world cup

http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/match/template.html?id=64

i was rooting for france and i loved zidane–he’s a powerhouse player–but he headbutted someone needlessly at the end of overtime and got himself a red card. it was a horrible ending because everyone was expecting him to go out in a blaze of glory, and france had been playing so well in the 2nd half. he’d said before the world cup that he’d retire after it ended, and to think, the last game of his career ending in shame like this, even though he scored france’s only goal in that game, and nearly scored another… the more loved you are, the harder you fall.

it’s just so sad to see one man totally snap when the whole world expected so much of him. fame is fickle–you can perform so well for so many years and then do one thing when stakes are high and lose it all, or something. haha…