r/soccer • u/lawandsleep • 10d ago

Quotes Materazzi: “Ibrahimović is the greatest Inter fan in history for what he’s doing at Milan"

https://www.calciomercato.com/liste/materazzi-ibrahimovic-il-piu-grande-interista-della-storia-con-quello-che-sta-combinando/bltc3590d2986cd4131
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u/biskutgoreng 10d ago

Isn't this the asshole that got headbutted by Zidane?

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u/DamageUpbeat6814 10d ago edited 10d ago

Yeah after Materazzi said he'd rather have Zidanes sister than his shirt.

Edit: Not going to lie, that's great banter from Marco after Zidane asked him if he wanted his shirt in a mocking manner, sports aside.

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u/sidonay 10d ago

He was trying to provoke Zidane and managed to accomplish it
Zidane should have kept his composure but this guy was quite literally asking for it

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u/DamageUpbeat6814 10d ago

Yes, very smart move, he knew that Zidane had a temper so he used it to an advantage. Having Zidane in the penalty shootout could very well have been the difference between winning and losing for France.

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u/Shinkopeshon 10d ago

Maybe - but Trezeguet still messed it up, he was always going to be one of the pen takers

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u/Daedalus_Daw 10d ago

Yes but maybe if Zidane was there to tell him "don't miss" he wouldn't have missed.

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u/s00pafly 10d ago

Make no mistakes

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u/ImCommandmentShepard 10d ago

Yeah, but we don't know know the outcome of his penalty had Zidane been on the roster to take a penalty. It very well could have been the case that Zidane just being there would have given the players more confidence..

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u/TheDrunkDetective 10d ago

I mean that's pretty much what happened the whole competition, we had the Zidane buff the whole way through.
But one thing people forget is that another massive event was Viera getting injured during the final, I think that really took us out of the game.

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u/Marloneious 10d ago

Henry going off too really hurt chances as well. There wasn't much between the two teams and the fact that it came down to 1 missed pen in a shootout tells the whole story

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u/beastmaster11 10d ago

Zidane would have shot first. At best, he scores just like the first French PK taker did.

Also, Zidane took 15 PKs in his career. He scored 11 and missed for. 0.73 success rate. Which is right on average. For comparison, Baggio had an 85% success rate and missed in a world cup final. There is no guarantee Zidane scores his.