Italy still refuse to call up Balotelli
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Italy still refuse to call up Balotelli
Even after failing to qualify for the world cup, Italy made sure Balotelli ...the guy who is having a fine season at Nice does not sniff the team.
Yet 76 years old Buffon is still being called up.
Racism is a hell of a drug.
I'm sure if they Balo vs Sweden...dude would have made magic happen.
Yet 76 years old Buffon is still being called up.
Racism is a hell of a drug.
I'm sure if they Balo vs Sweden...dude would have made magic happen.
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Serves Balotelli right. Dude should have played for Ghana instead of that filthy racist boot shaped country.
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Re: Italy still refuse to call up Balotelli
Like Balotelli's attitude has nothing to do with it.
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Re: Italy still refuse to call up Balotelli
Everything isn’t racism when situations aren’t favorable for black black people. Balotelli attitude is absolutely unacceptable and no upright coach will tolerate such behavior
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Re: Italy still refuse to call up Balotelli
Zidane, Rooney, Totti, Gascoigne, Sherer, Lampard, Cantona etc all had rotten personalities and attitudes but they are deified by the same Europeans. But then again Balo should blame himself for playing for a racist country that would never accept him as one of them instead of the country of his parents.
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Re: Italy still refuse to call up Balotelli
If Balotelli pulls that nonsense even playing for Ghana, he would be bannes and left out. Case in story that fish.face and his lackey the Boateng brother.
Please let us leave the racism thingy apart. Ogbona is another black player playing for Italy, he does not seem to have any problems other than the stiff competition for play time from Chiellini.
Please let us leave the racism thingy apart. Ogbona is another black player playing for Italy, he does not seem to have any problems other than the stiff competition for play time from Chiellini.
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I take it we are supposed to feel bad?
Let him sit on that long bench with Owomoyela, Aogo, Sidney Sam, Agbonlahor etc etc
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Re: Italy still refuse to call up Balotelli
El Hadji Diouff had a bad attitude but that didn't stop Senegal from calling him up.bret- hart wrote:Zidane, Rooney, Totti, Gascoigne, Sherer, Lampard, Cantona etc all had rotten personalities and attitudes but they are deified by the same Europeans. But then again Balo should blame himself for playing for a racist country that would never accept him as one of them instead of the country of his parents.
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We are not talking about all those Mickey Mouse players you mentioned....Balotelli was a great who basically willed a boring arse Italy to the final of Euro 2012.danfo driver wrote:
I take it we are supposed to feel bad?
Let him sit on that long bench with Owomoyela, Aogo, Sidney Sam, Agbonlahor etc etc
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he was a great? He is a very good player who thought the world revolved around him and refused to listen to advise.Benedict Iroha wrote:We are not talking about all those Mickey Mouse players you mentioned....Balotelli was a great who basically willed a boring arse Italy to the final of Euro 2012.danfo driver wrote:
I take it we are supposed to feel bad?
Let him sit on that long bench with Owomoyela, Aogo, Sidney Sam, Agbonlahor etc etc
Anyway, Ghana has moved on, he can keep pinning for Italy. Thats his problem.
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Re: Italy still refuse to call up Balotelli
Benedict Iroha wrote:Even after failing to qualify for the world cup, Italy made sure Balotelli ...the guy who is having a fine season at Nice does not sniff the team.
Yet 76 years old Buffon is still being called up.
Racism is a hell of a drug.
I'm sure if they Balo vs Sweden...dude would have made magic happen.
.....So if they are racist when he's not being called up, what were they when they when he was being called up and not only being called up starting constantly in a very influential role for the team. I swear people like you who use the color of your skin as a crutch to always explain why certain opportunities in life are denied are something else. I guess your rationale is I am black, alot of time when theres misfortune in my life or any person of color there must be some European in a dungeon somewhere rubbing his hands together and devising it all! smh
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Re: Italy still refuse to call up Balotelli
bret- hart wrote:Zidane, Rooney, Totti, Gascoigne, Sherer, Lampard, Cantona etc all had rotten personalities and attitudes but they are deified by the same Europeans. But then again Balo should blame himself for playing for a racist country that would never accept him as one of them instead of the country of his parents.
Eerm...didn't France fashi Cantona and Ginola for their bad attitudes?
