Marco Materazzi, the former defender of the Italian national team, in response to the death of Jesus de Miguel, the 30-year-old striker of Tenerife, referring to Zinedine Zidane's header in the World Cup final in 2006, told the Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport: "The death of Jesus de De did not happen to me because of Miguel's goalkeeper, it did not happen to me because of Jesus de's goalkeeper. Talk about unintentional murder; What if this happened to me? ".
Jesus de Miguel died after colliding with the goalkeeper of the Andorra national team during a match in Spain's second division.
Zidane, the France captain, headbutted Materazzi's chest in the 2006 World Cup final and was sent off. Italy beat France on penalty kicks and won the World Cup.
Matrazzi said that this incident, which is one of the most famous events in the history of the World Cup, still bothers him after 20 years.
Matrazzi said that if he were in Zidane's place, he would say: "I made a mistake, but I was provoked." I apologize. I never had a problem reconciling with Zidane. "But apparently this way of saying goodbye to football was too dramatic for him."