Real Madrid stopper embarrassed by over-enthusiastic tribute

For centre forwards there are apparently few more terrifying sights than a world-class goal-keeper tearing from his line like a pitbull that has just slipped his chain. With this in mind, the slightly demented folk at Madrid’s Museum of Wax felt it time to re-create Spanish number one Iker Casillas in all his furious, striker-crippling glory.

Trouble is, they used 53 kilos of wax to fashion a gurning monstrosity that looks absolutely nothing like him, as Casillas himself realised – with comical bewilderment – at the statue’s official unveiling.

Indeed, so awkward was Iker’s reaction when confronted by his likeness that there can only be two possible conclusions to the story. He either puts himself in the hands of Spain’s finest plastic surgeon, or the Madrid Museum of Wax is burnt mysteriously to the ground.