Zinedine Zidane headbutt statue unveiled in French capital

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A five-metre high statue of Zinedine Zidane's famous headbutt on Marco Materazzi has been unveiled in Paris.

France captain Zidane was sent off in the 2006 World Cup final, which his team went on to lose on penalties, for headbutting Italy defender Materazzi.

The bronze statue, sculpted by Algerian artist Adel Abdesseme, is on display outside the Pompidou Centre in the French capital.

Real Madrid and Juventus legend Zidane retired after the game in Berlin.

Materazzi has admitted he provoked Zidane by making comments about the France midfielder's sister.

Zidane is now working as a sporting director for former club Real Madrid.

 

[Blue 1]

That's frickin' awesome.

 

[TheFinnFan]

Awesome, suprised though that they made a statue of that moment

 

[ScouseBlueBoy]

Who commissioned it? Marco?

 

[Columbia6]

The RS could steal the Marco half and display it outside Anfield as Stevie-G I reckon.

 

[pfim]

We should put a statue of Rodwell's red card against Suarez in front of the visitors' dressing room.

 

[Username]

We should put a statue of Rodwell's red card against Suarez in front of the visitors' dressing room.

That was a good tackle though, maybe a Duncan Ferguson one from one of his many incidents!

 

[Pat's Van]

HOLY FKN SH!TBALLS !!! THAT'S ENORMOUS !



the statue I mean

 

[somuchfun]

That's amazing.

 

[EFCNIK]

Can't BELIEVE I'm about to say this, but it's not exactly setting a good example for young kids playing football or indeed just knocking about in the playground is it?!

 

[Pat's Van]

Can't BELIEVE I'm about to say this, but it's not exactly setting a good example for young kids playing football or indeed just knocking about in the playground is it?!

yeah well, they're all smoking crack and listening to Rhianna nowadays anyway, lost cause mate

 

[BlueLlama]

Please can we commission a "Dunc strangling Freund" statue

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Can't BELIEVE I'm about to say this, but it's not exactly setting a good example for young kids playing football or indeed just knocking about in the playground is it?!

I was about to say this.

 

[Roztitute]

That shit cray

 

[Deloodid]

It will go well with the rest of the shiite they have in that Pompidou Centre.