Madness. Can there be any other word for both this World Cup and the way it ended? It would be like Tiger Woods, moments from donning another green jacket at the Masters, bringing his putter down on top of Vijay Singh’s skull. Or Michael Jordan stepping up to the free throw line in the final ticks of an NBA championship game and breaking Kobe Bryant’s nose with a basketball.
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Madness? I don’t get it. I think it was just a setup to enable every hackish American sports writer (that about covers them) to put on their righteous hats and come up with the most impossibly insane analogies to the NBA and MLB and PGA.
The guy was at the tail end of a heated two hour contest, was clearly none-too-subtlely provoked, and butted a guy twice his size in the chest, who (being a soccer player) reacted cartoonishly and got the red card to come out. And I think it had little effect on the eventual outcome. France continued attackick to no avail, and then Italy made all five penalty kicks (and Zidane’s no goalie).
I guess I just feel bad for the guy. Regrettable, for sure (especially given the whole final match for a legend aspect). Dumb, too. But come on.
Besides, Vijay has it coming. And if Michael Jordan broke Kobe Bryant’s nose, it would just mean two free throws for Dwayne Wayne.