The Horror of Zizou

Corriere della Sera
Rome, 09 July 2006
Google Translation

The French has been expelled to the 5 ' of according to additional time
Zidane, career sluice with one head

It could be the evening that celebrated it as hero of the history of French soccer and instead Zidane is exited from the field to low head, to the fifth minute of according to additional time. Expelled, for one head to cold against Materazzi. A gesture that changes to the end of one career.

The head of Zidane

The arbitrator, than had not seen the episode, then has consulted itself with the fourth man who has reported the happened one to it. Zidane concludes therefore, with this spot, its sport career.

In the first time it had marked to its way, from the floppy disk: steps discs of a valve, without to watch the porter. Ball under the crosspiece that bounces above-the-line. In according to time, still low head, has gone instead against the chest of Materazzi. Beautiful and the ugly one of a champion without time, that it leaves soccer with a goal of its, pure class, and an expulsion fruit of a moment of madness. Franc-Algerian, 34enne, leaves soccer with an avalanche of prizes the shoulders and the admiration of all gets passionate to it to you, opposing included. Its showcase is strapiena: world-wide and a European with the National one, one Champions League, two Intercontinental ones, two European Supercoppe, two tito them of champion of Italy, one of champion of Spain, one Italian Supercoppa, two Supercoppa of Spain. To personal level, three times Fifa player of the year, Football of Gold '98, better player than Champions League 2001-02. These numbers.