http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyShX8bHAZc&eurl=

 

Quote from: Badabinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyShX8bHAZc&eurl=

 

one similar already posted but with loads more fouls in it.

Cant find it now though anyone??

I posted it in the Italy thread.

I suppose you could collect late and missed tackles and make any player look bad, but Im willing to overlook that and pile the hate upon that greasy Eyetalyun basteward.

This one was better done though, imho.

Use yer mouse for a bit of zinidane fun

Quote from: AlternetRight now, we do not know beyond a shadow of a doubt what was said but all the circumstantial evidence points at least toward a variant of SOS Racismes claim. Zissou is the son of Algerian immigrants who has sparred verbally with Europes 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. Lazios fan club, The Ultras, are notorious for their Fascist-friendly politics. Lazios hardcore Ultras, known as the "Irriducibili," have members in Italys 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."

Its wrong to taint Materazzi for the actions of Lazios fans, but there is more. Earlier this season in a match that pitted Messina against Inter in Sicily, Messinas 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 Zoros actions. But one opponent yelled, "Stop that, Zoro, youre just trying to make a name for yourself." That opponents name was Marco Materazzi.

QuoteBut 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 Zissous beautiful head.

We dont know with iron certainty what Materazzi said, but if it turns out to be more of the anti-Black, anti-Muslim, garbage that has infected soccer like a virus, the Italian team should forfeit the cup. They should voluntarily give the greatest trophy of them all back to FIFA as a statement that some things in this world are more important than sports. Racism will be the death of soccer if things dont change. Italy can set the sport back on course, with one simple, stunning gesture. Give the damn thing back.

http://alternet.org/story/38780/