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That's the case when they happen by accident and even then you wouldn't always get away with it. In Holland professional football players have had to pay serious fines because of rash tackles in the past, because they basically robbed an other man's bread by hurting him. There's no reason why...

FIFA might think they're all powerful, but there's such a thing as penal law :D.

Italy did win to deserve the WC, yes. They were a lot better than France throughout the tournament and France only scored in a final because of a very very dubious penalty call. Oh, shirt grabbing is not part of the game anymore? My bad;

I see you conveniently skipped Domenech's commentary. You can't just leave out arguments you can't respond to. There's a cultural problem here I see. Insulting in Europe, particularly in Italy, is more of a game. There's simply no actual value attached to it. It's exactly what Tim Parks tells...

Then give me one example of a player who has been punished for something along the lines of what Materazzi said.

It's pretty likely that Trezeguet wouldn't have taken one. He also missed for Juventus in the 2003 CL Final, so you pretty much knew he could miss one for France as well. Besides, Zidane's actions also affected the team mentally. Not to mention we were in the 107th minute. France had to play for...

France lost because of one penalty miss. I'm sure Zidane would have scored one. Not to mention how it affected the players mentally. Zidane was an idiot and should not be granted mercy for it whatsoever. Kudos to Materazzi, thank you for the WC.

Zidane, despite his unbelievable talent, has been an idiot at many stages in his career. It's not the first time he headbutted someone. Zidane lost his cool over something that is said every day on a football pitch.

Oh for the love of god, if there's a true moron it's no doubt Zinedine Zidane. He's always been a hothead and LOST the game for France, where Materazzi WON it for Italy. Good play by Matrix.