Zidane: I’d rather die than apologise to Materazzi

FRANCE legend Zinedine Zidane “would rather die” than apologise to Marco Materazzi, who he headbutted during the 2006 World Cup final.

While Zidane admits he regrets what he did, he insists he will never apologise to Materazzi because of the insults against his mother which he claims provoked the headbutt.

“Of course I reproach myself,” Zidane told El Pais. “But, if I say ‘sorry’, I would also be admitting that what he himself did was normal. And for me it was not normal.