The July 9, 2006, Italy claimed their fourth world title after defeating France on penalties in the World Cup Final, which was played at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. An agonizing Final, unforgettable and above all, “marked” by that header that Zinedine Zidane, then captain of Les Bleus, he tipped Marco Materazzi and that he deserved the red one.
Zizou lost his temper and France lost the Final; Materazzi he despaired of the French genius and won the World Cup, although he could never remove the image of a dirty and provocative player on the pitch.
Long fifteen years have passed three decades in which the lives of both have changed a lot and although Zidane could not contain himself after the comment of “I prefer your sister before your shirt” As Materazzi told him, the Frenchman has had a much more successful and brilliant career as a coach than that of the Italian who has better dedicated himself to other businesses outside of football.
WHAT HAPPENED TO BOTH AFTER 15 YEARS?
You better start with Materazzi; not because of importance, but because to know what Zidane has done after that episode, it is enough to see everything he has won with him Real Madrid.
After the 2006 World CupMaterazzi continued his career at Inter Milan, a team where he was the undisputed starter being a very fierce defender, beyond the “virtues” for which he “distinguished himself.”
With the Neroazurri he played a total of ten years, from 2001 to 2011, the year in which he retired and three years later, in 2014, at the age of 41, he returned from inactivity to have a double position in the Chennaiyin FC of the Indian Super League as a player and coach, which he played in his first season, and in the next two he only worked as a strategist. The employment relationship with the Indian team ended in March 2017.
From that moment on, he has remained in retirement and just a few days ago, Italian media reported that Materazzi Now he is dedicated to the wine business, in which he has begun to venture with an alternate facet to the one he has as a former footballer and coach.
And well, of Zidane there is not much to discover; as DT of the merengue club he has won everything: Champions, Spanish Leagues, Club World Cups, making history and marking time with the white team, which he just left at the end of the last season to close what was his second stage as a strategist for the Real Madrid.