Zidane Bashing

Just read the Seattle Post-Intelligencer article World Cup: Le butthead. Okay, enough with the Zinedine Zidane bashing. Yes, he should NOT have lost him temper, no matter what Marco Materazzi said. On the other hand, if it is true that Materazzi called him "a dirty terrorist" then the burst of anger is not completely beyond understanding. One would hope that Zidane, who came out of retirement to captain a team that was on the verge of making history (perhaps just getting to the final was enough to make history), would have had the internal constitution to turn his anger into brilliant plays, perhaps a goal, rather than a head to the villain's chest, but we can't all be saints and martyrs. And, yes, if Materazzi made this vile comment then he is the villain and Italy's win is tainted by it. I'd like to hear Materazzi address this issue, but in the meantime it would be nice if people would lighten up on Zidane until all the facts are out.