Marco "Matrix" Materazzi

Guess who he's nominating for the Ice Bucket Challenge ? :troll:
http://instagram.com/p/r9o0zIFa9z/
Matrix = Master of trolling

LoL, best "bucket" ever!

What is the aim of the Ice Bucket Challenge?

To get attention and accumulate likes.


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^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Bucket_Challenge

Puma said:

What is the aim of the Ice Bucket Challenge?

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to save world from drought.

Materazzi to become player-manager of an Indian team.

http://www.theguardian.com/football...zi-player-manager-chennai-indian-super-league

Interistafrog said:

Guess who he's nominating for the Ice Bucket Challenge ? :troll:
http://instagram.com/p/r9o0zIFa9z/
Matrix = Master of trolling

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looks great in that juve jersey.

good luck in india

Marco Materazzi has started his coaching career with the new Indian Super League, as a player-coach for Chennaiyin FC. His team includes players like the brasilian Elano and another ex-Inter (and Man Utd) player Mikael Silvestre. The ISL starts this week.

Considering there are some people of Indian origin here, I thought this may be of interest.

ISL is a new venture, basically an attempt to make football popular in India, and find an alternative to cricket in terms of TV viewership and sponsorship. They have copied some success factors from EPL, MLS and the hugely financially successful cricket IPL. The idea is to create a competition that catches the imagination of the Indian fans, by launching clubs with foreign stars and top Indian talent via a MLS style draft system. This league has attracted millions of pounds worth of investment, the TV production is targeted to be of "EPL quality". The 8 club "franchises" have been sold, attracting investment from glamorous Movie stars, cricketers, and even European clubs like Atletico Madrid and Fiorentina. The intentions are good all good, but some of the implementation is questionable.

The main problem comes from the Short Format: The brains behind this have decided that they can only catch the imagination of the Indian public for 2 months. So just 8 teams. This has led to many issues:

1. This competition is separate from the I-League, the actual Indian football top division. While they finally managed to force the traditional clubs to release their best Indian players for ISL, this only adds to the already cramped calendar for these players.

2. A 2 month competition means that this league cannot attract any foreign player who still values his career. Hence all the "stars" signed so far are either out of contract, or looking for retirement, sometimes both.

The good news is that they have managed to attract some stars (or famous ex-players) like Del Piero, Trezeguat, Luis Garcia, Capdevila, David James, etc and coaches like Zico & Colomba. So there is something to be excited about...

That is the problem with this gimmicky 2 month "unofficial league", it just doesn't excite the existing fans of the game. Lack of proper format makes one doubt the seriousness of this competition. It can only attract retired or out of contract foreign players, and has condemned itself to being like a "friendly", meaningless trophy. A waste of so much money and effort, which could have been so much better utilised to expand and improve the I-League, where we have clubs with history and an existing fanbase.

Yes, it is harder and more time consuming to market a season long tournament, I get that. But its a proven and sustainable format all over the world, and that success (once it comes) will have a lasting impact. They could have added new franchises to the I-League, maybe even added a shorter version Cup format which is more marketable in the short term... all that money into the I-League could have really helped the sport in the long run, as clubs could then afford to bu better foreign talent. And invest in youth academies. So much was possible. Like the J-League showed us.

But no, instead we have a new conflicting format which raises more questions than it answers... what happens next season if some I-League clubs refuse to loan out their players to ISL clubs? And what happens to Indian players, who are already playing way too many games in hot conditions, when they have to fit in the ISL games into their already cramped schedule? What about the development of football in India, will ISL clubs invest in youth academies?

Even if all the media hype does help make football more popular in India, does ISL help or damage Indian football?

Some of the big names involved in ISL include:
Robert Pires (FC Goa)
Fredrik Ljungberg (Mumbai City FC)
Nicholas Anelka (Mumbai City FC)
Luis García (Atlético de Kolkata)
Del Piero (Delhi)
David James (Kerala)
Joan Capdevila (NorthEast United)
Elano (Chennaiyin)
Mikael Silvestre (Chennaiyin)
Marco Materazzi (Chennaiyin)
David Trezeguet (FC Pune City)
Katsouranis (FC Pune City)
Zico (Goa ) - Manager
Peter Reid (Mumbai) - Manager
Colomba (Pune) - Manager

European clubs have also invested in ISL, with Fiorentina owning 15% of FC Pune City, Atletico Madrid owning part of Atletico de Kolkata, and Feyenoord have partnered with Delhi Dynamos FC.

For all my doubts, this league will certainly bring a lot of local media attention to football for the first time. I hope that creates a ripple to awake football's "sleeping giant". Exciting times.

All of those were either retired previously or washed up.. Great for India I suppose, but how are they gonna handle the heat with their old tired legs?

Howl said:

All of those were either retired previously or washed up.. Great for India I suppose, but how are they gonna handle the heat with their old tired legs?

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By not running I imagine.

I wish I can catch Materazzi somewhere, that's my sole interest in this thing.

To be honest, it's good that it is a 1-2 month long affair. Anything longer, or something more serious will not get any eyeballs.

won his debut as coach:
The debut of former Inter player and current player-manager at Chennaiyin FC was a success. Materazzi’s team, who plays in the Indian Super League, secured a 2-1 victory against Goa Football Club. Materazzi named himself as a bench player but did not take the field. Congratulations Marco! (sempre inter)

future inter coach? :troll:

francesco said:

won his debut as coach:
The debut of former Inter player and current player-manager at Chennaiyin FC was a success. Materazzi’s team, who plays in the Indian Super League, secured a 2-1 victory against Goa Football Club. Materazzi named himself as a bench player but did not take the field. Congratulations Marco! (sempre inter)

future inter coach? :troll:

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He's taking over Inter in December as a caretaker and becoming our first long-term coach in a while. You heard it here first.

nurko said:

He's taking over Inter in December as a caretaker and becoming our first long-term coach in a while. You heard it here first.

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and all the cows in India will fly.

Armes said:

and all the cows in India will fly.

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I am not sure about that part though but strange things are happening ..

He's doing very well there. Nesta has joined him too. Its great to see the Chennai players running to Matrix to celebrate with him.

Do u guys know that Materazzi in season 2006/07 with mancini was 3rd top scorer in our team With 10 goals lol :fuckyea:
15 - Ibra
14 - crespo
10- mamamaterazzi

2 questions for anyone who followed Serie A 15 years ago.

I was just watching some older videos. In 2000/2001, Perugia Inter finished 2-3 and Materazzi scored (for Perugia), does anyone know why he didn't celebrate the goal (it was 1-1 at the time)?

Another question, what happened in Perugia - Juventus 1-0 that Conte said about Materazzi?

Thanks.

Juventus lost the title in the last round game against Perugia. Lazio won scudetto by one point.

There were heavy rain and the game was stopped for awhile but in the end Collina ordered the game to be played till the end and it ended 1-0 to Perugia.

Don't know what Conte has said though.