Originally Posted by Typhoid

Well, this was his last game ever, I believe.
He came out of retirement (again, I believe) to play this world cup.

So givin it's his last game, he may have wanted to make an impact.
He did just that.
Look at this board even. More posts about Zidane, than about Italy winning. And we arent even a sport forum.

Part of me just thinks he wanted to get talked about, go out "on top". Instead of being overshadowed by possibly losing the world cup.

Either that or the Italy player must have said something horrible to him. But it didnt even look like they were chatting it up.

But I know what that's like, sometimes you just let emotion get the best of you, especially when the ref isnt looking.