Quote Originally Posted by dwarfman
How about we talk about the last 18 years of world-class football Zidane has played, earning him the right to be one of the greatest football players to have ever lived, rather than the last 10 seconds of madness?
Before we can remember Zidane as the football genius that he cleary is/was, I think it's worthwhile discussing his red-mist moment.

I couldn't quite believe what he did but judging by the reports of what was allegedly said by Materazzi I can't really blame him.

Quote Originally Posted by BBC Sport
Zidane grew up in a tower block in a poor estate in Marseille, known mainly for its high unemployment and suicide rate.
The fact that he grew up in this sort of environment also begins to explain maybe why he did what he did. Maybe he should've done it in a slightly different way though.

I played football during my teens with a talented but esentially a nutter (Wayne) from a rough estate in Birmingham. One match we played, Wayne was being kicked all over the park but didn't react in the slightest (which was very odd for him), until after the final whistle where he walked over the worst offender, calmly took off his boot and kicked the kid in the throat. He was still sent off by the ref. but at least the game was over.
Maybe ZZ should have done this instead!