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Juventus defender Bonucci: Liverpool striker Balotelli must be smarter

Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci has told Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli to wise up.

Bonucci spoke about Balotelli after leading Italy to victory over Albania last night.

"Nobody pinned the blame on Balotelli or anyone else. It was the fault of the 23 who went to the World Cup and all the mistakes we made during that adventure," pointed out Bonucci.

"I have always said that Mario is in control of his destiny. If he is intelligent enough to understand he needs to have the mentality of a workhorse, to be part of a team and fight hard, then he can become important for this group. It all depends on him.

"I only arrived on Friday and he left on Saturday, so I don't know if anything happened this week."

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