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Mario Balotelli booked for reporting racist abuse to referee

Balotelli was shown yellow card after complaining about racial abuse
 

Mario Balotelli was booked during Nice's 3-2 loss at Dijon for complaining about racist abuse, his French Ligue 1 club and a local newspaper have claimed.

A tweet from Nice at half-time in Saturday's match said Balotelli had "picked up a yellow card after... getting annoyed at fans' racist abuse".

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