The World Cup is over, but the merchandising is just getting off the ground, literally:

"The pitch will be lifted on Tuesday (July 11th). The Quelle company will then cut it into pieces and sell it to fans," Olympic stadium groundsman Alan Cairncross told the Tagesspiegel am Sonntag newspaper Sunday. The pitch will be cut into 30 by 20 centimetre chunks which fans can buy on the internet for 75 euros (96 dollars), including a certificate of authenticity.

A story I saw on BBC this morning said that the certificate of authenticity indicates from where on the field each piece of the pitch came. If there is an after-market for these things, I expect that the place where Zidane's star fell - the pieces from the spot where he delivered that vicious headbutt to Marco Materazzi's chest - will be worth more than any others. I'll check E-Bay in a few weeks to find out.