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    The new faces of Italy : Balotelli and El Shaarawy

    Mario Balotelli and Stephan El Shaarawy, sons of immigrants, are the new faces of Italy. And the AC Milan forwards will be leading the attack for the Azzurri at the Confederations Cup.The 22-year-old Balotelli and the 20-year-old El Shaarawy form the youngest forward tandem of any elite national team. And while they haven't played together much with Italy yet, the pairing helped Milan overcome a slow start and qualify for next season's Champions League after Balotelli was acquired from Manchester City in January.El Shaarawy tied for third in Serie A with 16 goals and Balotelli scored 12 in only 13 appearances.Perhaps even more significant than the scoring is the image of players born to foreigners representing a country that has long been ill at ease with its growing immigrant population.Balotelli was born in Sicily to Ghanaian immigrants before being adopted by an Italian family. El Shaarawy, who was born in the Ligurian town of Savona to an Italian mother and Egyptian father, is nick...

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