What makes a man lose his calm like this?

Zidane has given other demonstrations of frustration in the past, also translated by head-butting. In the end, Man keeps trying to control the world outside more and more, when the real challenge is actually getting a grip on oneself inside.

I love Zidane, although I'm less fervent about the French team. He would have deserved better had he known how to rein in his temper. We still don't know what it was, but it's likely a combination of deep provocation and pent-up frustration at not scoring earlier. None of which mattered once he was sitting in the changing rooms ruing his gesture.

And that's the tragedy of it: plus tard, c'est trop tard.