Tuesday, July 11, 2006

RED due to HEAD

Ok...............world cup 2006 is over. Italy is the world champion. And yes, Italy deserves that. Italy has played really fantastic. There was no effect of the recent SERIE A scandal on the Italian players. People were shocked when they heard about SERIE A scandal that rocked ITALY. This scandal haunted Italy for more than 2 months now. But still Italy emerged in their BLUES and knocked out the other Blues who were FRANCE. Now we come to the point. I will try to create some atmosphere and then present my views.
The Final countdown starts. Two teams with high hopes come on the field. One is ITALY and the other is France. Italians are in their blue jerseys and France is in their white jersey. Italy is going for their 4rth World Cup whereas France is going for their 2nd world Cup title. There is one player in France who has the biggest determination of all. Its ZINEDINE ZIDANE. It is his last match he will ever play for his country. In the last match against Portugal It was Zidane's penalty kick that took France to the finals. So all eyes around the world are there on ZIDANE. What's Zidane going to do? Will he give a pass to Henry? These are the types of questions that are the topic of the day for all France fans. The same questions came into my mind too. Being a Real Madrid fan I am also a fan of Zidane. Everyone's talking about Zidane. His play against the mighty Brazil and also his name being recommended for the Fifa player. The game starts with a bang. Both the teams are searching for a hole in the opposite team. At the 6th min Malouda is being tripped down by Italian defender Materazzi. IT'S A PENALYTY FOR FRANCE. And who could better take it. IT'S THE ONE AND ONLY ZIDANE. Zidane steps up to the ball, BUFFON dives to his right. It's a chip by Zidane, which rattles, on the inner side of the bar and bounces inside the box. FRANCE lead 1-0. It's bursting crackers in PARIS.
After this goal there are many attacks from both the teams. But then from a corner kick its Materazzi scoring from a perfect header. France goalkeeper Barthez could not save it. The score is 1-1. Now in the last minutes the France coach makes some substitutions. Henry and Ribery are taken off and Wiltord and Trezeguet come on. And after some time the number 10 France master ZIDANE knocks down Italian defender Materazzi with his head. Zidane shamefully bangs his head on the footballer' s chest. Referee has seen it. And after some seconds RED CARD IS BEEN SHOWN TO ZINEDINE ZIDANE. It's a decision made by the referee and ZIDANE has to walk off the field. What a shame for ZIDANE. The last game of Zidane's career is ending with a RED card due to his HEAD BANG.
MY VIEWS:- It is said that the person who Zidane knocked down uttered some abusive words to him from back. But I think that if Zidane could have kept his cool he could have helped France to victory. As Trezeguet penalty hit the bar in the last Penalty shootouts, Italy won world cup. Just imagine if there was Zidane instead of Trezeguet then what would have happened. All of the France penalty takers had scored except for Trezeguet. I don't understand why Zidane did such a horrible thing when France needed him the most.
But yes obviously Zidane's move was really shameful for him to do.

By
AMIT DIXIT

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