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| August 19, 2007 | Sunday | Sha’aban 5, 1428 |
Materazzi comes clean over Zidane incident
ROME, Aug 18: Italy’s World Cup winning defender Marco Materazzi revealed on Saturday that he had told French icon Zinedine Zidane during last year's final that he preferred ‘his sister’ to his shirt.
It was this comment that led to Zidane head-butting Materazzi in the chest and being dramatically sent off. That incident preceded France losing the final in a penalty shoot-out.
Materazzi, who has previously refused to divulge exactly what he had said to make Zidane react so angrily, made his revelations to Italian magazine TV Sorrisi e Canzoni, which is due to be published on Monday.
The uncompromising Inter Milan central defender had previously made a different statement.—AFP
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