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Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Zidane Speaks
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/12/opinion/zidane.php
If this was the NHL, Zidane would be ...
the equivalent of Ron Hextall, 1987. If this was the NHL, Zidane would have dropped his gloves, like Chris Nilan, while the Italian player, like that Bruin player, would have turtled to the ice. If this was a schoolyard, Zidane would have told the Italian defender to meet him after school.
As it stands, there’s not much leeway in soccer, and Zidane felt (not thought) that his only outlet was to let his emotions take over his brain. It is a sad end to a brilliant career. But, now he’s truly world-reknowned. Any publicity is good publicity, and who knows, he may have a great sponsorship career ahead of him.
Anyone remember Ron Hextall’s commercial for 7up: “You don’t have to be sweet to be good”?