Marco Materazzi News
One of the most iconic pictures that emerged from the match was Inter's Marco Materazzi and AC Milan's Rui Costa standing on the field and watching the fireworks together with Materazzi keeping his hand on Costa's shoulder
The 2015 champions parted ways with Materazzi after a three-year stint following a moderate run in 2016, in which they finished seventh during the group stage.
The 63-year-old Gregory has over four decades of experience as a player and coach with six appearances as 'full international' for the England national team.
The former World Cup winner remains the most successful coach in ISL history with maximum wins.
ISL already has some big names like Diego Forlan, Florent Malouda, Luis Garcia and John Arne Riise.
Chennai themselves finished seventh in the eight-team competition, with 15 points from their allotted 14 league games. Goa managed 14 points from as many matches.
The press conference held at the home team hotel lasted preciously a minute and 20 seconds.
The defending champions' winless run of five matches is the longest in their history and they have conceded 14 goals this season, the highest alongside FC Goa.
"Chennaiyin FC head coach Marco Materazzi is suspended for one match of Hero Indian Super League 2016 with immediate effect," the ISL said in a statement.
Chennaiyin FC had also never defeated NorthEast United in four attempts, losing three of them.
FC Goa had their share of chances to claw their way back into the game but lacked sharpness.
Indian Super League (ISL) champions Chennaiyin FC on Thursday launched their squad ahead of the third edition of the League.
Ten years after his infamous headbutt on Italian defender Marco Materazzi which earned him a red-card, retired France football great Zinedine Zidane today expressed regret over the incident in the 2006 World Cup final.
Chennaiyin got a psychological edge ahead with couple of wins over Goa, but rival coaches were dismissive of any advantage in such an important clash.
Sunday’s grand finale boils down to a match up between Goa’s attack and Chennaiyin’s defence.
Goa head into the final as favourites as they finished top of the standings before the knockout stage.
Bruno Pelissari, Jeje Lalpeklhua and Stiven Mendoza were on target as ATK defenders had a forgettable day in office.
Elano Blumer and Mehrajuddin Wadoo are suspended for the first leg after accumulating four yellow cards.
Lalpekhlua's goal was enough for Chennaiyin FC in their concluding league clash as they jumped to second on the ISL table with 22 points.
Chennaiyin FC need only a point to qualify for the Indian Super League play-offs.
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