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Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci talks ahead of his country's European Championship quarter-final against England in Kiev on Sunday.

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SOUNDBITE (Italian) Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci
"About my gesture with Mario Balotelli...I know him better than anybody else in the team, we used to play together as juniors at Inter Milan, he was 17 and I was already scolding him for things he was doing, This is Mario, he's an instinctive person, but he's a good boy. The moment after he scored I was there and I took care of him, because what he was doing could have led to harsh sanctions."

SOUNDBITE (Italian) Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci
"England have improved their defence a lot over the last years, and then they have great champions like John Terry, Ashley Cole, Glen Johnson, Joleon Lescott, all world-class players. They will play their game for sure, let's just hope our forwards will give them a hard time."

SOUNDBITE (Italian) Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci
"After what (Fabio) Capello taught them and all the other players coaching in England with an Italian style, England have started defending better and playing the counter-attack using their extremely talented players. I think this is an important fact, and we have to think about it and work to prevent them from causing us trouble."