[jefri91]

Materazzi On Injury: As Painful As Giving Birth

Never a man to use modest expressions, Marco Materazzi has compared the pain he felt due to his injury to that of giving birth.

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Speaking for the first time since he was injured after a Hungarian player fell on him during last week's international friendly, Marco Materazzi has compared his pain to that of giving birth.

"Watching the television images, I think I spotted the exact moment in which I hurt myself, but the thing that makes me optimistic is that it wasn’t a very hard contact," he told Inter Channel.

"I lost a lot of blood, so now I understand why I felt faint whenever I lifted my head."

"As soon as I felt the pain I stayed on the ground," he continued. "I tried to reassure the referee and then found myself getting up, especially as I heard the home fans jeering that I was faking it.

"I walked back to the locker room, but knew something was amiss.

"It is difficult to explain what I felt at half-time. Roberto Donadoni told me I had to play the second half and I answered I really couldn’t do it.

"There people noticed I really was not in good shape. As the minutes went by, my leg started to swell up more and more."

"I had so much pain – I really had never felt anything like it – and hoped it would end soon. Professors Benazzo and Combi were quick and took the situation in hand immediately. I think they made the right decision.

"I felt incredible agony and on the plane was curling up in pain. I thought of my wife Daniela. She always says giving birth is the worst pain a person can experience. I think I went close, it felt like I had given birth too."

The 34-year-old is expected back in around three months.

Frank Barrone

Thank God (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/king.gif)

[Rossoneri7]

As much as I do hate him, I feel sympathy towards him and I hope he recovers and scores an own goal in the derby (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)