
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WHy do u hurt me so much by posting such pics so often?\n\nAnyways,Zizou was just analyzing whether the headbutty was too mild or did Materazzi deserve even more coz  even if he did more than a headbutt, he would still only get  a red card which wont affect him anyway as he is  retired.\nNow i feel better.
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Zidane should not be called a God.. the only soccer God is Maldini
1049838
Definitely a very sad and pathetic call, but not the worst I have seen in this World Cup.... The most tragic calls have been made against Les Bleus... 1) Zidane gets a yellow card for taking a free kick too quickly????? WTF!!!!!!!! 2) The officials completely miss the fact that France scored a second goal against South Korea! 3) The officials missed what I considered to be a blatant hand ball in the box in the game against Switzerland!  And I do love the USA but we just got outclassed in almost every match we have played in this tournament, and let us not forget that if not for our "captain" (maybe if captain is German for Vagina!), that penalty would have only drawn them level with us and given us a chance to go ahead!
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ARROGANT??? YES...I WOULDN`T SAY HE`S A MORON...MORE LIKE AN IDIOTIC SHOW OFF
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Celui à qui Zidane manquera à coup sûr, c'est le ballon. Quand d'autres le frappaient et certains le martyrisaient  et continuent à le faire , Zizou le caressait, le cajolait et le promenait; le ballon était heureux entre les pieds de Zidane. Et moi? ben... moi je suis comme le ballon...
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thats what really happened:\n\n\nIn the 110th minute of the World Cup final against Italy, Zidane was sent off for headbutting Marco Materazzi in the chest in an off the ball incident. The two players exchanged words before Zidane began to walk away from him. Materazzi then said something to Zidane, who turned around, made a run-up and head-butted Materazzi in the chest, sending him to the ground. Although play was halted, referee Horacio Elizondo did not appear to have seen the confrontation. According to match official's reports, Fourth official Luis Medina Cantalejo informed Elizondo of the incident through his earphones. After consulting his assistant referees, Elizondo showed Zidane the red card and sent him off.\n\nSince video footage suggested that Materazzi had provoked Zidane, newspapers had lip readers try to determine what Materazzi had said, coming up with a variety of insults. In his first, highly awaited comments since the World Cup final, the French soccer star only partly explained what caused him to react in fury and head-butt an Italian opponent: repeated harsh insults about his mother and sister.[14] Materazzi admitted insulting Zidane, but said that Zidane's behavior had been very arrogant. He stressed that the insults had been trivial.[15][16] Zidane later stated that Materazzi had seriously and repeatedly insulted his mother and his sister and that he would "rather have taken a blow to the face than hear that". He also apologized to viewers, particularly children and educators, but said that he did not regret his offence because he felt that this would condone Materazzi's actions.[17] Two months later, in continuing to assert that his comments had been trivial, Materazzi refused to apologize to Zidane, but stated his desire for reconciliation. He also offered his version of events, claiming that after grabbing Zidane's shirt, Zidane had sarcastically offered it to him, and that he replied to Zidane that he would prefer his sister.[18]\n\nIn light of Zidane's statements, FIFA opened disciplinary proceedings to investigate the incident.[26] FIFA also affirmed the legality of Horacio Elizondo's decision to send Zidane off, rejecting claims that fourth official Luis Medina Cantalejo had illegally relied on video transmission before informing Elizondo about Zidane's misconduct.[27] As a result of its investigation, FIFA issued a CHF5000 fine and a two-match ban against Materazzi, while Zidane received a three-match ban and a CHF7500 fine. According to FIFA, both players had stressed that Materazzi's comments had been defamatory, but not of a racist nature. Since Zidane was already retired at the time, he voluntarily served three days of community service on FIFA's behalf, as a substitute for the three-match ban.[28]\n\nhope that helped
1111380
Non, il ya deux jours, on se demandait juste si l'équipe de France ne jouait pas mieux sans Zidane, et avec deux attaquants axiaux. Et ce n'est pas lache, c'était diffusé partout, mais c'était bizarre comme débat en effet. Mais personne n'est irremplacable, y compris Zidane
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Henry is entitled to his opinion of the referee's decisions whether he had a bad game or not. If he had a good game does that mean he is allowed to critise the ref more? I don't think so. Incidentally, I don't agree with his comments but he is entitled to his express his opinion whether or not he had a bad game.