In contrast, the English weren't too keen to offer any affection to David Beckham after he, equally in bad taste, kicked Diego Simeone from behind (and below) during the 2nd round of France '98 - for which he was vilified as the man who ended England's run that year (They too, lost on penalties).
In fact, they would probably still be hanging effigies of Beckham until now, had he not curled in that oh so wondrous free kick in their 2002 qualifier against Greece in the dying minutes, to book England tickets to Japan/Korea 2002.
i guess the english are less forgiving than the french.
but then again, beckham is beckham, and zidane is simply, zidane.