[Bulldog]

Not that this video will excuse Zidane for what he did but it clearly shows that Materazzi is not a very clean player.
He's had more than his share of scuffles, red cards and suspentions.
You guys judge for yourselves

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpG4A...arch=Materazzi

[Willie Bee]

Looks like we were posting that vid link at the same time, bulldog. Good stuff. As for Materazzi being dirtier than others, eh, I think when you put a montage together like that it's difficult to not to think of someone as a 'dirty player.'

[Bulldog]

Yeah, nice timing there Willie Bee.
I know what you mean, with some good editing you could probably make a case for anyone being dirty.

But I do follow Calccio and Materazzi does have a background. He's always been problematic, even with his coaches. This actually costed him his starting role in Inter for quite a time. Actually last season the 2 starting middle defenders were Samuel (Argentina) and Cordoba (Colombia).

[Willie Bee]

Might be the best, as well as funniest, article I've read about this whole incident...

http://www.theregister.com/2006/07/1...dbutt_outrage/

Thanks again to Jose for passing the link along.

[tacomax]

Damn, theregister is usually pretty good but they've outdone themselves this time.

[Mason]

Zidane lost his cool and that's it. Trash talking is part of the game. The great ones like Michael Jordan, John Elway, Pele, etc would have run down the field scored the winnig goal, and found him again a minute later with a big warm smile, and said "Sorry I interruped you with that goal.....Now what were you were saying about my mother?"