Inter Milan's new star Mario Balotelli is about to debut with Gigi Casiraghi's Italy U21 squad in the UEFA U21 Tournament in Sweden next week. However his destiny should have been different had Marce! llo Lippi picked him up for the senior team debut in the Confe! deration Cup to be played next week in South Africa ans seen as a dress rehearsal of the 2010 World Cup.
The 19 years old striker - expected to be one of the stars of Swedish appointment has expressed his regrets about his frequent acts of intemperance towards the opponents and of reaction against the spectators' racist abuses he underwent during the last seasons. Ultimately that behaviour cost him a place in the World Champions' squad in South Africa.
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