MARCO MATERAZZI “AFTER DEL PIERO SCORED AGAINST GERMANY IN THE 2006 SEMI-FINAL, I WENT OVER AND HUGGED THE REF”
“PEOPLE CAN REMEMBER WHAT THEY LIKE ABOUT ME. I KNOW WHAT I AM – A WORLD CHAMPION”
You had one season at Everton in 1998-99. What did you learn from that?
Well, I learned what it means to be a stranger in a new country. When foreign players come to Italy, they say they need time. It was good to try that experience and it helped me.
You were sent off three times that season. Did those lessons help you as a defender?
You must always evaluate how the red cards came about. I remember one, against Darren Huckerby – there was a picture of me crying by the advertising boards with people trying to comfort me. That red card, in my
