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Prandelli was on pace to throw Balotelli from the national team 

Prandelli was on pace to throw Balotelli from the national team

9.10.2012

The breeder of the Italian national football team Cesare Prandelli has revealed that for a while considered whether to send call-up to Mario Balotelli for the World Cup qualifiers against Armenia and Denmark. The specialist said he was hurt by the decision of the attacker to operate his eyes during the first meeting on the road to 2014 World Cup early last month.

Balotelli was among the six who were dropped for the games against Malta and Balariya, but according to his manager at Manchester City dark-skinned goalscorers necessarily had to undergo the procedure.

"To admit honestly, when he decided to have surgery just two weeks before the match of the national team, I felt pain," said Prandelli. "Now we must understand that he wants to be champion. The blue team is a great thing for all players. "

"Seriously I thought whether to leave him out of the group, but then I remembered the matches he played for his country, and calmed down," said former coach of Fiorentina.

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