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.



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

Of course Materazzi, being male, knows exactly what giving birth feels like. 

He is a (Insert Porty's favorite word here) after all...

Of course Materazzi, being male, knows exactly what giving birth feels like. 

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

That department is reserved for Cordoba,..

Not really, don't you remember the lob he scored against Empoli 2 seasons ago. It was pure genius how he managed to score that from nearly the half way line

Or the one he scored against Georgia in the qualifiers with Italy

Females are much stronger than males anyway 

Females are much stronger than males anyway 

we could swap for a month.....

It's actually true through that females are more reseliant to physical pain. When I was studying biology our lecturer actually told us that a man would die if he were to give birth.

Even though a man is physically stronger.

Obviously... If I looked down there and saw a vagina, I would kill myself too...

It's actually true through that females are more reseliant to physical pain. When I was studying biology our lecturer actually told us that a man would die if he were to give birth.

Even though a man is physically stronger.

That's not true... it's just that... men suffer... while women enjoy it!!