Provocateur: Materazzi finds that Schweinsteiger talks too much

Marco Materazzi was dismissed after allegations Bastian Schweinsteiger's Champions League first knockout round in Munich. He had not provoked the Bayern star. "I only told him that it is better to speak only when you win, and not before," said Inter Milan's substitute. Schweinsteiger had talked before the game too much, the world champion claimed in 2006.

For two weeks he got from the "revenge of Madrid spoke to asked if the Milan" would play like Italians. " In addition, the German said that he "only know the faces of the Milan players." Schweinsteiger had been fired after the 2-3 defeat at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday night in the inter-professional and had described him later as a provocateur.

"Now I can understand Zidane," Schweinsteiger said in reference to the header of the Frenchman Zinedine Zidane in the World Cup Finals 2006. At that time the Italians had provoked in Berlin until the nerves of this lost, felled his opponent and saw the red card.

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