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10 years of FIFLegend celebrated turning 46 so I wish him a Happy Birthday! 
Don`t know how to embed Twitter `cause I never used it, but here`s a great bicycle goal of the Matrix: https://twitter.com/i/status/1163359948824358912
“Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.” - Michael Jordan
Don`t know how to embed Twitter `cause I never used it, but here`s a great bicycle goal of the Matrix: https://twitter.com/i/status/1163359948824358912
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10 years of FIFReally funny live with Materazzi and Cannavaro
some things i like to translate
Cannavaro to Materazzi, talking about the famous Arsenal Inter: Do you remember when Henry got injured and i said "Marco, he's injured......." and then the bas**** played the full game and destroyed us?
Then they talked about how football is diffrent today. Less contacts, tacklings, duellls. The players are much faster in todays football, less "ignorance", said Cannavaro
About Zidane, Materazzi said that they never really talked again after the World Cup game, but he has a lot of respect for him and for what he did as coach.
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10 years of FIFMatrix true stories
There are a couple of fresh statements coming form Matrix this month. Thought of sharing these, as they pour more light on what happened back then.
Materazzi: 'Mourinho a shield, father, brother'
Marco Materazzi describes Inter’s Treble-winning coach Jose Mourinho as “a shield, a friend, a father and a brother. He’d tear us to shreds, too.” The rapport between the two men remains strong a decade later, and Matrix discussed Mou in an Instagram Live chat with Sebastien Frey.
“Mourinho was a shield, a friend, a father and a brother. He’d tear us to shreds, too, really gave us a dressing down. He knew the right buttons to press and you saw the results. I basically stopped playing football with him, as the rapport we had was one of trust and respect. I knew that I might only need to play one game, but he’d respect me just as much. Consistency was the most important thing and he was consistent. He did what he said he would. People say I was angry with the one that followed him (Rafa Benitez), but we didn’t get along because he wasn’t consistent. It’s difficult to follow Mourinho, but Leonardo was really intelligent in that he basically copied and pasted what Mou had done. Once he arrived, we recovered 19 points from Milan, and if we hadn’t lost the derby in April, we would’ve overtaken them.”
Under Mourinho in 2009-10, Inter won the Scudetto, Champions League and Coppa Italia. “We had such a strong team in his first season, but then brought in Lucio, Samuel Eto’o, Diego Milito and Thiago Motta. There were 25 players and it didn’t matter who played, we were the same team. Eto’o is a brother and I will thank him for the rest of my life. He promised me the Champions League and he kept that promise.”
Materazzi also revealed a much earlier story from worse times for the Nerazzurri, the 4-2 defeat to Lazio that lost them the Scudetto on the final day in May 2002. Inter had been leading twice only to lose with a couple of howlers from Vratislav Gresko. “That is the match I’d want to play all over again. We were leaving the stadium, getting on the team bus, when Gresko asked why everyone was angry. :chan: Gigi Di Biagio couldn’t believe it, what was he saying? :serious: “It turns out this was the third time it had happened to Gresko. In one season, he’d lost the title, Champions League Final and German Supercup.”
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Materazzi: 'Wouldn't shake Benitez's hand'
Marco Materazzi was his usual brutally honest self when discussing Jose Mourinho, Rafa Benitez and why he is “certain” Ronaldo wanted a return to Inter rather than Milan. The World Cup winner was at San Siro from 2001 to 2011, leaving a year after the Treble campaign, and did not hold back during an Instagram Live chat with Sebastien Frey.
“I don’t like this thing where you have to shake the opponent’s hand after the final whistle. I appreciate someone who won’t shake my hand because I annoy him. It’s better to maintain respect and honesty. Shaking hands is fine if you feel like it, but it shouldn’t be an imposition. For example, I wouldn’t shake Benitez’s hand…”
Materazzi has never disguised his personality clashes with Benitez, who lasted only six months on the Inter bench after replacing Mourinho. “Jose was phenomenal, he knew how to keep the right level of tension going. At half-time in the Champions League Final against Bayern Munich, he told us: ‘We are playing too well, we have to be worse!’ Fantastic.”
Matrix was at San Siro for a decade and reveals Ronaldo could’ve returned to the Inter side of the city rather than Milan in 2007 after the clash with Hector Cuper.
