Materazzi injured in lame Italy showing

World Cup Winners Italy, humbled 3-1 by Hungary in a friendly on Wednesday will face France next month missing defender Materazzi.

The Inter Milan star forever associated with his spectacular run in with Zidane in Berlin's Olympic stadium last year injured his right thigh in the embarassing loss to the Hungarians in Budapest.

That leaves the 34 year old side lined fir Italy's group B qualifiers against beaten World Cup finalists France in Milan on September 8 and against Ukraine .

Italy were criticized by the Italian press on Thursday who described the Budapest result as humiliating and lacking ideas against a Hungarian side which was more reactive and athletically fresher.