The ruthless dictator of FIFA, Sepp Blatter has announced at a post World Cup conference that he and the organization are trying to arrange a meeting for Zinedine Zidane and Marco Materazzi so they can make peace after their incident in the World Cup Final.
He has even suggested they meet at Robben Island in South Africa, the location where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for this stance against apartheid.
Amazing that even when an incident like this occurs, and it certainly wasn’t the best moment of the World Cup, Blatter can come in and somehow make it about him. Even apparently going so far as to compare the moment to the horrible atrocities suffered by Nelson Mandela during South Africa’s darkest days.
Hey Sepp, you’ll have plenty of time to promote your 2010 World Cup and every other money making tournament you’ve set up between now and then on your own time, there’s no need to compare Zinedine and Marco making peace to a movement about equal rights.
I am sure Zidane’s people know how to get into contact with Materazzi’s people if the French midfielder wants to apologize for his childish and costly overreaction. And if Marco wants to make amends with Zinedine for his classless comment about Zizou’s sis, I am sure he could find a way to make it happen. I have to believe they must know some of the same people.
Personally, I don’t care if they ever get together. I wouldn’t lose any sleep if Zinedine goes to his grave thinking Marco is the biggest slime ball to ever grace a pitch, and it also wouldn’t bother me if Marco referred to the World Cup Trophy as "Zizou’s sister." 
And if they both decide that they want to meet and talk about it, or have a coffee and a muffin and laugh about old times at a Starbucks, that is their choice. It shouldn’t matter if they attempt to do it publicly, or if it’s a secretly arranged phone call where each apologize and never speak of it again. The point is, it’s the business of only two people, and certainly not of the old Sultan, Blatter himself.
This isn’t about you Sepp. You’ll still be able to line the pockets of your fellow FIFA leaders and every sponsor along the way. When the World Cup comes around in 2010, it will still be the biggest sporting event on the planet, and it doesn’t matter if Zinedine and Marco never speak, or become best friends like Lance Armstrong and Matthew McConaughey, 
people will still bring up the headbutting incident.
It’s part of football lore and again, you aren’t involved in the story Sepp, because the game has always been and always will be about the players. Isn’t that true Sepp?