“I’ll tell you something I know for certain: Ronaldo would have wanted to come back to us. He didn’t even want to leave in 2002. I got on my knees in the dressing room, begging him to stay, but he said: ‘No, it’s me or him.’ And there I realised he was going. I could’ve gone to the Rossoneri too, but I remained because Giacinto Facchetti asked me to. Scoring in the Derby della Madonnina was a dream come true for an Interista like me. I only scored one in the derby, but it was a good one!”
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Materazzi: 'Balotelli deserved beating'
Marco Materazzi reveals the brawl with Inter teammate Mario Balotelli in 2010 started on the team bus, defends Jose Mourinho and slams those who criticised him after the Zinedine Zidane headbutt. The World Cup and Treble winner sat down for an Instagram interview with chef and Nerazzurri supporter Davide Oldani today.
He was asked about the infamous incident after the 2010 Champions League semi-final between Inter and Barcelona, when substitute Balotelli threw his shirt to the ground, was chased into the dressing room and pinned to the wall by Matrix.
“I gave him a good beating, it’s true. I love Mario, but he really deserved it that day. We’ve become friends again now, practically brothers, but he did something that day that he really should not have done.
“Throwing his shirt to the ground after the final whistle wasn’t even the worst of it. Before the game, on the team bus, he told us: ‘Today I’m going to play badly,’ so I promised to make him pay if he did.
“When he came off the bench, he tried a shot from midfield rather than go on the counter. Diego Milito wanted to kill him. We believed in Mario, he scored many goals and contributed to the victory, but a week after that, I asked Mourinho to put me against Balotelli in the training ground games between ranks. After a few seconds, I’d send him back to the dressing room.
“I really loved his father, as after a game with Rubin Kazan he told Mario: ‘I didn’t like your performance, you have to play more for your teammates. And stop going around with girls!’ What an idol.”
Mourinho was the coach in that Treble campaign and formed an indelible bond with Materazzi.
“Nobody can match Mourinho when it comes to creating that empathic connection with players. Plus, he’s a smartass. He has struggled to win recently, because he was successful at Manchester United. Tottenham have a young and strong squad, so I hope he can get back to winning ways.”
Materazzi is best remembered for being on the end of Zidane’s headbutt during the 2006 World Cup Final, but he maintains that he did nothing to deserve that. Zidane was protected by the French, but I was torn apart by my own countrymen, who I don’t see as real Italians. I am patriotic, I will always defend the colours of Italy. Their criticism is what hurt the most after that World Cup. Those same people should’ve kissed the ground I walked on, seeing as I’d scored the equaliser in the Final.”
There are a couple of fresh statements coming form Matrix this month. Thought of sharing these, as they pour more light on what happened back then.
Materazzi: 'Mourinho a shield, father, brother'
Marco Materazzi describes Inter’s Treble-winning coach Jose Mourinho as “a shield, a friend, a father and a brother. He’d tear us to shreds, too.” The rapport between the two men remains strong a decade later, and Matrix discussed Mou in an Instagram Live chat with Sebastien Frey.
“Mourinho was a shield, a friend, a father and a brother. He’d tear us to shreds, too, really gave us a dressing down. He knew the right buttons to press and you saw the results. I basically stopped playing football with him, as the rapport we had was one of trust and respect. I knew that I might only need to play one game, but he’d respect me just as much. Consistency was the most important thing and he was consistent. He did what he said he would. People say I was angry with the one that followed him (Rafa Benitez), but we didn’t get along because he wasn’t consistent. It’s difficult to follow Mourinho, but Leonardo was really intelligent in that he basically copied and pasted what Mou had done. Once he arrived, we recovered 19 points from Milan, and if we hadn’t lost the derby in April, we would’ve overtaken them.”
Under Mourinho in 2009-10, Inter won the Scudetto, Champions League and Coppa Italia. “We had such a strong team in his first season, but then brought in Lucio, Samuel Eto’o, Diego Milito and Thiago Motta. There were 25 players and it didn’t matter who played, we were the same team. Eto’o is a brother and I will thank him for the rest of my life. He promised me the Champions League and he kept that promise.”
Materazzi also revealed a much earlier story from worse times for the Nerazzurri, the 4-2 defeat to Lazio that lost them the Scudetto on the final day in May 2002. Inter had been leading twice only to lose with a couple of howlers from Vratislav Gresko. “That is the match I’d want to play all over again. We were leaving the stadium, getting on the team bus, when Gresko asked why everyone was angry. :chan: Gigi Di Biagio couldn’t believe it, what was he saying? :serious: “It turns out this was the third time it had happened to Gresko. In one season, he’d lost the title, Champions League Final and German Supercup.”
