Do you think Zidane should forfeit his Golden Ball award after his disgraceful behaviour?

Let's just say that if he did, it would probably restore his image in a lot of peoples minds. I do not think he deserves it anymore, but I guess he got it based on his skills, not his behavior, so I suppose it is his to keep, because no doubt, he is a great player. I do believe he should have the decency to pass it on to whoever came in second.

Do you think Zidane should forfeit his Golden Ball award after his disgraceful behaviour?
Definitely NOT!





Ever wondered how does the well-built, muscular, Materazzi eject and crash down three feet away in "crucifying pain" from Zidane's impulsive head butt?





Zizou has in in-borne and well-known dualism : brillant talent / limited patience when provoked. The latter weakness, well-known (he has played in Torino's Juventus) and was probably exploited in the Final in a well-programmed ambush to provoke him with extremely personal and humiliating insults -- other than the normal dozens of insults usually yelled to and fro in heavily fought matches -- so that he might react that way.





Zizou is not a moron. Although he has had some irascible outbursts and red cards in his career, he would not have done this, knowing full well that French President Jacques Chirac is watching a few metres away, along with the scrutinizing eyes of 30 cameras and 1 billion people. He was unwillingly and unwittingly provoked/programmed into making a statement for the world to see; a statement of such magnitude that it would certainly mean a guaranteed explusion.





Well-done Mr. Materazzi!.. What was in fact "disgraceful" here is not Zizou, but you! I do hope FIFA's disciplinary committee ends up knowing what words you uttered to Zizou and consequently charges you with the full extent of the punishment available for the most treacherous player. Long live good Italian soccer and long live the French multi-cultural world-class soccer team and captain Zizou!
Reply:YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


he should have been IMMEDIATELY DISQUALIFIED from receiving the award.


It should have gone to the next best, Cannavaro, then Pirlo and then Henry ( whom had the 4th highest amount of points )





THEY ARE JUST REWARDING THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR !!


WHAT HAPPENED TO FAIR PLAY?! by giving Zidane the GOLDEN BALL AWARD. Aside from the World Cup, the most prestigious award of the tournament.... to a RED CARDED PLAYER!





Bullsh*t.
Reply:yup..... he is the stupidest player i ever seen....
Reply:yes he doesnt deserve it
Reply:No way he has been a legend all this time for 15 years and he deserves it.





It is an award given at his performance and I think Matarazzi said some provoking words to Zidane otherwise he is a cool headed fellow and would not have done that.
Reply:cmon everyplayer has their bad times and shouldnt take away all their accomplishment's. It seems that your an italian fan, just be happy that they won the worldcup.. :)
Reply:What is the point? If the WC's purpose is to reward the most horrible play, then the GB can be in such hands. I mean, the two teams that went to the finals were overly defensive, goals were a secondary objective for both teams from the beginning. In such a boring WC (from a neutral point of view), you can't complain about such secondary prizes when...





1 - Both finalists played a boring defensive game on this WC, this kind of stuff encourages other teams to play boring tactics, instead of making us fans happy with goals.


2 - They had the help of the referee to get to the finals, they probably wouldn't be here if they used the tapes to make justice, instead of just accepting the mistakes.


3 - The best teams didn't won, the teams that wanted to "gain time" to simply win did. It is alot easier to just stop the flow (so both teams can't really play the game) than going forward for goals.


4 - The final match shouldn't be decided by penalties, it is only a way of rewarding teams that block the game. If Switzerland had an exceptional goalie and penalty kickers, they would be a top team? I hate to admit, but this "modern football" is killing the magic of the old days...





Zidane was the best individual in this tournament, the italians are good defenders, but that's not what football is all about, it was supposed to be about goals. So I think Zidane deserved it more than the 2nd and 3th place, actually I would give the 2 and 3 to the germans or argentinians, because they were more into playing football than "just win".





