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Originally Posted by Proteus
Nothing even close to an headbutt to the chest.
Make no mistakes about it, I know Materazzi, the way he plays and his bad behaviour but you can kill a person with an headbutt to the chest and you have to be crazy if you do that because of an insult, whatever it is.
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I know, I was just trying to point that there's not angel or demon in that incident, and that both players need to get what they deserve.
Zidane got a red card as that's what the rules order.
Now if Materazzi said anything racist, he needs to be punished. If that implies that his team should be disqualified, I have no problem with it (and I don't want the cup to be handed to France either). Racism is not acceptable and just like violence must not have any influence on a game's issue.
That Article 55 was revised in march 2006, 3 months before the world cup for all the players and teams to know it. And btw, you can't talk about influence from Blatter or Platini if the rules are applied on solid evidence.
Ponrauil