Winning debut for Italy at the World Cup 2014 in Brazil. The “Azzurri” of Prandelli beat the English lions during the first game of round D thanks to the goals of Marchisio and Balotelli.
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The Italy versus Germany match had a very important impact in the history of Italian soccer, confirming the Azzurri’s primate over the transalpine neighbors, and it seems to finally have discouraged racist behaviors against Italian black player Mario Balotelli, now rechristened “SuperMario.”
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i-Italy receives and publishes an article by Chris Lambright, a 37-years old Italian-American and African-American man whose experience as mixed ethnicity kid in the 1980s had him struggle for acceptance from both sides. The article was inspired by the hurtful memories stirred up by the discriminatory treatment reserved to Mario Balotelli, the Italian soccer player, who was thrown bananas at by Croatian supporters during Euro 2012.
