"Nothing falls down more easily than an Italian soccer player -- with the possible exception of an Italian soccer player's pants. What is it with the World Cup champions' eagerness to drop trou? Last summer five greased-up members of the Azzurri set hearts aflutter (and left little to the imagination) by appearing in Dolce & Gabbana underwear ads on signboards across Germany. Now, seven months later, their most notorious teammate is spontaneously stripping into his black D&Gs before a stunned audience in a stylish Milan studio. It's hard not to stare" (Grant Wahl, Sports Illustrated)
"Just two years ago Italian columnists were labeling Materazzi an "animal" and a "delinquent" for his thuggish on-field acts: a wild studs-up challenge on then AC Milan star Andriy Shevchenko in 2003; a punch to the face of Siena's Bruno Cirillo in 2004 that drew Materazzi a two-month suspension. These days, though, those misdeeds are largely forgotten." Very typical.
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