WWZD?
I was just wondering, could the announcers or anchors discussing the World Cup please mention the mastery and artistry and awesomeness of Zindedine Zidane one more time?
Jebus, that’s all they talk about, and it’s been going on all series. It’s got to be a directive from the top. It’s one of the defining characteristics of American sports coverage that every game is made a battle between two Personalities… even if you have to make that Personality. This leads to ridiculous things like “Ivan Rodriguez brings his Tigers to Seattle to take on Ichiro and the Mariners!”
You know, once you notice these things, they get really fucking annoying.
Anyway, Zidane’s great but enough already. He’s not a dessert topping and a floor wax.
Update: it’s even worse than before. I think the announcers are forbidden from going more than 30 seconds without mentioning some aspect of Zidane. Like his awesome fruit salad.
Update 2: Jesus Zidane totally suckerheadbutted this guy and got kicked out of the game. In overtime. Way to help out your country team, Jesus Zidane.
Update 3: Here’s the suckerheadbutt
I’m not a big soccer fan. I appreciate it like I appreciate chess, but I wouldn’t watch that either. The one thing I liked about what the Algerian Zidane did, was that it was the first time I actually saw a soccer player go down from a REAL INJURY. Funny thing is, I think these guys are so used to faking injuries that I’m pretty sure he stilled grabbed his leg!!! Seriously, though, it was a stupid move from a selfish player. I can’t have any respect for a sport where the world championship is decided by whoever’s goalie just happens to guess which way to dive correctly one time more than the opposition’s goalie. Besides that, it’s a beautiful sport.