Leave My Mommie Alone

As if our world needed any other reason to dislike the French, here we go again. In the days of censorship, I would been prohibited from saying what I am about to say...but since Feyenoord has cleared this with our legal team, here it goes.

Zidane, you messed up. All men, great and lesser make mistakes. What differentiates the two is the acceptance of their actions and not to make any excuses. I know you are still bitter about that chance in Golden Goal saved by the chosen one, but please let it be. Your mother would want it that way. I am certain that on the streets of Marseille you heard even worse then you did Sunday in Berlin.

President Jacques Chirac called Zinedine Zidane's head-butt in the World Cup final "unacceptable" on Friday, adding that something must have provoked it. "What is certain is that, for a man like Zidane — a man balanced in all respects — to have this type of reaction, there had to be something," Chirac said. So what your saying is that a man is not repsonsbile for his actions if provoked? Does he not have the freedom choosing not re-act? And do you really want to raise the next generation of players in France to be so disappointed over something that was suppossedly said that no one can veirfy. Why is it that we only have one side of the story, that of the Accussed...maybe jusy maybe because he is trying to right his wrong?

Hear is a news flash to the French--Did your press agents say anything about not crying about it especially about your mother? These guys are gladiators on the field and to believe that something like this would cause the golden boy of the last generation to loose his cool is just BS. Zidane over-reacted due to the fact that he was exhausted, hurt and not aided by a French bench with whom he pleaded to take him off the field. Anyone that knows anything about European football can make these three points and pass them along as truth:

1)Zidane has history of violence(see 14 reds in professional career)
2)Materazzi has a history of provoking players and getting questionable calls against him as well because of his reputation(need I remind you, look at the red card against Australia and the penalty kick awarded to the French)
3)FIFA has an idiot at the helm that has let political and cultural pressure surround him to start an investigation into....drum roll, Materazzi, not Zidane, who performed the aggravated act of violence towards him. Lets blame a guy that may or may not have uttered something that we cannot verify.

Trash-talking is part of the game. Be it about your wife, your team, your reseeding hairline or sister, you just learn to deal with it. It makes you stronger to walk away from it only to come back and score the winning goal on the guy who insulted you. You then shake hands and exchange jersey's. But what strikes me as odd is that now the attention has shifted to how Zidane is a victim in all this. Zidane, poor Zidane. Can we say, that the French star has already started positioning himself for a position in the governing body as did his countryman, Platini.

His acts, his need for sympathy and lack of manliness on how he has handled himself after the game dwarfs him in my opinion. His status as a man among boys(as was always the case on the field) for me is gone. Even his apology reeked of inconsistency and lacked conviction, unlike the head butt. Admit to your mistake, take responsibility for your actions and do not seek out the approval of a nation that is distraught with losing...dare I say it again...you lost and to the Azzurri.

Don't you guys have other problems in your country--for instance crime, unemployment and making sure the new Airbus 380 can actually fly? Unlike the bias shown in France, and the press we will give Zidane the benefit and say he lost his composure(again) and now simply needs to move on with his life. Enough with the drama.

Here is the final newsflash to the French...The Cup is with the Azzurri where it rightfully belongs and no mamma's boy can take it away from us.
Azzurri Dreams