craZy Zidane

so that was a weird world cup final, huh? how strange was that Zidane headbutt?

apparently not so strange. here's an informal list of like occurences in his recent past:

Zidane got a red card for headbutting Hamburg in the 2000-2001 Champions League.
He was also red carded for stomping on a Saudi in the 98 World Cup.
And don't forget he was suspended from the third game of this year's group stage.
All told he has supposedly racked up a dozen red cards.

and we've been speculating about reasons why. i speculated that the comment was racist, as Z seemed to snap. RUMOR has it:

Matterazi called him a terrorist.

SF Chronicle Article about Zidane's History and Possible Matterazi Comment