Zidane Jokes

In an interview with Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, soccer player Marco Materazzi revealed the circumstances surrounding the infamous head-butt at this year's World Cup.
Apparently, after grabbing French player Zinedine Zidane's shirt, Zidane said to him, "If you want, I'll give you the jersey later." Materazzi then responded, "I would prefer your sister."
Now, what's so bad about saying you find someone's sister preferable to a sweaty jersey? It would have been a lot worse if he said, "Better that jersey than your sister." Or, how about, "The only thing I want less than that smelly, dirty jersey is your sister. Matter of fact, you could line a hamster cage with that jersey, and it would still be better than your nasty sister. You could roll that thing in horse manure and, ref, time out, I'm on a roll, you could roll that shirt in horse manure..."

Criticism of Frenchman Zinedine Zidane's sportsmanship is unfair--showing admirable respect for soccer's rules, even when beating up a man, Zidane didn't use his hands.

French soccer star Zidane apologized for head-butting his opponent during the World Cup final. He then held up his thumbs to Italy and offered them as pacifiers.