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Materazzi: 'Wouldn't shake Benitez's hand'
Marco Materazzi was his usual brutally honest self when discussing Jose Mourinho, Rafa Benitez and why he is “certain” Ronaldo wanted a return to Inter rather than Milan. The World Cup winner was at San Siro from 2001 to 2011, leaving a year after the Treble campaign, and did not hold back during an Instagram Live chat with Sebastien Frey.
“I don’t like this thing where you have to shake the opponent’s hand after the final whistle. I appreciate someone who won’t shake my hand because I annoy him. It’s better to maintain respect and honesty. Shaking hands is fine if you feel like it, but it shouldn’t be an imposition. For example, I wouldn’t shake Benitez’s hand…”
Materazzi has never disguised his personality clashes with Benitez, who lasted only six months on the Inter bench after replacing Mourinho. “Jose was phenomenal, he knew how to keep the right level of tension going. At half-time in the Champions League Final against Bayern Munich, he told us: ‘We are playing too well, we have to be worse!’ Fantastic.”
Matrix was at San Siro for a decade and reveals Ronaldo could’ve returned to the Inter side of the city rather than Milan in 2007 after the clash with Hector Cuper.
“I’ll tell you something I know for certain: Ronaldo would have wanted to come back to us. He didn’t even want to leave in 2002. I got on my knees in the dressing room, begging him to stay, but he said: ‘No, it’s me or him.’ And there I realised he was going. I could’ve gone to the Rossoneri too, but I remained because Giacinto Facchetti asked me to. Scoring in the Derby della Madonnina was a dream come true for an Interista like me. I only scored one in the derby, but it was a good one!”
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Materazzi: 'Balotelli deserved beating'
Marco Materazzi reveals the brawl with Inter teammate Mario Balotelli in 2010 started on the team bus, defends Jose Mourinho and slams those who criticised him after the Zinedine Zidane headbutt. The World Cup and Treble winner sat down for an Instagram interview with chef and Nerazzurri supporter Davide Oldani today.
He was asked about the infamous incident after the 2010 Champions League semi-final between Inter and Barcelona, when substitute Balotelli threw his shirt to the ground, was chased into the dressing room and pinned to the wall by Matrix.
“I gave him a good beating, it’s true. I love Mario, but he really deserved it that day. We’ve become friends again now, practically brothers, but he did something that day that he really should not have done.
“Throwing his shirt to the ground after the final whistle wasn’t even the worst of it. Before the game, on the team bus, he told us: ‘Today I’m going to play badly,’ so I promised to make him pay if he did.
“When he came off the bench, he tried a shot from midfield rather than go on the counter. Diego Milito wanted to kill him. We believed in Mario, he scored many goals and contributed to the victory, but a week after that, I asked Mourinho to put me against Balotelli in the training ground games between ranks. After a few seconds, I’d send him back to the dressing room.
“I really loved his father, as after a game with Rubin Kazan he told Mario: ‘I didn’t like your performance, you have to play more for your teammates. And stop going around with girls!’ What an idol.”
Mourinho was the coach in that Treble campaign and formed an indelible bond with Materazzi.
“Nobody can match Mourinho when it comes to creating that empathic connection with players. Plus, he’s a smartass. He has struggled to win recently, because he was successful at Manchester United. Tottenham have a young and strong squad, so I hope he can get back to winning ways.”
Materazzi is best remembered for being on the end of Zidane’s headbutt during the 2006 World Cup Final, but he maintains that he did nothing to deserve that. Zidane was protected by the French, but I was torn apart by my own countrymen, who I don’t see as real Italians. I am patriotic, I will always defend the colours of Italy. Their criticism is what hurt the most after that World Cup. Those same people should’ve kissed the ground I walked on, seeing as I’d scored the equaliser in the Final.”
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10 years of FIFMaterazzi: 'Zidane, racist abuse and insults'
Marco Materazzi reveals what he said to Zinedine Zidane before the headbutt, but shows a lack of understanding when it comes to racist abuse. ‘Fines are so self-righteous now.’
The former Inter defender has always been a controversial figure, none more so than when he was knocked down flat by Zidane during the 2006 World Cup Final.
