Zidane and Materazzi redux
Permalink | September 5th, 2006
Marco Materazzi has broken the silence and finally revealed what he said to Zinedine Zidane before he was headbutted during the 2006 World Cup final.
He said: “I was tugging his shirt, he said to me ‘if you want my shirt so much I’ll give it to you afterwards,’ I answered that I’d prefer his sister.”
Materazzi added: “It’s not a particularly nice thing to say, I recognise that. But loads of players say worse things.
“I didn’t even know he had a sister before all this happened.”
Zidane had never publicly revealed what was said, but maintained that it was very personal and involved his mother and his sister. He has also refused to apologize to Materazzi for his actions.
