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Article: De Rossi to revisit bloody memories against US
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- June 11, 2009
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Daniele De Rossi will revisit the darkest moment of his career when Italy opens its Confederations Cup campaign against the United States on Monday.
Three years ago, the AS Roma midfielder was banned for four games of Italy's World Cup victory for bloodying the face of U.S. forward Brian McBride with his elbow.
"It was maybe the blackest page of my career," De Rossi said Thursday after Italy completed a training session in rainy and cool weather at its base on the outskirts of Pretoria.
"A lot of bad things were said about me _ and not just concerning football. I'm going to approach the game calmly but it will have a certain effect. I haven't forgotten ...