Carlos Alberto has apologised to England's Michael Owen following his scathing attack on the striker.
The Azerbaijan coach called Owen a "midget" after mistakenly believing the Real Madrid striker had said he would score five in the recent international.
"I believed he'd promised to score five and that made my players and me very angry," said Carlos Alberto.
"I was still upset after a match in which he did not look like scoring, but now, for me, it is finished."
Carlos Alberto had launched his tirade after England's 2-0 victory in the the World Cup qualifier at St James' Park.
He believed Owen had claimed he was going to at least equal Malcolm Macdonald's England record of five goals in an England international.
In his post-match interview the Brazilian legend said: "This man - what's his name? The number 10, the small one who doesn't play in the Real Madrid first team - said that if Poland beat Azerbaijan 8-0, England should score at least eight and he'd score five of them.
"He ought to clean his tongue and wash the boots of David Beckham."
But Carlos Alberto has now been informed that Owen's comments had "lost something in translation" and has sought to make peace with the former Liverpool forward.
"If that is the case then I accept his apology and apologise back to him," he said.
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