twophases said:Words were used by Materazzi... Head was used by Zidane... No brainer really. Any court of law will rule in favor of Materazzi. Words are not solid. It does not occupy space therefore you cannot be PHYSICALLY assulted with words. A person's head on the other hand... Its too bad this tarnishes Zidane's legacy.
In my eyes it doesn't tarnish Zidane's legacy. Sure, what Zidane did was an act of pure lunacy, but every player has some quirk or oddity throughtout their career, or some kind of an embarassing moment. One example being Cantona's kung fu kick. It adds that extra bit of character, I mean he's human after all.