Headbutt (French: Coup
de tête) is a sculpture by the French
artist Adel Abdessemed. It is 5 m (16.4 ft) tall and
carved from bronze. It was unveiled on 26 September 2012 at the Centre
Pompidou in Paris, France.
•The sculpture depicts an incident that took
place in the 110th minute of the 2006 FIFA World Cup
Final between France and Italy, when Zinedine
Zidane headbutted Italian defender Marco Materazzi in
the chest, after he had verbally abused his sister. Zidane
consequently received a red card and was sent off. France lost the
match, which was Zidane's final match as a professional footballer.
•Pompidou Centre
•As France subsequently lost the match,
exhibition organiser Alain Michaud has described it as
"...against the tradition of making statues in honour
of certain victories. It is an ode to defeat".
•In November 2012, Materazzi
posed for a photo in front of the statue, and posted it
on Twitter with the post "I Love Haters".
-source wikipedia
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