This brog is turning into a bit of a World Cup site, but I suspect I'm not the only one to suffer this pleasant fate. Soon it will all be over. And no one will remember a jot, or possibly iota.
I think Zinedine Zidane has set a record for most subdued festivities on scoring a goal around the 91st minute to confirm France's victory over Spain. Spain was furiously pressing forward, when a wayward pass was snatched by the French. In a jiffy Zidane was released into open space on the left flank. The spanish defender had time to raise his arm in offside-protestation *and* go back and defend, but Zidane skipped around him in the box and wrongfooted the keeper gloriously.
After scoring, he ran not in a straight line, but in a sort of zigzag fashion. He may have been trying to throw off his teammates [incidentally, i always wonder if a teammate gets offended when they are ignored or brushed off by a scorer more interested in running very far and fast than stopping and accepting congratulation]. He wondered over to the press area and eventually was swamped by his teammates. His remains will constitute a peat bog or peat marsh some day. Admittedly there was no tv camera pointed at his face during this time, so he might have been ecstatically grinning. but i don't think so. a decidedly cool and even handed response.
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I have often wondered about the ignoring of congragulating buddies. Post goal celebrations provide a deep insight into someone's soul. Basically I think, the more subdued the celebration, the closer to insanity the player. Your thoughts?
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