Now that we look back, it’s hard to believe: The 9th of July, 2006, the day Zidane replied to Materazzi‘s cheap provocation with a surprising coup de boule (headbutt), was already seven years ago!

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.

And what venue did they choose to do just that?

In front of one of the most visited landmarks of Paris: The Centre Pompidou, still known under the name of “Beaubourg“!

Faithful as ever to his molto-provocative character, Materazzi seems to still enjoy “crossing the line”—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: “Ne pas franchir” (“Do Not Cross“)  (picture from Materazzi’s Twitter)

A seven-year flashback to the French song that proved to be a huge “soothing” success of national proportions, a day or two after France lost in the 2006 World Cup Final to Italy: “Coup de Boule” (“Headbutt“) by la Plage

Attention, c’est la danse du “Coup de Boule”!

Watch out, it’s the “Headbutt Dance”!

Coup de boule à droite

Headbutt to the right

Coup de boule à gauche

Headbutt to the left

Allez les bleus!

Go les bleus!

Allez

Go

Zidane, il l’a frappé

Zidane hit him

Zidane, il l’a tapé

Zidane whacked him

Coup de boule!

Headbutt!

Le rital, il a eu mal

The Italian got hurt [Note: Though it’s not too bad to refer to an Italian as a “rital” in French, it’s not too nice either. It is best used with friends who already know that you mean no harm with it!]

Zidane, il l’a frappé

Zidane hit him

l’Italien ne va pas bien

The Italian ain’t feeling so good

Zidane, il l’a tapé

Zidane whacked him

L’arbitre l’a vu à la télé

The ref saw it on TV

Zidane, il l’a frappé

Zidane hit him

Mais la Coupe on l’a ratée

But the Cup we missed it

On a quand même bien rigolé

Still we had a good laugh

Zidane il l’a frappé, Zidane il l’a tapé, Coup de boule!

Zidane hit him, Zidane whacked him, Headbutt!

Trezeguet n’a pas joué

Trezeguet didn’t play

Quand il a joué, il a raté

When he played, he missed

Il a tout fait capoté

He messed up everything

La Coupe, on l’a ratée

The Cup, we missed it

Barthez n’a rien arreté

Barthez didn’t stop anything

C’est pourtant pas compliqué

Though it’s not that hard

Les sponseurs sont tous fâchés

All the sponsors are mad

Mais Chirac a bien parlé

But Chirac spoke well

Zidane il a frappé, Zidane il a tapé (Coup de boule!) (4x)

Zidane hit him, Zidane whacked him (Headbutt!) (4x)

Attention, c’est la danse du Coup de Boule!

Watch out, it’s the Headbutt Dance!

Coup de boule à droite

Headbutt to the right

Coup de boule à gauche

Headbutt to the left

Coup de boule avant

Headbutt to the front

Coup de boule arrière

Headbutt to the back

Et maintenant, penalty

And now, penalty [kick]

Attention, il va tirer

Watch out, he’s about to shoot

un, deux, trois… c’est raté!

One, two, three… it’s a miss!

Zidane, il l’a frappé

Zidane hit him

Zidane, il l’a tapé (4x)

Zidane whacked him (4x)

On a quand même bien rigolé

We still had a good laugh

Zidane et Trezeguet

Zidane and Trezeguet

La Coupe on l’a ratée

The Cup, we missed it

Zidane et Trezeguet (2x)

Zidane and Trezeguet (2x)

Et Trezeguet…

And Trezeguet…

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9elrXkpNfg

The song “Coup de boule” is a actually a parody of a previous song called “Zidane y va marquer” (French slang for “Zidane Will Score”) by Cauet, which itself is a parody of an original song called  “Madan” by Malian singer Salif Keita