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Almost 14 years have passed since the incident that went down in football history. Zinedine Zidane and Marco Materazzi were the protagonists of that final, won by Italy on penalties (5-3), after 1-1 in the 120 minutes played. The two scored the match goals and found themselves in the limelight and in the 109th minute, when after a brief exchange of lines, Zidane hit the Italian hard on the head.
After 14 years, Marco Materazzi revealed in an interview with AS how he managed to enrage the Frenchman to the core: “Our coach (n.r.Marcello Lippi) told me to write it down. After a first contact between us, I apologized, but he reacted badly, “recalls Materazzi.”After a third harder duel, I frowned and said, “I’ll give you my shirt later.” I replied that I would prefer his sister to the shirt“The Italian continued.
Materazzi’s words did not go well with Zidane, who reacted with extreme harshness, being eliminated as a result of his unsportsmanlike gesture.
Zinedine Zidane: “I am not proud of what I did”
In 2007, in an interview with Telefoot, the Frenchman first spoke about the incident in the World Cup final: “I am not proud of what I did. One of the first things I did was apologize to all the young footballers, all the coaches trying to make sure that football is about something else, not those gestures. I have to accept what happened and live with it.“Zidane said.
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