It'll take only some month to have his 'IMMORTAL' words carved in a bronze plaque in front of Berlin OlympiaStadion:
' Here, on 9 July 2006, Marco Materazzi said those words to Zinedine Yazid Zidane:
'If I'm going to insult you, you could headbutt me in the chest, so world media and Y-a will repeat the same answer until the End of Time (some lip-reader says the word is from Viking's myth, 'Ragnarok'), and I will become the Tattoed Immortal'
'Then, he insulted Zidane'
2006-09-07 22:15:24
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answered by erri 5
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Materazzi Insulted Zidane's Sister
The Associated Press
Tuesday, September 5, 2006; 4:33 PM
ROME -- Italy's Marco Materazzi said he insulted Zinedine Zidane's sister, revealing nearly two months after the World Cup final what provoked the French star to head-butt him in the chest.
On Tuesday's interview with the Gazzetta dello Sport, Materazzi disclosed that after he held his opponent's shirt, Zidane said: "If you want, I'll give you the jersey later."
French soccer star Zinedine Zidane, left, and Group Danone SA Chairman and Chief Executive Franck Riboud talk during the Danone Nations Cup at Gerland Stadium in Lyon, central France, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2006. The Danone Nations Cup, to which Zidane has been an ambassador since 2003, is a world soccer tournament for children in the 10-12 age group.
"I responded that I preferred his sister, it's true," Materazzi said. "It wasn't something nice, true. But luckily there have been dozens of players who have confirmed that a lot worse things are said on the field."
Zidane was sent off after receiving a red card for the head-butt. Italy went on to win on penalty kicks.
Materazzi received a two-game ban for the July 9 incident and will miss Wednesday's rematch of the final, a 2008 European Championship qualifier. Zidane received a three-match suspension, but he retired after the World Cup.
Materazzi said that the Italian federation, in the middle of a match-fixing scandal, told him not to complain about the incident during a FIFA hearing.
"If accepting without raising my voice was the price to pay for having brought home the World Cup, I'm pretty happy to have paid it," Materazzi said.
Asked if the two could make peace, Materazzi said: "You sign a peace (agreement) after terrible wars, so why can't Zidane and I make peace?
"A peace among men, without a lot of publicity. The door to my house will always be open for that. And if Zidane wants, he knows where to find my address."
France captain Patrick Vieira thinks the apologies should go both ways.
"I think Zidane is waiting for Materazzi to apologize also for the insults he used," Vieira said.
Vieira, who is Materazzi's teammate at Inter Milan, said he chatted with him before leaving to join the France squad.
"He told me he is disappointed not to be here," Vieira said. "He's a very cheerful guy, but he loves to wind people up. Sometimes you need to know when to stop."
2006-09-08 04:22:30
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answered by Germany rox !!! 2
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well it's there in the news now that marco replied zizu that he'd prefer his sister to the shirt, after zizu told him that he'd rather give him his shirt instead of marco tugging his shirt.
2006-09-08 04:43:57
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answered by lara123 2
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they were argueing about the shirt, zizu said if you want my shirt ill give it to you after the game and marco said "id rather have your sister"
2006-09-08 03:43:30
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answered by Anonymous
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Materazzi said I actually pulled your shirt and Zidane said then if you want it that much I am going to give it to you after the game and Materazzi said I would prefer your sister.
2006-09-08 06:53:10
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answered by ?????????? 3
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This Marco and Zidane is getting kind of old...let it go.
2006-09-08 04:42:01
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answered by Juventina 6
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zidane tol marco, if he wanted his shirt too much, thn he wud give him after the match, (coz he was pulling his shirt), to tht marco replied tht he wud like it if it was his sis.
2006-09-08 03:43:38
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answered by Anonymous
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ZIDANE FIRST BEGAN THE QUARREL...AND MARCO THE KING REPLIED IN A FUNNY WAY !!!
GREAT MATERAZZI, THE KING OF DEFENSE !!!
2006-09-08 08:10:27
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answered by Anonymous
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He tells Zizou that his mother was a *****
2006-09-08 04:43:02
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answered by vulture_sanjaya 1
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"Hey I saw the championship trophy with your name on it...NOT!"
"What is big and white and useless on a woman? You!"
2006-09-08 03:45:25
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answered by Modest intellect 4
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