Football

At least one tabloid newspaper here in the UK is reporting that Materazzi called Zidane the son of a terrorist whore (he has Albanian roots - presumably on his mothers side) to cause the headbutt.

If you’ve no idea what I’m talking about, Zinedine Zidane, apparently one of the best footballers in the world ended his career on a low note by getting sent off for headbutting an opponent in the final of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Here are some images of the headbutt in all it’s glory. I don’t know where these images come from. If you can reasonably prove they’re yours I’ll give you credit.

I recently asked a football loving friend what would happen if the teams were tied at the end of the group stages. I mean completely tied (i.e. if there were no goals for instance). He didn’t know. Well unfrtounately the answer is that acomittee draws lots to decide who goes through.

Well in an interesting twist if England beat Sweden 2-0 and Trinidad & Tobago beat Paraguay 1-0, then lots will be drawn to decide which of Sweden and Trinidad & Tobago go though. Group B after such a result would be:

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
England	9	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5
Sweden	4	3	1	1	1	1	2	-1
Trinidad and Tobago	4	3	1	1	1	1	2	-1
Paraguay	0	3	0	0	3	0	3	-3

If each of the teams in those matches scores the same number of goals in excess of those numbers the same result occurs (e.g. England 4-2 Sweden, Trinidad & Tobago 3-2 Paraguay.