2- All the other players scored theirs, pretty easily at that

I don't think they missed Zinedine in the penalties. And I'd rather see him go out that way than missing a penalty like Baggio in 94...

As for Materazzi...his penalty is the one Barthez was two inches away from saving. How ill would that have been?

The thing about Zidane is, he sets such an example for how to play the game 90% of the time...he doesn't commit fouls, he never dives, he never calls for yellows like a little bitch AND he takes defenders' abuse the whole game long. Now once in a while...he'll just blow up and fuck a motherfucker up. You have to take the good with the bad. It wasn't what made us lose.