Comments on: In Praise of Zinedine Zidane

By: chapati mystery :: Zizou

chapati mystery :: Zizou — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:55:45 +0000

[...] France was my pick for a while - for all the non-soccer reasons like diversity and muslim participations - and Zidane is always someone to root for. Pdcs had a wonderful ballad to Zizou, even. [...]

By: Prakash

Prakash — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 02:08:36 +0000

I was shocked to see such a immature behaviour from Zindane..However in the end was happy to see Italy win ( which I predicted anyway )

By: PDCS

PDCS — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 21:28:26 +0000

Absolute madness. disgraceful.

ps: i did close the italics tag. something is not right and i have been running around way too much to look at it.

By: sepoy

sepoy — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 20:30:43 +0000

WHAT HAS YOUR ZIDANE DONE!!!

ps. your italics tag need be closed.

By: PDCS

PDCS — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 16:47:38 +0000

And Jere Longman in a nice NYT piece on the maestro:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/09/sports/soccer/09zidane.html?hp&ex=1152417600&en=8a622c44077a38fb&ei=5094&partner=homepage

By: PDCS

PDCS — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 16:38:20 +0000

Also read Sid Lowe, one of my favorite football writers, on Zidane’s response to his doubters:

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/worldcup06/2006/07/08/zidane_flying_in_the_face_of_d.html

and Kevin McCarra on how this World Cup might be remembered:

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/worldcup06/2006/07/08/the_global_village_is_waiting.html

By: PDCS

PDCS — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 16:22:53 +0000

Yeah, Beckenbauer and Cruyff both deserve serious consideration as players, visionaries and managers. I have just seen some random videos of both and read some on them. Perhaps someone like your father would be able to offer judgment.

By the way, Guardian has a very nice piece by an Argentinian writer, Marcela Mora y Araujo:

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/worldcup06/2006/07/07/what_is_football_anyway.html

By: dacoit

dacoit — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 16:03:55 +0000

comments from my father, a lifelong soccer fanatico [player, coach, fan]: great piece - well expressed and well thought out. but what about beckenbauer? surely he deserves a place in your pantheon alongside pele and maradonna. evidence to follow upon request, but you already know…