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Friday 9 January, 2009 |
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Inter outcasts Adriano and Mario Balotelli have both been left out of Jose Mourinho's squad to face Cagliari tomorrow.
The Italian champions start the New Year by welcoming Cagliari to San Siro looking to maintain their six-point lead at the top.
But Mourinho intends to do so without strikers Adriano and Balotelli, who are both being tipped to leave the club.
While Super Mario's exclusion may relate to his request to leave on loan, Adriano's absence seems to be injury-related.
“Adriano is working individually to try and be ready for the Coppa Italia game against Genoa on Tuesday,” Mourinho revealed in today's Press conference.
“Balotelli? He has played 13 matches and a total of 712 minutes - that's double the amount Julio Cruz has had and triple that of Hernan Crespo.
“Mario will have his chances. I don't know if he doesn't want to stay at Inter or whether it's his brother, who is his agent, saying that.
“On the pitch though you need to be independent and to use your own brain.”
Inter will be without Dejan Stankovic this weekend after the Serbian international twisted his knee in training.
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