The ECHO’s Chris Beesley continues his daily series of articles on Everton and the World Cup running throughout the tournament in Qatar.
Marco Materazzi is the only player to have turned out for Everton to score in a World Cup final but incredibly it’s another infamous incident from that same game that most remember from his rather busy night in 2006 which displayed several aspects of his character.
Materazzi – who spent a single season at Everton following a £2.8million transfer from Perugia in 1998 and was last season in a royal blue jersey crying on the touchline after suffering his third sending off of the campaign against Coventry City – also had an eventful tournament in Germany leading up to the final.