So he should claim it rightfuly, at least he tried to make this tournament more entertaining to watch.
Reply:Yeah.
Reply:if cristiano ronaldo didn't get the best young player award because of his behaviour (causing rooney that red card), then zidane shouldn't have got the golden ball award either.
Reply:Deffinatly yes . No matter what was said he didnt responded back by words but by pure intentional physical violance





A great football player doesnt do that . Football is also a sport about team spirit , doing it all the best for ur team leaving aside ur individual interests , he shoulda realised he would be seen doing that gesture and sanctioned for it and therefor his team would had to suffer too . Did he care ? nope he responded in a way thats 1 million times worst then any word that was said to him
Reply:no
Reply:Zidane is a legend and he didn't do a disgraceful behaviour and I think his reaction wasn't wrong
Reply:Absolutely not! The Italians should forfeit the World Cup for being one of the diritiest,ugliest ,slimiest teams in World Cup history.They were the embarrassment not Zizou.
Reply:No, why should he, they should put the issue up to vote, if they find out the Mazzeri kid said something offensive to Zidane, then he can't be revoked of the cup, I mean, at least 20 years of play just for one little thing to **** it up is just not agreeable.





Come on people, Mazzeri called him a "dirty terrorist", and as obvious he probal did understand him(I mean, Spanish,French and Italian have somekind of language connection), and in which, he head-butted him.
Reply:NO he earned it hes the best player in the world and Marco deserved that headbutt Marco needs to be kicked off the italian team
Reply:Yes. What a chump. Let his team down big time. Ruined his career.
Reply:First off it's anyone's guess what the Italian player Mate-whatsis-name (shades of Rooney-Ronaldo incident at Quarter Finals between England vs Portugal) said to Zidane in the first place. He certainly didn't head butt him for no apparent reason! I really think had Zidane stayed on the field minus that Red Card incident, France would've been the champions... oh well=(
Reply:NO! The Golden Ball award is decided based on one's football performance DAMMIT! Not on one's behaviour!! The fact that FIFA overlooked Zidane's last act and stuck with the prior decision to give it to him proves my point - Zidane played amazing football in this tournament, and based on that, he deserves the cup. Just because he made ONE behavioural mistake, doesnt mean he doesnt deserve the golden ball award, and award which im going to repeat, is based on how well the player played.
Reply:He could have retired a champ, this completely ruined his image, but forfeiting the Golden Ball might help....
Reply:NO! of course not. He deserves it. He's a great captain, and the French team wouldn't've made that far without him. Everyone can't control their temper. And well, I can't blame Zidane. The Italian dude held him and he was saying something. (Obviously something bad.) Ya, he screwed up 5 minutes before the penalty shoot out. (I think the italian Mafia told him to, or something bad would've happened to him.)Zidane is not stupid, I don't know why he lost it. Just before he knew his team needed him. But you can't overlook the fact that this great captain is retiring. They should've at least let him come out of the locker room at the end. The guy's RETIRING. And anyways, people get red cards all the time. Like Rooney he cost the World Cup for England, (he stepped on a dude's groin and then pushed Ronaldo in front of the referee.) Did people make a big deal out of that?? NO THEY DIDN"T!!! So, it was a little mistake. Or the World Cup was rigged. Zidane should NOT forfeit his Golden Ball award. HE FREAKIN DESERVES IT BECAUSE HE's A GREAT CAPTAIN. LET HIM GO IN PEACE!!ITALY DIDN'T DESERVE TO WIN. (ya, I said it.) They didn't do anything but score that one goal. And in the penalty kick shootout they just got lucky. Cuz, one of the French player didn't make his ball go in or have it slapped away by the italian keeper. ITALY JUST GOT FREAKIN" LUCKY. It was a great game til' the incident. ANd France had control of it. THEY TRIED,THEY WERE DOMINATING. ok, I"ll shut up now. I"m just saying that Zidane shouldn't forfeit his award, let him go in peace. Other people have had disgraceful behavior too. And you people didn'tmake a big deal out of that. WHY THIS??
Reply:NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


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Reply:No, he deserves the Golden Ball after all, we cannot judge him from one single situation that we don't exactly know what happened . Though what happened happened and I wished that Zidane hold his temper ...
Reply:YES
Reply:No, he won it fairly. It's not completly his fault that he headbutted the Italian player anyways.
Reply:Yes but he is not going to.


If he would so apologizing to fun's and Matterazi for what he did he would earn some respect back actually
Reply:zidane deserved all the titles he won, materazzi should be the one suffering from disgrace