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Old 06-30-2012, 07:13 PM   #2576
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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger View Post
Just to offset it a little bit here is a rather sweet article about him and his mother (who you may have seen hugging after the Germany game).

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...imple-hug.html
His upbringing is really interesting, his parents gave him up for adoption because of health issues to family that was better equipped to help him (after he was healthy he stayed with the Balotelli's), when it became clear he was a rising star his biological parents wanted him back (read in to that what you will) and Mario basically called them glory hunters

when he first broke in to the Serie A he put up with chants of "there are no black italians" at a number of away games

like the article says, he's not perfect and he has some anger/immaturity issues, but when people look back at his past it's easy to see why.

I hope he continues to do well not just in this tournament but in the next decade
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