Saturday, July 16, 2011

Mexico fans celebrate U-17 World Cup win in head bandages

Mexico beat Uruguay 2-0 to win the U-17 World Cup on their home turf on Sunday. The game was almost anti-climactic after their absolutely unbelievable semifinal comeback win over Germany that included an overhead winner from Julio Gomez, who re-entered the match after clashing heads with a German defender on the previous goal and needed to have his bloody noggin wrapped.

In honor of his impressive performance, Mexico fans -- even the little ones -- wore homemade head bandages to the final at the Azteca in Mexico City. And since that worked out so well, they wore them again to the open-top bus parade and visit with President Calderon on Monday.

Gomez wore his bandage, too -- partly because he needs it and partly because it's become his new trademark. Have a look...

Now if he's really serious about his personal brand, he'll wear that thing for the rest of his life.

Head bandages for all!

Photos: Getty

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/blog/dirty-tackle/post/Mexico-fans-celebrate-U-17-World-Cup-win-in-head?urn=sow-wp3228

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