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We were talking about the Zidane headbutt in work today, and the thing we all agreed on was the idea that Zidane did not seem to 'lose it' or get angry - it's very calm, deliberate and almost premeditated in appearance. No violence before, none after, no berating the referee.
After years of racial and personal abuse, did he just decide that in his last ever game, he wasn't going to take any crap? It's not like FIFA can ban him, is it? And Matterazzi happened to be the one who was giving him grief on that day.
Footballers are placed in a bizarre and unpleasant situation; every time they go to work they must suffer racial and pesonal abuse, whilst the onlooking ground stewards and policemen do absolutely nothing. If it was an office or factory worker, or even a television presenter (or whatever, really) then that situation would not be allowed to occur. It's a repulsive part of the job, that shouldn't be seen as part of the job.
One thing is for sure. When Zidane announces that he's going to write an autobiography, with a full explanation of 'that headbutt', he'll be absolutely roliing in advance money.
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