Vieira opens up on reuniting with Balotelli at Genoa

New Genoa head coach Patrick Vieira says he's 'always liked' Mario Balotelli despite reported tensions at Nice

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00:00And since things are changing, Mario Balotelli has also found himself different,

00:05if you talked to each other after the experience as a player and what you had with the coach and the player at the beginning.

00:11This question should have come.

00:13Yes, but thank goodness. I was expecting the first question about Mario.

00:16The third one came and well, so.

00:18I know Mario very well.

00:21A player, especially a person that I like.

00:26I've always liked him.

00:28And also as a player, an important player, a player who knows how to score goals.

00:33Now he has to continue to work, because he has worked very well,

00:37and to be at the disposal of the team and to help the team, the club, to do well and to win games.

00:47Mario is an important player, but now, yes, he has to continue to work as he did this week.

00:57This week.