In a sad note to the 2006 World Cup:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060711/..._official_shot

Berlin World Cup coordinator shoots self

BERLIN - The local World Cup coordinator for Berlin shot himself in the head hours after Sunday's final in an apparent suicide attempt.

Police spokeswoman Claudia Schulz on Tuesday confirmed newspaper reports that 65-year-old Juergen Kiessling had shot himself. She said there was no indication anyone else was involved, and she had no information on a possible motive.

The Bild daily reported Kiessling remains in a Berlin hospital.

Kiessling's duties for the World Cup included coordinating the "Fan Mile" near Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, a spot where hundreds of thousands of fans watched the matches on giant screens during the monthlong tournament.

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While those are wrong, and Materazzi made a statement that he did not say those things, it's still no reason to do that. People talk shit during athletic events all the time.

Even if those Materazzi did make those statements, by headbutting him in the chest, all that Zidane did was prove him right.

Ha and you BELIEVE Materazzi??? This is a man who claims not to know what a terrorist is. You don't insult someone all in "good fun." I know sh-t talking in sports is commonplace, but when you involve family members, you've crossed the line.

I don't think Zidane's exit lost the game. That was definitely circumstantial; you can't predict how penalty kicks will go.

Yeah, its not like Zidane would have stopped any penalty shots for France.

I didn't say it was all in good fun. I just said it's done in every sport and they should know better. I don't care what was said. If an Italian player had done that I would have been disgusted and it would have been a disgrace to our culture. Being insulted that badly, if Zidane is telling the truth, I would think would just push that player even harder to win. He doesn't deserve that award. He may have been an awesome player all these years and throughout the World Cup, but his act was disgraceful.

OH and another thing that I thought was ridiculous, petty, immature and showed VERY poor sportsmanship by the French.... the one player who received his medal and then took it off right away. You won a f*&(ing medal, be happy you made it that far! I heard of another player who also took his medal off but I don't remember who.

I wonder if they're going to swept the whole corruption scandal under the rug. Or will Juve be a Series C team.

i pretty much agree with you that Zidane shouldn't have done what he did. Stupid bonehead move. But I don't see why you are getting on that guys case for taking his medal off right away. Who cares? Do you realize he didn't just win the world cup? That medal he "won" was a consolation prize. He just lost a hard fought battle. Excuse him if he is still a little upset. It's not like he headbutted anyone in the chest. LOL

I'd rather watch a dude who headbutts someone for being an ass than a team that flops more than Manu Ginobili on a stack of pancakes.

Bah... I hope all 4 teams get booted to Series C for a couple of years... the management and coaching staff of various teams have been named, but I'm waiting for the players names to come out - and to find out how many World Cup winners will be implicated as well...


On another note I notice that Renaldo is scared to go back to Manchester after his actions in the World Cup... he's demanding to be traded. I say that Manchester keeps him, and dresses him every game, but makes him sit out the whole time until his contract is up... because hey if any team can afford it, it's Man U.

What the Heck?! England is in the top 5 in the FIFA rankings and Germany is #9? You've got to be kidding. I would put England at #8 and Germany in the top 7.

USA dropped to 16, which makes a whole lot of sense.

Yeah but they never should have been ranked that way. FIFA's rankings SUCK.

FIFA rankings should marry the BCS.

The BCS is the most insanely idiotic thing to ever be devised for sports. 16 Team Playoff, game over.

Very brave move by Zidane. You know, that red card really shouldn't have counted. But I'm tired of explaining to everyone that the best team won (Go Italia), and not just because they kicked Zidane out the last 10 minutes of a 120 minutes game. There wasn't really much France couldve done. They just didnt want it bad enough :-) [still got love for Zizzou thou)


(I had to watch the WC with 2 France supporters :-( )

Why the hell should he have not gotten a red card? Good lord man. You have no idea how the game would have turned out if he hadn't have gotten kicked out. It was a shootout. Obviously France was a little demoralized after the red card, i'm sure that didn't help them much trying to kick PKs