The aim of sports is to create goodwill in the society.
Sports also do this, but sometimes some such embarrassing incidents happen, which spoils the image of the game along with the players. At the same time, the wrong message is also sent among the people. The Football World Cup has also been no exception to this.
Today we will tell about the incidents which have spoiled the name of football game during the FIFA World Cup. These incidents that happened in such a big tournament proved to be a dark chapter for the FIFA World Cup, and they spoiled the fun of the FIFA World Cup.
The Materazzi-Zidan controversy is one such controversy, which brought bad name to the game. France faced Italy in the 2006 FIFA World Cup final. The match was very contested, both the teams were tied at 1-1. The match was in a thrilling final moments and both the teams were trying hard to win the title.
France was attacking a bit more, as it was their last match for star player Zinedine Zidane, and they wanted to bid him farewell as World Cup winners. Zidane, who took France to the final with his brilliant game, was himself pushing to make France champion again.
Then Marco Materazzi of Italy made a devious move to defeat France. Materazzi made some such remarks about the sister of France’s star player Zidane. Which the great footballer Zidane could not bear, and got caught in the web of Materazzi. Zidane angrily hit the opposition player Materazzi with a headbutt on the chest.
Zidane was then thrown out of the match after showing a red card. Materazzi’s plan worked and France lost the final. Italy definitely won the World Cup, but not the heart. Italy became the champion, but with the black stain of Materazzi.
Suarez attacking the opponent player and biting him
Uruguayan veteran Luis Suarez is often a player in controversy. Luis Suarez had many times defamed his team as well as the football game with his shameful antics.
At the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Uruguay’s star player Luis Suarez bites Italy’s Giorgio Chillani with his teeth during a match. The group stage match was being played between the two teams on June 24, 2014. In the 79th minute of the match, Suarez had a dispute with Chilani. And on seeing it, the matter increased so much that in anger, Suarez bit the opposing player with his tooth.
However, this was not the first time that Suarez had bitten a player. He had done this twice before, but it was only minor. But this time he had bitten Chillani hard. After this, FIFA banned him for four months taking strict action. Apart from this, he was also banned for nine international matches with heavy fines. But by then he had added a dark chapter to the FIFA World Cup.
