Zidane

Wham! Zidane uses his head on Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup Final - Italy vs France, 9th July 2006

(Set up, photographed and loaded to Flickr within 15 minutes of the incident :-) )

When I set this picture up I never knew this (copied from Zidane's Wikipedia entry):

"Zidane was sponsored by LEGO for a while and wore their logo. He was the official endorser of their Soccer/Football line, and was also immortalised in plastic in the form of a LEGO minifigure of himself, available in several of the sets."

Cream of the Crop: Most Favourites *and* Most Interesting. Blimey.

Here is a small set of pictures showing the same incident, plus other events from the final, courtesy of Mads Boedker.

Comments and faves

  1. maniacmiler18, camarados, revaz ardesher, seaan, and 226 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. mark.lockwood (84 months ago | reply)

    Exactly how I remember it! hahaha

  3. maniacmiler18 (84 months ago | reply)

    !!!!!!!!!!!! haha this is awsume!

  4. scotticus (84 months ago | reply)

    hahahahaa

  5. Kristo (84 months ago | reply)

    you made it look like he's giving him a blowjob... lol

  6. camarados (84 months ago | reply)

    very fast!!! :)

  7. sbluerock (84 months ago | reply)

    Good thing this one has an explanation!

  8. Mr. Flibble (84 months ago | reply)

    Just excellent, though, the pitch seems smaller than I remember it...

  9. sh4keer (84 months ago | reply)

    ha, very nice

  10. Mohammed Alnaser (84 months ago | reply)

    very fast lol.

    Shame on him to end his career with such a stupid attitude.

  11. woordenaar (84 months ago | reply)

    Excellent!!!

  12. madswisscow (84 months ago | reply)

    You are fast! Great redition! ;-)

  13. haru2086 (84 months ago | reply)

    ahh hahaha..
    to bad lego dosnt make bald patches :D LOL!

    this would be good as a stop motion!

  14. Kaptain Kobold (84 months ago | reply)

    Thanks for all the comments.

    haru893,

    My ten year old son likes doing Lego animations - I'll get him onto it :-)

  15. haru2086 (84 months ago | reply)

    :D
    GREAT! make sure to post it when he makes it!

  16. mofo (84 months ago | reply)

    Oh my god, I LOVE YOU!

  17. Dunechaser (84 months ago | reply)

    You totally beat me to it, KK.

    Stupid Zizou -- what a way to end your career. :-\

  18. Kaptain Kobold (84 months ago | reply)

    What's sadder is that I watched the incident and the first thing I thought was 'I've got to do that in Lego!'. I need help.

  19. incidental music (84 months ago | reply)

    that's a great instinct :D this made me spill my wine.

  20. phxpma (84 months ago | reply)

    LOL!!!!!! That is great!

  21. jochex (84 months ago | reply)

    lol
    what must say materazzi to deserve that?

  22. clappstar (84 months ago | reply)

    Hhaaa!!!!

  23. davidbetts (84 months ago | reply)

    just tremendous

  24. Scott Foy (84 months ago | reply)

    Haha fantastic!!

  25. DJ_Pichu (84 months ago | reply)

    Ahhh....the best use of legos ever!

  26. jpnuwat (84 months ago | reply)

    haahh!. Classic..!

  27. Giampaolo Macorig (84 months ago | reply)

    just great! nice idea! :-)

  28. Queen-H (84 months ago | reply)

    Zidane is great player, There is reason,, and one such as Zidane can't behave like that only because of ,,, and I am with France and Italy.!!^_^

  29. Motion Blur (84 months ago | reply)

    thats great!!!

  30. Saffanna (84 months ago | reply)

    just saw this in interestingness.

  31. Kristina J. [deleted] (84 months ago | reply)

    the highlight of the game. Hahaha.
    I don't care what anyone says, Zidane is still the best.

  32. pomonette (84 months ago | reply)

    lol! excellent!

  33. ccarriconde (84 months ago | reply)

    sad and funny :)

  34. Jim Skea (84 months ago | reply)

    Yup, very funny.

  35. Mr. Mark (84 months ago | reply)

    ha ha
    thank goodness millions of people around the world know what this is about, otherwise this picture borders on porn.

    ;O)

  36. starshine2 (84 months ago | reply)

    not what i thought from the thumbnail! is it bad that i HAD to look?

  37. skyseeker (84 months ago | reply)

    very funny!

  38. soyhead (84 months ago | reply)

    did he spit or did he swallow?

  39. ceisaunders (84 months ago | reply)

    I never saw it but he must have been angry.

  40. Kaptain Kobold (84 months ago | reply)

    Yikes! So many comments and favourites for what was a spur of the moment build and shoot. Thanks very much everybody.

    Saff, if it made Interestingness it must have been a fleeting visit. Probably for the best :-)

  41. shishani13 (84 months ago | reply)

    Amazing, I love it :-)

    chosing a bold for zidane is a nice idea too :-)

  42. Eko Carol [deleted] (84 months ago | reply)

    XD

  43. ozczecho (84 months ago | reply)

    ...totally unrealistic :-)

    ...the blue guy should be flying through the air like if he was hit by the space shuttle :-)

  44. gatostyle (84 months ago | reply)

    lol awesomeness :D

    Materazzi deserved it btw, he must have did/said something awful.

  45. jess' travelogue (84 months ago | reply)

    hahha, this is right on the spot!

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