Monday, July 10, 2006

World Cup. Chest Butt.

Last night's World Cup final was one of the most exciting games I've ever seen. Ealier in the day I made a £5 bet that Zinedine Zidane would score the first goal and France would win the final 2-1. The dual bet was paying fifty to one, and by the 19th minute all I needed was one more goal from France, and Italy to not score another goal. Every attempt at goal from that point on would define whether I would win or lose £250. It meant that I watched the rest of the final with intense passion, even though I had no real feeling for either side. If a shot for goal bounced off the top-bar, I fucking felt it.

The lesson learnt kiddies? Gambling enriches life.

Although my bet didn't pay off and my preferred team didn't win, I still found the game a memorable one. Mainly due to the way Zidane chose to end his illustrious Football career:

At the 110th minute mark in overtime, Zinedine Zidane (whose parents named him after a Mary Poppins song) turned around and head-butted Italy's Marco Materazzi square in the chest. To Head Butt somebody in the chest is such a rare form of random violence. The only other way you're going to see it, is if you chuck a Mountain Goat into a Strip Club:

I've seen my fair share of dives and feigned injuries in these matches, and it brought a smile to my face to see a player floor an opponent by headbutting him square in the nipple. The act combined with Zidane's prison-inmate appearance made him look like one tough mutha fucka...

...until I saw him bawling his eyes out for being sent off. If I had a dollar for every time I saw a grown man cry during this World Cup, I could afford to buy one of these:

Zidane's chest-butt is the sports reference of the moment. Here are some related links:

Zidane's chest-butt
France Fighter IITurbo
Materazzi Counter Attack

And the Zidane Chest-Butt Flash Game. Updated with better link.

All of these appeared online within hours of the event happening. God I love the net. And for those of you who missed Zidane's antics, here is an artists's rendition of the incident:

posted by Beef at Monday, July 10, 2006

3 Comments:

Blogger peachy said...

its still quite shocking to watch even now.

7:08 PM  
Blogger Bart said...

Beef - do you spend all your days looking for Skelator references?

10:29 PM  
Blogger Beef said...

I feel sorry for the guy:

http://www.myspace.com/unemployedskeletor

12:05 AM  

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