"Good Old" zizou is no more

9th july 2006, the day that saw the demise of the "good old" tag for one of "the greatest" in the history of the game. First impression may well be the best impression but last impressions are the ones that are remembered for ever. A few days down zidane is remembered more for his "sieze ram style" header right into the chest of materizzi(my toungue gets wangled up when i try to pronounce this name) and ofcourse, quiet obviously materizzi fell to the ground making no attempts to balance himself.
Some say materizzi provoked zidane, he might well have done it. But there are other ways to deal with such incidents other than ramming into opponents chests.
Atleast bald head-experienced zizou should have known this. From now on, more than being remembered for his double header that brought france their maiden-world cup eight years ago, more than his scintillating footballing skills, more than his twice golden boot acheivement, more than his (once or twice..i don't remember the exact number) player of the year tag, he is remembered more for his infamouse red card in 2006 finals which didn't help france's cause either as italy ran home with the cup.
There has been severe criticism from the french press that a red was given even if neither the referree nor his assistant spotted it, but FIFA confirmed it stating that the 4th umpire has seen it with his eyes but not in TV replays. Instead of delving into the veracity of the FIFA's statements the disgraceful act of zidane should be punished under any means. so the zinadine zidane who came in as zinadine zidane has transformed into a zizou and then earned the tag "good old" which he incidentally threw away in his last match.