Wednesday, July 12, 2006
World Cup 2006 - Absolutely Final Post
From a post in US blog 3 Quarks Daily on the Zinedine Zidane World Cup-brain explosion:
What did Materazzi say? Could it have been so unfamiliarly offensive that it incited a frenzy? Or was it merely a petty final straw near the end of a long match, a long career, of being insulted for Zidane? Insulting a player to incite is common enough that there's a word for it: sledging, from cricket, where it's apparently done with the greatest skill by the Australians.
Hooray! Australia makes its mark in world sport yet again!
And from comments:
How easily one forgets de Rossi and his intentional elbow to McBride's face. Or Totti's spitting in the face of an opponent, etc. Remember, de Rossi took one of the penalty kicks in the final. Not a peep was heard. And those were just in the usual course of play, not charged with racist elements.
It appears that Italian coach Marcello Lippi systematically assembled a team of complete bastards. Good for you, sir! That is how things get done these days.
What did Materazzi say? Could it have been so unfamiliarly offensive that it incited a frenzy? Or was it merely a petty final straw near the end of a long match, a long career, of being insulted for Zidane? Insulting a player to incite is common enough that there's a word for it: sledging, from cricket, where it's apparently done with the greatest skill by the Australians.
Hooray! Australia makes its mark in world sport yet again!
And from comments:
How easily one forgets de Rossi and his intentional elbow to McBride's face. Or Totti's spitting in the face of an opponent, etc. Remember, de Rossi took one of the penalty kicks in the final. Not a peep was heard. And those were just in the usual course of play, not charged with racist elements.
It appears that Italian coach Marcello Lippi systematically assembled a team of complete bastards. Good for you, sir! That is how things get done these days.