Speaking in an Instagram Live chat with Nicolò De Vitis, Matrix gave a slightly different version of what he said to Zidane.
“I wasn’t expecting it, but frankly that was what saved me. If I’d seen it coming, we both would’ve ended up in the dressing room early,” said Materazzi.
“I was marking him closely, I kept apologising when he’d react badly. The third time, I let go. He said to me: ‘If you want, you can have my shirt afterwards.’ I told him I’d prefer his sister…”
This is different to the version Materazzi has given in the past, which was ‘you can give the shirt to your sister.’
The Treble-winning centre-back also had some controversial opinions on racism in stadiums and how it should be fought.
“In every stadium I ever played in, they chanted ‘son of a w***e’ at me, now they all act self-righteous with racist chants, flashing big fines around. The sporting justice system they had then and now understand nothing.
“I don’t think the ‘buu’ (monkey noises) are a form of racism, they are just trying to stop the opposing player from concentrating on the game. At least, that’s what I would hope, because if they chant ‘son of a w***e’ at me and mean it, that’s a tiny-brained person.
“So either they do it because they are tiny-brained or they fear you, and if they fear you, it means they know you are strong. That’s how I tried to view it, anyway. Whether they go buu to Mario Balotelli or call him the 'son of a w***e' is just as offensive, I think.
“Now the sporting justice figures want to appear all self-righteous and throw around €20,000 fines to close the stands. What does that even achieve?”
Materazzi’s mother died when he was very young, so he is particularly sensitive around that particular – unfortunately very common – chant in football stadiums.
“I was booked and fined €10,000 for making a gesture towards the Milan fans after the derby. I went to the disciplinary commission and they advised me to say the gesture was just for my own fans.
“Obviously, I said no, I really was aiming it at the Milan fans, because they’d been chanting ‘son of a w***e’ at me for 10 years.”
Marco Materazzi reveals what he said to Zinedine Zidane before the headbutt, but shows a lack of understanding when it comes to racist abuse. ‘Fines are so self-righteous now.’
The former Inter defender has always been a controversial figure, none more so than when he was knocked down flat by Zidane during the 2006 World Cup Final.
Speaking in an Instagram Live chat with Nicolò De Vitis, Matrix gave a slightly different version of what he said to Zidane.
“I wasn’t expecting it, but frankly that was what saved me. If I’d seen it coming, we both would’ve ended up in the dressing room early,” said Materazzi.
“I was marking him closely, I kept apologising when he’d react badly. The third time, I let go. He said to me: ‘If you want, you can have my shirt afterwards.’ I told him I’d prefer his sister…”
This is different to the version Materazzi has given in the past, which was ‘you can give the shirt to your sister.’
The Treble-winning centre-back also had some controversial opinions on racism in stadiums and how it should be fought.
“In every stadium I ever played in, they chanted ‘son of a w***e’ at me, now they all act self-righteous with racist chants, flashing big fines around. The sporting justice system they had then and now understand nothing.
“I don’t think the ‘buu’ (monkey noises) are a form of racism, they are just trying to stop the opposing player from concentrating on the game. At least, that’s what I would hope, because if they chant ‘son of a w***e’ at me and mean it, that’s a tiny-brained person.
“So either they do it because they are tiny-brained or they fear you, and if they fear you, it means they know you are strong. That’s how I tried to view it, anyway. Whether they go buu to Mario Balotelli or call him the 'son of a w***e' is just as offensive, I think.
“Now the sporting justice figures want to appear all self-righteous and throw around €20,000 fines to close the stands. What does that even achieve?”
Materazzi’s mother died when he was very young, so he is particularly sensitive around that particular – unfortunately very common – chant in football stadiums.
“I was booked and fined €10,000 for making a gesture towards the Milan fans after the derby. I went to the disciplinary commission and they advised me to say the gesture was just for my own fans.
“Obviously, I said no, I really was aiming it at the Milan fans, because they’d been chanting ‘son of a w***e’ at me for 10 years.”
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Most Passionate MemberI swear I didn't tell him to say all that.
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Dirty fucker. Hope he will be forgotten in the future and never ever talked about together with Inter in a sentence.
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Forum Supporter10 years of FIFShut your damn mouth.
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10 years of FIFEmm...what?
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Marco is a warrior, with nearly 300 games in Inter jersey. We'll never forget what he did for Inter.