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Re: Italy still refuse to call up Balotelli
... If they're lucky to have space for them on the benchdanfo driver wrote:
I take it we are supposed to feel bad?
Let him sit on that long bench with Owomoyela, Aogo, Sidney Sam, Agbonlahor etc etc
And the BIBLE says: The race is NOT for the swift, neither is the battle for the strong nor ... but time and chance makes them all.
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Re: Italy still refuse to call up Balotelli
Weren't you the same person that said this about white SA farmers:Benedict Iroha wrote:Even after failing to qualify for the world cup, Italy made sure Balotelli ...the guy who is having a fine season at Nice does not sniff the team.
Yet 76 years old Buffon is still being called up.
Racism is a hell of a drug.
I'm sure if they Balo vs Sweden...dude would have made magic happen.
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=286921Benedict Iroha wrote:Let them go ...they don't belong in Africa.
It's perfectly fine for you to make racist comments but complain about racism. If you don't think the whites belong in Africa then you shouldn't complain if some white Italians don't believe Balotelli belongs in Italy.
Balotelli has a bad attitude problem and maybe they don't want to deal with it, have you thought of that? Not everything can be chalked up to racism.
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Re: Italy still refuse to call up Balotelli
Totti and Cantona had horrible personalities but not the others.Zidane, Rooney, Totti, Gascoigne, Sherer, Lampard, Cantona
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Italy is rebuilding so why would they call up Baloteli instead of younger players?Benedict Iroha wrote:Even after failing to qualify for the world cup, Italy made sure Balotelli ...the guy who is having a fine season at Nice does not sniff the team.
Yet 76 years old Buffon is still being called up.
Racism is a hell of a drug.
I'm sure if they Balo vs Sweden...dude would have made magic happen.
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Re: Italy still refuse to call up Balotelli
Cantona.... as good as he was, didn't get called up for the same France. Now Ballo...airwolex wrote:Totti and Cantona had horrible personalities but not the others.Zidane, Rooney, Totti, Gascoigne, Sherer, Lampard, Cantona
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Re: Italy still refuse to call up Balotelli
Balotelli is probably the best Italy has to offer based on his form in the past 2 or so years.Kabalega wrote:Italy is rebuilding so why would they call up Baloteli instead of younger players?Benedict Iroha wrote:Even after failing to qualify for the world cup, Italy made sure Balotelli ...the guy who is having a fine season at Nice does not sniff the team.
Yet 76 years old Buffon is still being called up.
Racism is a hell of a drug.
I'm sure if they Balo vs Sweden...dude would have made magic happen.
He is now ready and grown up.
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Re: Italy still refuse to call up Balotelli
Gascoigne was dropped from WC1998 as well.Chief Ogbunigwe wrote:bret- hart wrote:Zidane, Rooney, Totti, Gascoigne, Sherer, Lampard, Cantona etc all had rotten personalities and attitudes but they are deified by the same Europeans. But then again Balo should blame himself for playing for a racist country that would never accept him as one of them instead of the country of his parents.
Eerm...didn't France fashi Cantona and Ginola for their bad attitudes?
Re: Italy still refuse to call up Balotelli
Balotelli is not in contest for Buffon's position. Unless he doubles as an excellent shot stopper too.
So looking at Italy's list of strikers, who would Balotelli push out?
Italy's current Striker List:
Striker PLD G YC RC
Simone Zaza
- - - -
Domenico Berardi
- - - -
Ciro Immobile
8 (2) 5 2 0
Nicola Sansone
- - - -
Roberto Inglese
- - - -
Lorenzo Insigne
4 (2) 0 0 0
Diego Falcinelli
- - - -
Éder
3 (4) 0 0 0
Graziano Pellè
- - - -
Gianluca Caprari
- - - -
Andrea Belotti
5 (2) 3 0 0
Andrea Petagna
- - - -
Federico Chiesa
- - - -
Manolo Gabbiadini
1 (2) 0 0 0
Simone Verdi
1 (0) 0 0 0
Matteo Politano
- - - -
Gianluca Lapadula
- - - -
http://www.skysports.com/football/teams/italy/squad
The 3 highlighted are hot right now.
Would Balo be satisfied being 4th option?
