Sunday, July 09, 2006

Zidane bows out... literally

It was the most inglorious end to a glorious Zidane story.
Perhaps more disappointing than France's loss at the World Cup final, Zinedine Zidane's exit from the game, and from professional football, with a red card for an unexpected head-butt to Italy's Materazzi.

1 comment:

omair quadri said...

According to French media, a couple of France's players said afterwards that Materrazi called Zidane a racial slur.

Or maybe, in a brief mental lapse, Zidane actually thought Materazzi was the ball and tried for a header towards the goal.