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  • Autobiography "Balotelli, a negative person and Felipe Melo, a bad apple"

Giorgio Chiellini's autobiography, 'Io, Giorgio' (Yo, Giorgio), continues to contextualize and interpret football moments and players. Sergio Ramos, Vidal, Balotelli or Felipe Melo rest on their pages. And also, of course, Luis Suárez does it. The protagonist of that bite at the Brazilian stadium Arenas das Dunas, in Natal. Uruguayan teeth dug into the Italian's shoulder. "It is his way of acting with rivals and it is also mine," he acknowledges in the book, about what happened in that World Cup match in Brazil (2014). Perhaps, unconsciously, it was the beginning of a great friendship.

"Nothing strange happened that day. I scored Edinson Cavani in most of the match, another striker difficult to manage, and then, suddenly, I noticed that Suárez bit me on the shoulder. It's something that happened, it's his way of acting with the rivals and, if I can say it, it is also mine ", maintains the Italian center of Juventus, in another fragment of his autobiography spread by the Italian media.

So, far from criticizing the Uruguayan striker, Chiellini praised the arts of his opponent. More than anything to feel something identified with them. "He and I are similar. I like to face the games with that attitude. I admire his character, if he lost him he would become a normal striker," he added.

The Juventus defender also considered that "malice is part of football" and revealed a call from the striker, days after that incident in Brazil. "After a couple of days we talked on the phone and there was no need for me to apologize. I'm also a great 'son of ...' on the field and I'm proud of that. My malice is part of football, I don't even consider them Wrong things. You have to be smart and I always admired Suarez, "he wrote.

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