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"Sky Sport Italia" television decided to lift the spirits of fellow countrymen tired of the coronavirus and last week repeated the matches of the 2006 World Cup, when Marcelo Lippi's students became world champions. The match broadcasts received great viewers' interest and one of them was the legendary national team hero Marco Materazzi. "I watched all the matches. I have to admit that we played better than I remember. In the semi-finals and finals, we had flawless performances, and I myself looked better in the match against the Germans. Sometimes I would stray too far from my position, but Fabio Cannavaro and Gianluigi Buffon were behind me, so I could even run off to get coffee," said the world champion. "At that time we showed that sports can unite a country. In the semi-finals, we teased the Germans in their own area and it gave us great pleasure. I think these matches were the real final. Andrea Pirlo's pass to Fabio Grosso was pure poetry. Nobody could even think of such a pass, only he could," said M. Materazzi.
