REAL MADRID boss Zinedine Zidane crashed into another car on his way to training – but ended up posing for a selfie with the other driver.
The French legend and current Galacticos boss was described as “very well-mannered, cordial and attentive the whole time” by the beaming owner after incident.
Ignacio Fernandez poses with Zinedine Zidane just moments after the Madrid boss crashed into him
Zidane’s Audi Rs6 rear-ended Fernandez’s car on his way to training
Ignacio took this picture of his own Audi Q4 after the Madrid boss hit him from behind
He rear-ended the other vehicle on Saturday in the north east of Spain’s capital city.
Zidane was driving his Audi Rs6 when he rammed Spanish businessman Ignacio Fernandez’s car – a rather less plush Audi Q4 – as they headed towards a roundabout.
Fernandez, 44, who owns a furniture shop, told Golder’s: “Around 9.30am near Valdebebas I was entering a roundabout and I braked a little abruptly, and I was hit by the car behind me.
“I parked up and saw another car speed past me, I thought he was driving off, but then I saw he was parking too. I got out of my car and realised it was Zidane.
“I thought ‘what a relief’ because I knew he had enough to pay for the insurance. I apologised for braking suddenly, but I could not risk it and he told me he was a little distracted and that he was sorry too.”
He explained how the pair exchanged details and took photos of the incident but he did not want to take up too long of the “high profile” superstar’s time in order “to avoid him being recognised”.
Fernandez told him: “If you want to swap your car for mine, there will be no problem with that.”
He then asked for a selfie as otherwise his friends would not believe him.
The men then got into their respective vehicles, but not before Zidane “stopped and asked for my name because he hadn’t quite caught it”.
Several hours later a representative for Zizou contacted Fernandez but he was unable to work out details for the claim as he was at a furniture fair.
Fernandez said he “was dressed very sporty” and was “surprised by how skinny he was and his height.”
And he added the 1998 World Cup winner was “very well-mannered, cordial and attentive the whole time”.
Fernandez added that the news started to spread after he sent the picture to a colleague at the furniture shop.
He said: “It turns out he sent it to another guy as an anecdote, who sent it a group and it went viral from there.”
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