So looking at Italy's list of strikers, who would Balotelli push out?
Italy's current Striker List:
Striker PLD G YC RC
Simone Zaza
- - - -
Domenico Berardi
- - - -
Ciro Immobile
8 (2) 5 2 0
Nicola Sansone
- - - -
Roberto Inglese
- - - -
Lorenzo Insigne
4 (2) 0 0 0
Diego Falcinelli
- - - -
Éder
3 (4) 0 0 0
Graziano Pellè
- - - -
Gianluca Caprari
- - - -
Andrea Belotti
5 (2) 3 0 0
Andrea Petagna
- - - -
Federico Chiesa
- - - -
Manolo Gabbiadini
1 (2) 0 0 0
Simone Verdi
1 (0) 0 0 0
Matteo Politano
- - - -
Gianluca Lapadula
- - - -
http://www.skysports.com/football/teams/italy/squad
The 3 highlighted are hot right now.
Would Balo be satisfied being 4th option?
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And in other news:
http://www.skysports.com/football/news/ ... -chiellini
Angelo Ogbonna called up by Italy to replace injured Giorgio Chiellini
West Ham defender Angelo Ogbonna has been called up by Italy to cover for the injured Giorgio Chiellini.
Juventus confirmed Chiellini would withdraw from the Italy squad and return to Turin on Monday after scans showed he suffered a thigh strain during Saturday's 0-0 draw with Spal.
Italy are scheduled to play friendlies against Argentina in Manchester on March 23 and England at Wembley four days later.
Giorgio Chiellini picked up an injury playing for Juventus on Saturday
Ogbonna, who played with Chiellini at Juventus, has featured for West Ham 31 times this season, scoring three goals.
West Ham are two points clear of the relegation zone in 18th, and have eight games remaining to maintain their Premier League status.
Juventus' next match is against AC Milan on March 31, followed by the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid on April 3.
Gianluigi Buffon has been called up by Italy despite retiring last year
Italy are yet to find a permanent replacement for Gian Piero Ventura - who was sacked in November after the team failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1958.
Luigi Di Biagio, who was appointed Italy boss on an interim basis in February, will take charge of the Azzurri for this month's friendlies.
http://www.skysports.com/football/news/ ... -chiellini
Angelo Ogbonna called up by Italy to replace injured Giorgio Chiellini
West Ham defender Angelo Ogbonna has been called up by Italy to cover for the injured Giorgio Chiellini.
Juventus confirmed Chiellini would withdraw from the Italy squad and return to Turin on Monday after scans showed he suffered a thigh strain during Saturday's 0-0 draw with Spal.
Italy are scheduled to play friendlies against Argentina in Manchester on March 23 and England at Wembley four days later.
Giorgio Chiellini picked up an injury playing for Juventus on Saturday
Ogbonna, who played with Chiellini at Juventus, has featured for West Ham 31 times this season, scoring three goals.
West Ham are two points clear of the relegation zone in 18th, and have eight games remaining to maintain their Premier League status.
Juventus' next match is against AC Milan on March 31, followed by the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid on April 3.
Gianluigi Buffon has been called up by Italy despite retiring last year
Italy are yet to find a permanent replacement for Gian Piero Ventura - who was sacked in November after the team failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1958.
Luigi Di Biagio, who was appointed Italy boss on an interim basis in February, will take charge of the Azzurri for this month's friendlies.
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Re: Italy still refuse to call up Balotelli
Younger players? Didn't 85 year old Buffon announced he was retiring?Kabalega wrote:Italy is rebuilding so why would they call up Baloteli instead of younger players?Benedict Iroha wrote:Even after failing to qualify for the world cup, Italy made sure Balotelli ...the guy who is having a fine season at Nice does not sniff the team.
Yet 76 years old Buffon is still being called up.
Racism is a hell of a drug.
I'm sure if they Balo vs Sweden...dude would have made magic happen.
Balotelli is only 27 btw.
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He is playing rubbish in the French league.Benedict Iroha wrote:Even after failing to qualify for the world cup, Italy made sure Balotelli ...the guy who is having a fine season at Nice does not sniff the team.
Yet 76 years old Buffon is still being called up.
Racism is a hell of a drug.
I'm sure if they Balo vs Sweden...dude would have made magic happen.
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