RealChuckB
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Gen Hoepner, I can't agree with you when saying that insults are part of the game. It should not be tolerate. Football players, now considered like stars must act with cautious, fairness, and have an irreprochable behaviour as being seen by thousands, millions of people. Violence must not be admitted, nor should be insulting and racist speeches which are also reprehensible. When tolering such behaviour, this is encouraging new Materazzi players on the pitch and it s not helping to promote this sport. For our american friends, who are still amazed about the passion for this sport, please note that all small kid in Europe and Africa play football from their little childhood, and I don't remember for myself when playing, insulting or being insult by people I play with. Furthermore, it s a shame to taunt a opponent player to lower his skills and hoping he ll react. This is sport and supposed to be fair. You may consider I am living in a dream world, but I ll always support my opinion because I believe it s fair.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBmzo26zdo0&search=Zidane%20leverkusen[/color][/link] Jean, While I agree with you on a strict theoretical level, many of my friends (who play/ed soccer on different levels and in different countries) confirmed what Hoepner said: Insults like the one we are talking about here seem to be rather "normal" in soccer games on all different levels. In fact, many think that it is actually a defensive player's job to get under the skin of the opposing strikers to irritate them, put stress on them and have them make mistakes. You might not like it (and I don't like it either), but it is quite likely that the "customs" of this sport simply do not warrant a reaction like the one we have seen from Zidane to what Materazzi did to him. This merely describes the "sportive" side of this incident (if you want to call it that ...) and from this perspective Zidane was probably wrong. But there is also the personal side to it - and I come to a very different conclusion here ... , but hey, these are only my 10cents ...
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