Cristian Volpato was a heartbroken, rejected teenager crying in his dad's car when he turned his back on Australian football and set his sights on Italy.
Then after years of wrestling with his allegiances, the 22-year-old's heart called him back.
Volpato was the shock inclusion in Tony Popovic's Socceroos squad on May 31 for this year's World Cup after a last-minute defection from Italy to his country of birth.
