In Paris they erected a huge bronze statue of Zinédine Zidane's head butt during the 2006 World Cup after Materazzi insulted his mother according to legend. The statue is a monument to anti-sports, a monument to the defeat in football, exactly the opposite of the conventional football fanatic.
I've heard that the night that the French playmaker Zinedine Zidane ended his career was a very sad night in Paris. The French lost the World Cup Final. Everywhere, people were crying. So it might come as some surprise that the evening's painful, defining moment has now been cast in bronze outside the Pompidou Center, the city's modern art museum. But there it is, 15 feet high, towering over passersby: Zizou lowering his forehead into Marco Materazzi's chest; the Italian defender leaping back like he has touched an electric fence. [...]
The statue, entitled “Headbutt,” is by the Algerian sculptor Adel Abdessemed, and coincides with an exhibition of his work in the museum. “This statue goes against the tradition of making statues to honor victories,” said Phillipe Alain Michaud, who directed the exhibition. "It is an ode to defeat… Zidane's downward glance recalls that of Adam, chased from paradise."
(via The Atlantic Cities)