What an ending. Strange and disconcerting. Unfortunate, to say the least.
Zizou left the championship match under a cloud of confusion, anger, and sadness. We still don't know what Materazzi did or said to provoke the likely Man of the Match (and eventual and odd winner of the Golden Ball award) to drive his head into the Italian's chest, knocking him off his feet and to the turf. But it must have been something terrible.
Regarldess, the Cup has come to an end, with the Italians the victors. That in itself is enough to make this a sad ending, but to see Zidane go off the field as he did, not able to return for the medals, not able to wave goodbye to his legions of fans, is a crying shame. It was stupid for him to do what he did. Hopefully we'll find out what Materazzi said, because my hunch is that he acted shamefully. But still. Zidane should have risen above it and ended his career with the nobility it deserved.
Hey, isn't there a bike race going on?
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Hey, I hope you left some trout in the water for me. Concerning Zizou, the man has a long-time reputation for being a thug: He's been red-carded something like a dozen times in his career for earlier head-butts, plus he stomped some Saudi player a couple of years back. Being a fierce competitor calls for athletes to draw on their animal side, but I think that the class act for Zidane would have been to rise above, as you say. Not attack.
This is true. I didn't realize just how deep that past went.
And I left plenty of trout, not to worry. The fun I got, the fish I didn't.
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