A BAD END TO A FANTASTIC BEGINNING
"Zizou,Zizou,Zizou!"These are the chants you can hear in any football stadium when either France or Real Madrid are playing.One of the most popular footballers of all time is Zinadine Zidane.True Beckham is more popular but more so for his looks.Zidane has achieved the status purely on his skill of playing.He is one of the most respected players and even opposing teams have no choice but to bow down to 'THE GOD'.
After the FIFA World Cup Finals,which saw Italy win its fourth title,one would certainly have a change in opinion about Zizou.He fouled Materazzi for absolutely no footballing reason.The result:RED CARD.Zizou walked off the pitch angry,humiliated,insultd and more so regretful.The master has failed.It was probably the most unexpected event of the whole world cup itself.Some have lost all respect for Zidane as what he did was not something that one would expect on a football pitch much rather from Zinadine Zidane.The GOD himself has erred.
While the world complains that it was a very stupid thing to do,Zidane himself must be thinking of the most logical explanation he can give himself.I am sure,however,even the football maestro could not come up wiht something that would erase this black mark.He has let down his fans all over the world.But something must have really affected him.It was such an uncharacteristic move by a usually calm man,that it seems most unreal.
Zizou won his nation the World Cup in 1998 but lost it for them in 2006.But he lost far more than a trophy on that day.Zidane lost his reputation.For years to come now he will be known as the "Angry man who let his country down".But deep down Zidane will know he let himself down more than anything else.It left a bad taste in our mouths but it left a feeling of regret in his mind,
We as fans however can change this.We can...no...we should...forgive the man.He made a mistake.We owe it to him.He gave us the best of football and gave football the best of him.Are we ready to let one mistake,granted it was a stupid and serious one,surpass the greatness of e legend.After all he is Zizou-The God who can do no wrong.
Aakanksha
posted by pyec08 @ 5:59 PM
6 Comments:
I agree, let us forgive him. The 'god' is only human. We don't know what really happened so let's not be so quick to judge. It was certainly a stupid act but just let it be.
-sharanya
It is unfortunate that he did what he did in his last match, thus leaving a bad taste in the mouth, nevertheless, i agree as well, for he is in fact human.
Kripa
i'm just happy that i watched the match and follow what everyone's saying now!!!
this true that motorsport still ranks the highest in me books, but i shan't be so stubborn again and refuse to watch other sports. thank u all for managing to infuse a lil enthusiasm into me, for that i am grateful.
and keep those footie posts coming, they really do make interesting reads!!
vaishali
oh and yes yes...i agree lets forgive him...(can't type much more due to giddy rush from being able to actually follow something footie related!!)
Vaish
Great sports post again :)
Hey I think you're being a little harsh on him. It's not something one would easily forget obviously, this being his last match and all of that, but I think any respect one has for him is built on the basis of his game and his contribution to the game over so many years. One red card like this, though I agree is highly uncharacteristic of him, isn't enough to take away all from a footballer like him.
Forgiving him would mean that I'd have to say that he was guilty in the first place :)
Karunya
i realy like how when you talk about sports you approach it from a more personal angle...its not just statistics and scores..i really enjoyed both your articles!
raisa
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