Everyone is talking about how sad Zidane must be....yet, he should consider himself very lucky.
He's very lucky that Materrazi is well and kickin...such a headbutt to the chest could be very lethal -- I do not exaggerate, there was a guy I knew who died just from that.

As for rumors about racial comments which drive him to do it -- I dont buy it. He wouldnt throw it all away for that, Its more likely that mothers were involved.


Now about the match itself - France was definitely better. The italians were out of the game since second half started. They did nothing at all, and Lippi's substitutes were hardly noticed. On the other hand, that was just the case with France-Portugal: France won, but Portugal definitely dominated the game. So its down to the whole tournament....who deserve it more, France or Italy?

Needless to say, Argentina should've won. Too bad God was absent from the match against Germany.

Funny, I just checked Materazzi's page in Wikipedia - it is already locked for vandalism. But check this part out :

"Known mostly (and perhaps infamous) for his aggressive playing style, Marco Materazzi was a late bloomer."

Do you think this line was added after yesterday, or was it there all along?
"bloomer" - doesnt sound too objective. I wonder if this line will still be there tomorrow...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Materazzi

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