Motta bursting with pride
Inter Milan's Brazilian midfielder Thiago Motta said on Tuesday that his heart would be bursting with pride when he makes his debut for his adopted country Italy in Wednesday's friendly with Germany.
The 28-year-old - whose great grandfather Fortunato Fogagnolo emigrated from Italy aged 20 for Brazil - said that while he would not be able to join in the singing of the national anthem, he felt 100percent Italian.
"I may have been born in Brazil, but I feel 100 per cent Italian," said Motta, after learning that Italy coach Cesare Prandelli had selected him in the starting line-up.
"To wear the 'azzurri' shirt gives me a totally different emotion of all those that I have experienced before in football.
"Tomorrow (Wednesday) will be for me a huge occasion, I feel privileged. The national anthem? I know it but I don't know how to sing it.”
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