how Zizou headed a player,
got red carded,
kicked the world cup,
and ended an illustrious career

July 10, 2006 | Filed Under Point of View 

When Italy played their first match of the world cup against Ghana and defeated them, they showed all signs that they were going to go a long way. I wouldn’t say the same for France. France were quite frankly on the other end of the see-saw. I gave them zilch chance in the world cup. Three people were largely responsible for their journey till the finals – Zidanne, Henry and Thuram.

Prince said that to surprise me was a great deal. If France have achieved that then probably the have definitely staged a great comeback. Unfortunately they didn’t win the cup. Though being fair to them, they didn’t deserve to lose. But then again they seemed to have won more than they deserved to too.

And finally, why did Zidanne do what he did… it may take a while to overcome that shock. But I hope he overcomes it for himself and not let the ghost of his last few minutes in football bother a career that many a little kid will grow up aspiring to live.

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