“Zidane scored in the first half - and the coach asked me to look after him. Then we had several clashes. After the first, I apologized, but he reacted poorly. And after the third skirmish, I was already angry, and when Zidane said that he would give me his T-shirt after the match, I replied that I would prefer his sister rather than a T-shirt, ”quoted Materazzi AS.
For blow Materazzi Zidane was removed from the field. This happened in stoppage time with the score 1: 1. And in the end, the Italian national team in the penalty spot (5: 3) prevailed over France and won the World Cup for the fourth time in its history.
It was previously reported that Materazzi auctioned a T-shirt in which he received a blow from Zidane in the 2006 World Cup final.