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Published 17:45 21 Feb 2016 GMT
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"We have a rich bed of talent, such as [Jeremy] Menez and Mario Balotelli, who is Italian even if he has had a bit too much sun."Probably not the wisest choice of words, but the 79-year-old followed his gaffe by giving the striker some actual praise.
"Mario has exceptional athletic attributes. I see him in training almost breaking the net with his shots, he has brilliant ball control."
"On the field I see him out of position, and I say to him, 'Mario, do you want to win? We need to score to win and to score you need to be in front of goal.'"This isn't the first time Berlusconi has been accused of racially insensitive comments. He infamously called Barack Obama a "beautiful, talented, tanned young man" in 2008.
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