The Fall of Icarus - Zinadine Zidane

The question on more than a billion fans minds, on the day after the world cup final was: "Why Zidane? Why?" The true loser on the night of the final was not the French team, but was football.

Football fans, the world over, saw their hero, their idol fall many a mile into shame. Zidane has graced the football pitch for over a decade with his grace and his gentlemanly behavior. But his fall from grace left football lovers distraught as they sought answers to the question that incessantly bugged them: "Why Zidane? Why?"

I for one was hurt to see my idol on the football pitch behave in the manner that Mike Tyson once behaved. His fall from grace, and that too in his last match, hurt his fans and football was the real loser.