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Zinedine Zidane hits Marco Materazzi (Reuters)
Throughout history, football has provided us with many iconic moments that will be remembered for generations, and one of the greatest is surely Zinedine Zidane’s hit on Marco Matrazzi in the 2006 World Cup final between France and Italy. As you may remember, the violent outburst of the French legend led to his removal, and although Zidane has already dismissed the claim that the Italian defender insulted his mother Malika and clarified that the provocation touched his sister Laila, 17 years after the incident – he clarified Matrazzi What exactly did he say about the relationship’s sister?
In a conversation on Italian television, the 49-year-old former stopper revealed when asked what he said that so upset Zidane: “Do you know the NBA? There is trash talk. My trash talk is nothing, very minimal, nothing. He offered me his shirt and I told him, ‘No, I prefer your sister.'”
As I recall, Zidane He often responded to the case and even said: “I’m not proud of it, but it’s part of my career. At that time I was more fragile. You hear those words once and you try to walk away, but then you hear them twice, then a third time. I am a man and some words are harder to hear than actions. I would rather get hit in the face than hear that.”
“Zidane offered me his jersey, I said no I prefer his sister”
– Marco Materazzi on what was really said before he got headbutted pic.twitter.com/0XlVrgeJso
— Italian Football TV (@IFTVofficial) April 7, 2023
