Materazzi admitted his defeat to Balotelli and the reason: “I asked Mourinho to put me against him and I sent him to the locker room”

Marco Materazzi and Mario Balotelli They are associated with two of the ‘bad boys’ of modern football. Both are talented but controversial players and there are many videos of both appearing on the pitch.

And if not, having them on the same team should have caused an explosive reaction. They both agreed on Inter de Milanwhen Balotelli just came out of the quarry and Materazzi He is now a veteran player, and they were crowned Champions League champions together in 2010 after sharing a dressing room for three years.

Now, hours later, the tough Italian central defender admitted he had to beat the striker after one of his bursts. And it happened after FC Barcelona was eliminated from the semi-finals of the Champions League decisively in 2010, in a game where Balotelli He was sentenced after throwing his shirt on the grass in a gesture of utter contempt that led to a brawl between the entire San Siro and a team-mate.

“I gave him a good beating, it’s true. I love him, but he deserved it that day. Now we’re good friends, almost brothers, but that day he did something he shouldn’t have done. Throwing the shirt on the ground after the final whistle is not the worst at all.”explained Materazzi on Instagram, who told a few things about the said meeting.

“Before the game, on the bus, he told us ‘today I’m going to play terrible’. So I promised him that I would pay him if he did.. When he came off the bench he tried a shot from midfield instead of starting a counter. Diego Milito wants to kill him,” he added. Materazziwho admitted that “we believe in Mario, he has scored many goals and contributed to victories, but after that I asked Mourinho to put me against Balotelli in training matches.”.

That’s where the prank ended. The central defender, one of the most difficult defenders at the time, made him pay dearly for his audacity and showed him where the limit was. “After a few seconds I sent him to the locker room”emphasized Materazzi.

Fortunately for him InterThat pain didn’t last long. At the end of that season, Manchester City and its millions came for the taking Balotellione of the most promising soccer players in the world, and his association with the Neroazzurri team ended at that moment.