Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Materazzi claims Zidane start the fire

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Inter Milan defender Marco Materazzi has revealed what was said between himself and Zinedine Zidane which led to the Frenchman headbutting him in this year's World Cup final.
"I have not provoked him; I have verbally answered to his provocation," said Materazzi. "I have grabbed his shirt and he has said to me, 'If you want the shirt, I'll give it to you after (the game)', and this is not a provocation?
"I have answered that I preferred his sister."
Commenting on the ban he received from FIFA, Materazzi rapped: "The disqualification has been an attack on me and an offense to all Italians."