Eric Cantona: what's done is done

The reporter asked the prime of his career. "When I gave the Kung-fu kick at a hooligan." This is Eric Cantona with 44 tacos. That summed up his career a few days ago for the cameras of the BBC. A career spanning 7 leagues: 2 with Marseille, 1 in Leeds and 4 in Manchester. In addition to several drinks in England and France. To make matters worse, the recognition as the first player to win two league titles in a row with two different teams. With Leeds in 92 and with the Red Devils a year later.

Certainly his career has not had all the rewards his talent deserves. But of all the great goals and moves left, Cantona gets the ugliest memories. The flying kick that struck a spectator in the Crystal Palace-ManU after being expelled. Would then be 28 years since Eric King has not experienced the slightest regret. As implied in the interview, due to his signing by the New York Cosmos as sports director.

"I think it's a dream for some to kick such people. So I did for them, so they were happy. " You do not know if you take it as a joke or not. Cantona was laughing when he said, but was reaffirmed with an argument as unacceptable as the kick. "For such people have nothing to do in a game," in reference to the hooligans. I will not enter if the guy was a hooligan who attacked or not, or how could I know Cantona. It is clear that this man must have said something big. But that does not justify violence. Less than a public figure, unless an athlete. Cristiano Ronaldo gets kicked by handing out more insults and atrocities that engaged.

I called attention to the little self-criticism of the question, just as well, football genius. This time we have to talk about the mythical 7 of Manchester, with permission from David Beckham. But a statement thus could have uttered the very same Diego Armando Maradona. Another that falls short when it comes to boasting and chest out even more reprehensible attitudes. Only God knows how many times have you heard her son's burden soccer goal with his hand to England. Worse was when Dieguito acknowledged with a laugh that the Brazilian Branco drank a can of sedatives. One trick they say, made the coach Bilardo. It was in the eighth Argentina-Brazil World Cup 90, in which the runner was albiceleste. Little joke. As he explained in The Ten TV a lot of fun, like a joke to your friends. Is this the right attitude in a divinity of the ball, a player 10?

It's the same air of grandeur that I recognize when I hear Cantona, Maradona, Pele and Cruyff. Understand that they were God-like while playing, but not shared. Understand that fame, money and success will take you to speak well when you're the best. But once the credit is the past, I do not understand these languages. A withdrawal glory will presume the distance and mature enough to review his career in an exemplary manner. With the recognition of the successes, there are many, and failures. Not forgetting that is a mirror for society and especially for children. King is the case of Eric, a powerful attraction for the media.

So much so that he was a fixture in the Star System of Nike soccer players. Unforgettable is the advert where a doorman demon busting. It was not grumpy goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, but a real demon. But fiction, of course. "Aur revoir, neck rising and chutarro flaming. A fitting end to an action hero. Cantona always sold as being a tough guy. That air that follows Bruce Willis or Bruce Lee Kung-fu kick, can fit in fiction. But personalityCantona was real conflicted and brought more of a problem. Still, it has always been a popular name relevant.

Inspiring commercials and films as Looking for Eric . Inspiring even a capitalist revolution that will do away with the banks. StopBanque known movement in Facebook . Organized by a screenwriter and actor, French, who took the idea from an interview with Cantona. These guys sure are smart people, with training. The of brainless to use football as an excuse! I dread to think what would happen to these people if they took the last words of Eric on aggression in the match against Crystal Palace.

Why not share the Cantona kick or claim, jokingly or not, he does. I think are not appropriate behavior in a reference for many fans. Imagine that, over time, Zinedine Zidane will again ask the same question. "What moment in your career you stay?". Imagine that Zizou not only forget the volley against Bayer Leverkusen, to say one, but chooses the head-butting Materazzi. "Because I said terrorist insulted my family, and people like that foul play has nothing to do in a game." It would be sad to see Zidane's chest make that mistake, right?

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