It was the Manchester city striker’s first goal in 6 internationals
Also commencing experienced been Mercurial Vapor Superfly exact back again Mathieu Debuchy; middle defender Laurent Koscielny; left back again Jeremy Mathieu; midfielders Alou Diarra and Franck Ribery; and forwards Karim Benzema and Kevin Gameiro.
Mario Balotelli scored his first global goal possessing a spectacular long-range strike to help Italy beat European Championship co-host Poland 2-0 in the friendly Friday and ease the Azzurri’s attacking woes.
Balotelli been given the ball about 40 yards (35 meters) from goal and spotted Poland goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny away his line, getting several actions forward previous to beating him possessing a dipping long-range effort.
It was the Manchester city striker’s first goal in 6 internationals and arrives at a timely moment in time with commencing forwards Giuseppe Rossi and Antonio Cassano out with long-term injuries.
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Rossi experienced knee surgical treatment last day and Cassano is recovering from center surgery, with each avid gamers anticipated getting out for as Mercurial Vapors an ideal offer as 6 months. Their probabilities of recovering in time for subsequent summer’s Euro 2012 are slim.
But their replacements even although in the commencing lineup each scored, with Giampaolo Pazzini doubling Italy’s advantage even although in the 2nd half. Pazzini dedicated his goal to Cassano.
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