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❤️‍🩹🙏 Gigi Buffon: "Alex, every word is superfluous. Each tear would be just another for the loss of a friend and someone I've always admired." "You chose to be independent of the bustle of the soccer world, pursuing your happiness in simple things: a healthy life in the woods, fishing, nature, family. That was your belief." "In a world that is often curved and squatty, which is after overwhelm, careerism and easy gains, you have always claimed your freedom, maintaining an upright posture, with the pride of those who know what they want." "You had the strength to walk away from all of this and look at us with that sulking smile of yours, like to say: "you're all crazy, you'll never have me." "I hope, in fact, I'm certain, that from up there you will continue to guide your beautiful children and young wife." RIP Alex Manninger.

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🚨 Mario Balotelli fires back after Italy miss out on yet another World Cup: “They blamed me when we crashed out in 2014 — said I was the problem with Italian football. So what’s the excuse now? I scored Italy’s last World Cup goal nearly 12 years ago, and since then I’ve been watching failure after failure from my couch. FIFA expanded the tournament to 48 teams — almost everyone is going — and we still lost to Bosnia. People can complain about the system all they want, but the reality is simple: this team has no personality. When it came down to penalties, all I saw were players frozen with fear. Back in 2014, it was ‘Balotelli’s fault.’ Now? It’s just pure embarrassment.”