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Time For Curtains On Materazzi

By: Chris | May 7th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

p1_materazzi.jpgTo a man and woman, we’re all thankful for Marco’s performance in the summer of 2006. We’re thankful he stepped in for a fallen legend and provided much more than expected. We’re thankful for his goal against France. And we’re damn sure thankful he said not nice things about Zizou’s sister. But it’s time to call curtains on his Azzurri career.

Marco added another unfortunate line to his CV today by getting sent off via a hack job tackle on Goran Pandev only 15 minutes after he’d come on. Not sure the Inter tifosi are too upset, though, as it means he’ll be out of the final.
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Tags: Marco Materazzi, Inter, Daniele Bonera, Fabio Cannavarao, Andrea Barzagli, Christian Panucci, Giorgio Chiellini, Euro 2008

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