Zinedine Zidane's infamous headbutt on Marco Materazzi during the 2006 World Cup final meant that he ended his illustrious career in disgrace. Materazzi revealed what he said to Zidane in an ...

In fact, it was actually one of his former Inter comrades that Materazzi named as the greatest footballer he'd ever seen and he even claimed he was like Messi and Ronaldo combined.

Zinedine Zidane headbutted Italy's Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup final After not speaking for 18 years, Materazzi claims he's finally ready to make peace SOCCER A-Z: Listen now wherever ...

Marco Materazzi discussed Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk's standing among both past and present centre-backs in the game ...

FIFA are to investigate the incident which provoked France captain Zinedine Zidane into butting Italian defender Marco Materazzi in the World Cup Final. Zidane was shown a straight red card for ...

Fifa have opened disciplinary proceedings against Italy defender Marco Materazzi over his involvement in Zinedine Zidane's dismissal in Sunday's World Cup final. France legend Zidane was sent off ...

Marco Materazzi may rate himself as one of football’s greatest-ever wind-up merchant, but it was his turn to feel the pain on the Formula 1 grid. A 2010 European treble winner with Inter Milan, ...

The Italian defender won the Jules Rimet as well as five consecutive Serie A titles, but his hard tackling is a thing of the past. As one of only two World Cup final goalscorers to play in the ...

Zidane's career drew to a close amid shameful scenes in Berlin on Sunday, as he was sent off in the World Cup final having felled Marco Materazzi with a headbutt. The incident is threatening to ...

Materazzi is best known for his decade-long ... back won the World Cup in 2006 after infamously provoking Zinedine Zidane enough that he headbutted him, resulting in the Frenchman getting sent ...