Manchester City and England shot stopper, Joe Hart has admitted that he is well aware of the threat that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mario-Balotelli-c23937 possesses and revealed that he won’t be going easy on his City team mate.
The two team-mates are set to take on each other on Sunday, as Italy face England in the quarter finals of the Euro 2012.
Having put on an impressive display in his recent performances for Italy, Balotelli is more than likely to play against the Three Lions and hence ended up going up against some of his team mates from Manchester City.
Apart from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/James-Milner-c17706 could also feature in the game, which would see three players from City playing in the game at the same time.
Hart is well aware of the threat that the powerful forward possesses and has admitted that the striker could cause a lot of problems to England, should they fail to contain him and his movement.
“He could be a great threat, he’s a great player,” Hart told reporters.
“But as well as me knowing him, more importantly Joleon knows him, who he’ll probably come up against if he plays.”
“It’s going to be a totally different occasion, I’ve never actually played against the guy. But it’ll be a lot of fun and it’ll be interesting to see what he brings to the table.”
The shot-stopper then went on to admit that it was rather outstanding for the team to have made it as far as they did in the contest.
Hardly anyone expected http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 for a shot at making it to the semi finals, things are looking better than ever for the team.
“[Reaching the quarter-finals is] obviously a great achievement, something we set out to do at the start of the tournament,” he added.
It is still impossible to predict just which team would end up coming out on top in the game between the two sides. Given their similar tactics and style of play, the game could be decided on some minor mistakes by a handful of players, or we could potentially end up witnessing the first ever penalty shootout of the contest.
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