Zinedine Zidane's Headbutt
Posted by: David Bunch
I'm blogging this morning on my newly repaired home PC. I want to mention the now infamous headbutt from Sunday's World Cup final in which Italy beat France for the championship title.
France's Zinedine Zidane was playing in his last match before retirement, hoping to win the big one. Instead, he went out by headbutting an opponent and getting ejected-possibly costing his team the crown.
What is most noticeable when you watch the video clip is that the headbutt comes out of nowhere. You see a few words pass between the two players, and then Zidane casually walks ahead of his opponent and sets up for the attack. The opponent never saw it coming.
Much is being made of what was said between the two to set Zidane off.
It seems to me like Zidane could have thought of a better way to play his way into retirement.
I'm blogging this morning on my newly repaired home PC. I want to mention the now infamous headbutt from Sunday's World Cup final in which Italy beat France for the championship title.
France's Zinedine Zidane was playing in his last match before retirement, hoping to win the big one. Instead, he went out by headbutting an opponent and getting ejected-possibly costing his team the crown.
What is most noticeable when you watch the video clip is that the headbutt comes out of nowhere. You see a few words pass between the two players, and then Zidane casually walks ahead of his opponent and sets up for the attack. The opponent never saw it coming.
Much is being made of what was said between the two to set Zidane off.
It seems to me like Zidane could have thought of a better way to play his way into retirement.
