His hope of marking his retirement in professional football by leading France into a World Cup victory was shattered. Zinedine Zidane's sheer foolishness and a penalty point paved the way for Italy into taking home the
World Cup Championship. This dude is a hero to most football fanatics, but the lost to Italy left a lot of his fans disappointed.
With a World Cup finish of 5-3, Fabio Grosso scored the winning goal after David Trezeguet missed the defeat deciding shot. So much for Trezeguet's incompetent last-minute play, Zidane will leave the football fields with a legacy smeared with a whack. I'm not sure if it's the Italian curse controlling Zidane for his madness. How could he bang his head against
Marco Materazzi's chest? A penalty in the last minute play? That's absurd! Oh yeah, he made history. But not for scoring twice in the 1998 final more as a total French jerk who sold out the championship tilt.
Zidane is the fourth man to score two World Cup finals next to Brazilians Vava and Pele, and Germany's Paul Breitner. I pity this preposterous soul. What a pathetic ending for his French career! The world will never forgive his penalty slam. While Italy, on the other hand, is savoring their fourth World Cup title.
