Big win: Prandelli celebrates reaching the final

'He has enormous potential,' Prandelli said. 'He has a good (club) coach in (Manchester City manager Roberto) Mancini, who will help him grow.'

Prandelli knows Balotelli will be fired up for Sunday's final - Italy's third in the continental competition and their first since 2000.

'Mario wants to repeat his performance against Germany on Sunday,' Prandelli said. 'I replaced him with 20 minutes to go against Germany because I feared he had pulled a muscle.

'Fortunately, it was just a cramp.'

The Italians take on holders Spain, who beat Portugal on penalties on Wednesday to reach the final at the Olympic stadium in Kiev.

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