Today, I woke up at 20 minutes to 1pm cos I stayed awake to watch the World Cup final match last night. The game started off with both Italian and French players being fast and furious, not to mention being pretty dramatic too. We saw Henry being `tactical’ in the beginning of the match when he was hit on the head by an Italian player. Bizarre penalty score by Zidane 7 minutes after the match started. 12 minutes into the game, two players had already been yellow carded. What’s next, a powerful `header' goal by Italian player, Materazzi. Did you manage to admire his tattoos on his arms? Thunderous cheers from the crowd as usual. 40 minutes into the game, the camera shifted our attention to the human waves performed by the cheering crowd. Then, back to the match, penalty kick for Italian before the first half of the game ended but they did not make it.
Then the game continued. We saw both teams trying hard, very consistent. French team made numerous attempts to score, Italians players were very defensive…blah…blah....blah…. The game became very intense; I tried not to blink just in case I would miss out anything. Gosh, something unbelievable happened. How on earth this happened? Zidane, the Mr. Perfect attacked Meterazzi and then was red carded. Before we could catch another breath and figure out what actually happened, he was ordered to leave the field. How theatrical was that. Yes, we saw Zidane being unable to control his emotion that he flipped at that very moment. After all, he is just a human being, not the Mr. Perfect because being perfect is boring. Err...I mean nobody is perfect. I really wanted to know what was on his mind during that very moment.
After that incident, I could no longer concentrate on watching the game. I was distracted by the fact that Zidane would be blamed for the outcome of the game. I started to worry about him but he was nowhere in sight. As the game went on, Henry,the French player was replaced. Extra 30 minutes but still no goal. So the game ended with penalty shoot-out with Italy emerged as the winner 5-3. Phew,what a game. It really was worthy of my sleepless night. I hope the media and the people won’t be too harsh on Zidane.
