"No matter what Marco Materazzi said to Zidane, and however much it might have hurt him, Zidane needed to rise above everything in that critical moment.
Sad, sad ending to a great career, and a disappointing letdown from a leader who was all set to create a legend that would travel from generation to generation.
This story, too, will travel.
It will travel as a cautionary tale of how you cannot afford to be human, once the stage is set."
