MILAN - Marco Materazzi, intervened on the tv show "Controcampo", Here's what he had to
say.
"Above all I called to excuse myself of the terrible foul, avoidable, perhaps there were other ways of
stopping Shevchenko . I am tall, slow and clumsy, perhaps I tried the quickest way to bring him
down, and I could have taken him from the shirt. I apologised immediately to everyone on the pitch.
We were playing a derby, in front to eighty thousand fans and it can happen in certain moments that
you lose your head, but if every time Materazzi does a gesture, is necessary to massacre it. Diego
Abbattantuono was a domestic actor and became famous. I have little time, three or four years to
become an excellent football player. I did a mistake and I accept my responsibilities, but there is to
say that yesterday was my first yellow card after fourteen matches. I want to find fame even if what I
did yesterday does not help. I’m always pointed out as the weaker one, but perhaps I did certain
things well on the pitch, even though some Italian fans do not like me, like those of Turin who
remember the wining goal with Perugia. We weren’t tired, you can play a derby every day, AC Milan
played better and deserved to win".