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His personality is the opposit of Zanetti. zanetti is the best represetant of my team and Materazzi is the opposit. He can take Zidane's head and shove it in his own arsehole, racist scumbag.
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Forum Supporter10 years of FIFEvery team needs players like Matrix. They hustle , insult and bleed until final whistle. Almost 300 appearances. The fact that he still shits on Rube on every chance he gets makes him a valuable Internazionale past.
We will forgive you, CC. You were drunk.
We will forgive you, CC. You were drunk.
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I'll say it again. I do not stand beside that trash player. I want players with some self respect like Skriniar and Zanetti. I put this dude in the box with Icardi of trashyness.
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Tbh Materazzi is way more pitty than Icardi. You can tolerate players like Mauro because he has a correct work ethic on the field.
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Same idiots who supports dirty Totti.
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10 years of FIFIt's funny. Posters on here got upset when Balotelli threw his jersey or Icardi refused to play for us last season claiming that he was injured.
Materazzi, stands for exactly the opposite and yet there are people on here that question him. He loves the club and was proud to be black and blue. Undoubtedly, he is an Inter icon. If the players we had over the last decade as well as those on our books today had even a quarter of the love and passion he has for Inter, we would be a much stronger team.
I loved his defending. It was comforting knowing that he would put his body on the line for his club and and teammates and that he gave as good as got. Materazzi makes the defenders we have today look like kittens.
Materazzi, stands for exactly the opposite and yet there are people on here that question him. He loves the club and was proud to be black and blue. Undoubtedly, he is an Inter icon. If the players we had over the last decade as well as those on our books today had even a quarter of the love and passion he has for Inter, we would be a much stronger team.
I loved his defending. It was comforting knowing that he would put his body on the line for his club and and teammates and that he gave as good as got. Materazzi makes the defenders we have today look like kittens.
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If a rapist loves the club, is he forgiven?
Nagatomo also was proud to be black and blue.
Nagatomo also was proud to be black and blue.
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10 years of FIF^^ ask Roma regarding Mancini
Materazzi: 'Juve always lose Finals'
Marco Materazzi says ‘I would’ve killed myself’ if Inter lost their three Finals in 2010 but is comforted by Juventus ‘always losing’ theirs.
Materazzi helped Inter to a historic Treble that year, but what would he have done if the Nerazzurri lost to Siena in their Scudetto decider, the Coppa Italia Final to Roma and the Champions League Final to Bayern Munich?
“I would’ve killed myself,” he told Christian Vieri on Instagram Live.
“When you don’t win and finish second... You know better than me. Getting there is hard enough. Juve always get there and then lose the Finals.
“But it’s tough to get there. I lost on May 5 and some Coppa Italia Finals. It takes luck. The Champions League is worth two league titles: One ends in December and another starts in February.”
Despite his dig, the former Italy defender accepted Juve were ‘still better’ than the Beneamata.
“Inter are doing so much, but Juve are still better than us. That must be said, otherwise we’d look like keyboard warriors.
“Juve have worked well over the years, but I'm sure we’ll get to their level too. We missed something in our matches against them, but if the league restarts again then it means nothing. Behind closed doors, it’s another Serie A. We’ll see what happens. After that, may the best team win.”
Materazzi: 'Juve always lose Finals'
Marco Materazzi says ‘I would’ve killed myself’ if Inter lost their three Finals in 2010 but is comforted by Juventus ‘always losing’ theirs.
Materazzi helped Inter to a historic Treble that year, but what would he have done if the Nerazzurri lost to Siena in their Scudetto decider, the Coppa Italia Final to Roma and the Champions League Final to Bayern Munich?
“I would’ve killed myself,” he told Christian Vieri on Instagram Live.
“When you don’t win and finish second... You know better than me. Getting there is hard enough. Juve always get there and then lose the Finals.
“But it’s tough to get there. I lost on May 5 and some Coppa Italia Finals. It takes luck. The Champions League is worth two league titles: One ends in December and another starts in February.”
Despite his dig, the former Italy defender accepted Juve were ‘still better’ than the Beneamata.
“Inter are doing so much, but Juve are still better than us. That must be said, otherwise we’d look like keyboard warriors.
“Juve have worked well over the years, but I'm sure we’ll get to their level too. We missed something in our matches against them, but if the league restarts again then it means nothing. Behind closed doors, it’s another Serie A. We’ll see what happens. After that, may the best team win.”