By Erwin Quiñonez
02 Apr 2024, 20:12 PM EDT
The former soccer player, Marco Materazzi, recently spoke again about the controversial episode he starred in with the Frenchman Zinedine Zidane when he headbutted him in the 2006 World Cup final, when Italy defeated France. The Italian said that he hopes not to be remembered only for that fact.
Materazzi touched on the topic that also marked the end of Zidane’s career with the French national team, explaining that “it should never have happened” and acknowledged in turn that the clash was the response to a provocation on his part.
“It didn’t do justice to what my career was. That episode should never have happened. In the tension of that final in Berlin, between scuffles and insults, he offered me his shirt and I told him no, that he preferred his sister. He turned around and reacted as everyone remembers. “I never saw Zinédine again,” he declared.
🇮🇹🗣️ Marco Materazzi on the Zidane headbutt moment: “I don’t like it, because it doesn’t do justice to what my career was.”
“That episode should never have happened. In the tension of that final in Berlin, amidst the bickering and insults, Zidane offered me his shirt, and I… pic.twitter.com/FrgCFShID4
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Materazzi’s career
In addition to the controversial headbutt, Marco Materazzi’s career is marked by important achievements and excellent contributions in Italian football. He was a very outstanding player in defense, a job that was crucial in that World Cup.
Materazzi was also part of Inter Milan in 2010 that won the Champions League at the Santiago Bernabéu against Bayern Munich.
“I can’t choose one over the other. They were, without a doubt, the best nights of my career (…) In fact, it was 10 months. I remember the Premier League was different, nothing like what it is now. Italy was much better. Back then, if you played in another country, it was almost impossible for the national team to call you up. “They almost didn’t exist,” he concluded in reference to his time in England,” he highlighted.
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