Materazzi headbutted AGAIN! (VIDEO)
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James Bond
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Praxis1452
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I agree. The guy is a goon, not a soccer player. He plays dirty and says a lot of asinine stuff.
ViviTheMage
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the point is materazzi is a pvssy. he was hit but shouldn't have fallen and started asking for the card. not every player is like that
Whoozyerdaddy
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Geez... How many times in the WC were guys carried off the field on a stretcher only to reenter the game 30 seconds later? You have to be half drama queen to play soccer.
QFT!
It's not about the play, it's all about taking the dive. Arms flailing!!! "But he triped me! *cries*" Then you see the replay and there isn't a player withing 20 yards of the diver.
No, you don't have to be a drama queen.
The player who got carded could have avoided the whole situation if he had never been arguing with Materazzi in the first place. This area of self-discipline is one thing that the culture of American football does correctly where association football does not. Sure, it's substantially easier to control foul play like this when you're already beating the crap out of each other
, but the lessons are equally valid.As a general rule, I play soccer with squeaky-clean play. The few times I found myself getting into trouble with stupid fouls was when I started getting angry at players on the other team who overcame my defensive play with some consistency, usually the ones who were unusually athletic, as I occasionally would slide-tackle them from behind. I'd also do that whenever I was overenthusiastic at the beginning of games.
Anyway, the point is that players---especially the ones at the top levels---need to maintain their focus, and I don't think that the culture of soccer is very conducive to reinforcing this essential sports skill. The coaches say their piece, and the players say "Fvck off!" and do what they want. And that's part of the problem; nobody has the cajones (or however you say it in Italian) to say to players like Materazzi, "You're sitting out the next game for that dive." This is probably true for the professional and international levels, and I've personally seen it happen at the high school level, where a few of my teammates just might have made college teams---I can think of one in particular, and maybe you can guess it, but he was the problem child---one game, he couldn't even wait until the end of the match to start slugging it out with the equivalent skillful dickhead on the other team, and all of the rest of us on the field, including the other team, looked at them, then at each other, then we all shook our heads or rolled our eyes.
So that's my $0.02.
OutHouse
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Originally posted by: bersl2
No, you don't have to be a drama queen.
The player who got carded could have avoided the whole situation if he had never been arguing with Materazzi in the first place. This area of self-discipline is one thing that the culture of American football does correctly where association football does not. Sure, it's substantially easier to control foul play like this when you're already beating the crap out of each other
As a general rule, I play soccer with squeaky-clean play. The few times I found myself getting into trouble with stupid fouls was when I started getting angry at players on the other team who overcame my defensive play with some consistency, usually the ones who were unusually athletic, as I occasionally would slide-tackle them from behind. I'd also do that whenever I was overenthusiastic at the beginning of games.
Anyway, the point is that players---especially the ones at the top levels---need to maintain their focus, and I don't think that the culture of soccer is very conducive to reinforcing this essential sports skill. The coaches say their piece, and the players say "Fvck off!" and do what they want. And that's part of the problem; nobody has the cajones (or however you say it in Italian) to say to players like Materazzi, "You're sitting out the next game for that dive." This is probably true for the professional and international levels, and I've personally seen it happen at the high school level, where a few of my teammates just might have made college teams---I can think of one in particular, and maybe you can guess it, but he was the problem child---one game, he couldn't even wait until the end of the match to start slugging it out with the equivalent skillful dickhead on the other team, and all of the rest of us on the field, including the other team, looked at them, then at each other, then we all shook our heads or rolled our eyes.
So that's my $0.02.
thats the only way to get that crap to stop.
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The player who was acting the most in that clip was the goalie whose leg was merely brushed, which provoked Materazzi's reaction. If some jackass is standing over me and I stand straight up and end up hitting him that's his problem, unfortunately there was extra action there.
I think that FIFA needs to introduce severe bans for diving (reviewed after the games) or the situation will continue to spiral downwards. I've played a lot of soccer in my time, and I don't dive. If I get hit I get hit, but I don't roll around like I've been shot. It saddens me to watch this, and know that casual fans of the sport see this as another reason to not watch.
I'd hope that for provoking the reaction that the goalie and Materazzi also get bans, and the player who hit him should also because of intent.
I think that FIFA needs to introduce severe bans for diving (reviewed after the games) or the situation will continue to spiral downwards. I've played a lot of soccer in my time, and I don't dive. If I get hit I get hit, but I don't roll around like I've been shot. It saddens me to watch this, and know that casual fans of the sport see this as another reason to not watch.
I'd hope that for provoking the reaction that the goalie and Materazzi also get bans, and the player who hit him should also because of intent.
on a side note, youtube has really gone down the drain with the comments that are posted. . . . can't stand it anytmore.
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