OT - Zidane wins Golden Ball Award

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OT - Zidane wins Golden Ball Award

Dubious, maybe, but at least we scored quality goals from open play and only conceded 2 goals all tournament, and one of those was an own goal, the other a spawny penalty ! ;)

Rob

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qoute "ben, the veryfact that he is a sportsman means he is most definitely not allowed to unleash his temper in such a violent manner"

Sorry rob but i dont agree why do you beleive this statement. What makes a sportsman have to live by a different set of rules to the rest of us just because they are famous.
Do not take this as me condoning zidane, but i beleive any man (or woman) whether famous or not should all be treated the same.
I am a father and i do not agree that sportspeoples lives are as much as an influence on our youth as the popular press want us to beleive. I think a lot of it is just over hype take the rooney swearing incident for example. Me and my two sons aged 12 and 9 all watched that game which you could clearly lip read that he was swearing and also it was audible but they both play football and i have never heard 1 of them swear.
Whatever matterazzi said to him must have been a great insult for him to react in the way that he did , just try to imagine if you were in his position imagine if you will it was the last day of your carear and a competitor came up and said something that was the worst insult to you, add to that all the pressure of the occasion and tell me honestly if you would keep your cool i know i could not. Again and i wish to stress this point i do not and never condone what he did and do not want to remember him for this allthough a lot of folk will . At the end of the day he was one of thwe most proffesional of sportsman and was exceptionally tallented. ok rant over got a tired hand
 
I see your point, but even if he was a man on the street, his reaction would be just as unacceptable. You can't just go around head butting someone who says something bad to you.

If you could, we'd all be butting someone every bloody day of the week !

A friend of mine manages an under 13 football side and he recently had to pull one of his lads off the field because he was being abusive to the ref, calling him a c*nt, and this kid is 12 years old !!!

Don't tell me he didn't get the inspiration to abuse the ref from anywhere else than seeing people like Rooney doing it week in, week out on TV.

Cantona never recovered from the shame of kung fu kicking the yob in the crowd, no matter how many people thought he deserved it. A real man rises above it and walks away. If he reacts violently, the other person has won.


Rob

Marea Weekend 1.8 16v 115 ELX
 
LIKE I SAID I CONDEMN WHAT HE HAS DONE BUT YOU CANNOT BLAME WHAT A SPORTS MAN DOES FOR THE ACTIONS OF A CHILD WHO MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE SEEN AND HEARD WHAT HE DID. MY MAIN POINT WAS WHY YOU BELIEVE THAT A SPOERTSMAN OR WOMAN ON THE TV SHOULOD HAVE TO LIVE BY A DIFFERENT SET OF RULES SURELY THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE SHOULD BE TAUGHT, AS I WAS, TO RESPECT EVERYONE. WHETHER FAMOUS OR NOT I DO NOT BELEIVE IN CONDEMING HIM ON THE BASIS HE IS A FAMOUS PERSON AND HE SHOULD KNOW BETTER. BY THAT THINKIN EVERYONE WHO GETS A YELLOW OR RED CARD SHOULD BE BANNED BECAUSE IT SETS A BAD EXAMPLE TO THE KIDS.
sORRY FOR THE SHOUTING BUT AM AT WORK AGAIN AND THE CAPS IS STUCK ON LOL
 
well, when all is said and done aout stupid french plonkers, remember that Italy won again!(someone told me they've won more times than any other team?)
 
Large part of that credit this year i think the keeper deserves. I dont really follow football, but to only concede 2 goals against some of the best strikers on earth is pretty damn impressive in my books
 
Well said Buzz :) Buffon is a top shot stopper.

As for the number of times of winning the cup, that was our 4th (1934, 1938, 1982 & 2006) which makes us the most successful European team and one short of Brazils 5 titles.

Rob

Marea Weekend 1.8 16v 115 ELX
 

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