[jjbrouwer]

'Zidane is a whiney little bitch. '

Au contraire. Zidane is most unlike the whining cheating Portuguese and Italian players who did their best to ruin the World Cup. He could have whined after the match about his opponent but remained silent.

[Natural Law]

He may be a great athlete, but he has always been a whiney little bitch. He provokes and retaliates with the best of them and always has an excuse afterward like there is justification for an assault on an opponent. In American sporting jargon he is a world class hot head. This personal flaw, like his lack of stamina, inability to pass to his right, and tendency to not run off the ball, was known and exploited by the Italians.