{"id":19550,"date":"2013-07-09T11:11:14","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T09:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=19550"},"modified":"2017-10-20T15:12:07","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T13:12:07","slug":"zidane-vs-materazzi-the-headbutt-dance-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/zidane-vs-materazzi-the-headbutt-dance-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Zidane&#8217;s &#8220;Headbutt Dance&#8221; is Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now that we look back, it&#8217;s hard to believe: The <strong>9th of July, 2006<\/strong>, the day <strong>Zidane<\/strong> replied to\u00a0<strong>Materazzi<\/strong>&#8216;s cheap provocation with a surprising\u00a0<strong><em>coup de boule <\/em><\/strong>(headbutt), was already seven years ago!<\/p>\n<p>Love it or hate it, to commemorate what was then the most mediatized sports event of the year around the planet, the French recently erected a statue that immortalized that not-so-fair-play moment of French football.<\/p>\n<p>And what venue did they choose to do just that?<\/p>\n<p>In front of one of the most visited landmarks of Paris: The <strong><em>Centre Pompidou<\/em><\/strong>, still known under the name of &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Beaubourg<\/em><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Faithful as ever to his <em>molto<\/em>-provocative character, Materazzi seems to still enjoy &#8220;crossing the line&#8221;&#8212;especially the French lines: He went last year to pose for a picture at the feet of the commemorative statue, ignoring the white perimeter that says: &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ne pas franchir<\/em><\/span>&#8221; (&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Do Not Cross<\/span>&#8220;) \u00a0(picture from Materazzi&#8217;s Twitter)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LA PLAGE - COUP DE BOULE\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-7sx2wRJPEo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A seven-year flashback to the French song that proved to be a huge &#8220;soothing&#8221; success of national proportions, a day or two after France lost in the 2006 World Cup Final to Italy: &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Coup de Boule<\/em><\/span>&#8221; (&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Headbutt<\/span>&#8220;) by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>la Plage<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Attention, c&#8217;est la danse du &#8220;Coup de Boule&#8221;!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Watch out, it&#8217;s the &#8220;Headbutt Dance&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Coup de boule \u00e0 droite<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Headbutt to the right<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Coup de boule \u00e0 gauche<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Headbutt to the left<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Allez les bleus!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Go <em>les bleus!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Allez<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Go<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Zidane, il l&#8217;a frapp\u00e9 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Zidane hit him<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Zidane, il l&#8217;a tap\u00e9 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Zidane whacked him<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Coup de boule!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Headbutt!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Le rital, il a eu mal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Italian got hurt [Note: Though it&#8217;s not too bad to refer to an Italian as a &#8220;<em>rital<\/em>&#8221; in French, it&#8217;s not too nice either. It is best used with friends who already know that you mean no harm with it!]<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Zidane, il l&#8217;a frapp\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Zidane hit him<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>l&#8217;Italien ne va pas bien<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Italian ain&#8217;t feeling so good<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Zidane, il l&#8217;a tap\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Zidane whacked him<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>L&#8217;arbitre l&#8217;a vu \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The ref saw it on TV<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Zidane, il l&#8217;a frapp\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Zidane hit him<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mais la Coupe on l&#8217;a rat\u00e9e<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>But the Cup we missed it<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On a quand m\u00eame bien rigol\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Still we had a good laugh<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Zidane il l&#8217;a frapp\u00e9, Zidane il l&#8217;a tap\u00e9, Coup de boule!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Zidane hit him, Zidane whacked him, Headbutt!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Trezeguet n&#8217;a pas jou\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Trezeguet didn&#8217;t play<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Quand il a jou\u00e9, il a rat\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>When he played, he missed<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Il a tout fait capot\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>He messed up everything<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>La Coupe, on l&#8217;a rat\u00e9e<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Cup, we missed it<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Barthez n&#8217;a rien arret\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Barthez didn&#8217;t stop anything<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>C&#8217;est pourtant pas compliqu\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Though it&#8217;s not that hard<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Les sponseurs sont tous f\u00e2ch\u00e9s<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>All the sponsors are mad<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mais Chirac a bien parl\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>But Chirac spoke well<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Zidane il a frapp\u00e9, Zidane il a tap\u00e9 (Coup de boule!) (4x)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Zidane hit him, Zidane whacked him (Headbutt!) (4x)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Attention, c&#8217;est la danse du Coup de Boule!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Watch out, it&#8217;s the Headbutt Dance!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Coup de boule \u00e0 droite<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Headbutt to the right<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Coup de boule \u00e0 gauche<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Headbutt to the left<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Coup de boule avant<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Headbutt to the front<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Coup de boule arri\u00e8re<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Headbutt to the back<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et maintenant, penalty<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And now, penalty [kick]<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Attention, il va tirer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Watch out, he&#8217;s about to shoot<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>un, deux, trois&#8230; c&#8217;est rat\u00e9!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>One, two, three&#8230; it&#8217;s a miss!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Zidane, il l&#8217;a frapp\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Zidane hit him<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Zidane, il l&#8217;a tap\u00e9 (4x)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Zidane whacked him (4x)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On a quand m\u00eame bien rigol\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>We still had a good laugh<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Zidane et Trezeguet<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Zidane and Trezeguet<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>La Coupe on l&#8217;a rat\u00e9e<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Cup, we missed it<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Zidane et Trezeguet (2x)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Zidane and Trezeguet (2x)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et Trezeguet&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And Trezeguet&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J9elrXkpNfg\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J9elrXkpNfg<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The song &#8220;<em>Coup de boule<\/em>&#8221; is a actually a parody of a previous song called &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Zidane y va marquer<\/em><\/span>&#8221; (French slang for &#8220;Zidane Will Score&#8221;) by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cauet<\/span>, which itself is a parody of an original song called \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4vmLW8Tqg14\">&#8220;<em>Madan<\/em>&#8221; by Malian singer Salif Keita<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"263\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/07\/8232371382_328bc2678d-263x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/07\/8232371382_328bc2678d-263x350.jpg 263w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/07\/8232371382_328bc2678d.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><p>Now that we look back, it&#8217;s hard to believe: The 9th of July, 2006, the day Zidane replied to\u00a0Materazzi&#8216;s cheap provocation with a surprising\u00a0coup de boule (headbutt), was already seven years ago! 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