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Welcome to the Mario Balotelli SHOW-The English Premier League, where the ‘Mario’ in question has succeeded in grabbing the game by the scruff of the neck and stamping his personality all over it. Never since Eric Cantona, has the EPL box office premiered a scintillating flick like Balotelli. ’The Balotelli Series’ is an interminable blockbuster that has earned somewhat more than expedient hits in the English Premier League. Take Mario from the EPL and tell me what is left. He’s the out-of-the-blue pop-up at your attempt to surf a sport site, as he haunts and feeds off on our football passion, leaving almost nothing left of it for other enthralls.
Mario Barwuah Balotelli, fondly called ‘SuperMario’, is the most talked about player in the Premier League. He has inked the headlines perhaps more than any other footballer, with outrageous antics as much as his sensational talent. The Manchester City star has become famous and notorious for his on and off field eccentric misdemeanours. From setting fire to his house, tossing darts at fellow players, to giving a beggar £1,000, Balotelli has nothing but stun us with his weird escapades. You call it the wrong reasons but they tickle your fancy.
In the meantime, grab yourself a pastime while we treat ourselves to some amusing anecdotes of MR CONTROVERSIAL-Mario Balotelli.
CAR CRASH (AUGUST 2010): Just days after signing for city, Balotelli hits the headlines after wrecking his AUDI R8 en route to the club’s training ground. Balotelli is found to be carrying £5,000 in cash at the time of the accident and when police ask why, he reportedly replies “Because I am rich.”
WOMEN’S PRISON (OCTOBER 2010): Balotelli takes his younger brother to visit a women’s prison. When questioned by guards, Mario said he and his brother were “just curious at the fact that it was a women’s pison.”
FIRST RED-CARD (NOVEMBER 2010): Balotelli scores his first premier league goals in a 2-0 win at west brom but the achievement is marred when he sees red following a clash with Youssuf Mulumbu.
WILSHERE SNUB (DECEMBER 2010): Ater beating Jack Wilshere to the FIFA’s young player of the year, Mario claims he had never heard of the Arsenal midfielder before. This may be owing to the fact that Balotelli suffers from what psychologists call “Nicklas Bendtner Syndrome”- Mario genuinely believes he’s the best player the world has ever seen, he was once quoted as saying “there’s only one player that is a little stronger than me: MESSI. All of the others are behind me”
DART THROWING INCIDENT (MARCH 2011): Balotelli was once found guilty of throwing darts at members of the Man city youth team. His excuse? “I got bored and wanted to pass some time”
SECOND RED-CARD (MARCH 2011): Balotelli apologises to his team-mates after he is sent off during a Europa League tie with Dynamo Kiev for a reckless challenge on Goran Popov.
BACK-HEEL BLUNDER (JULY 2011): Balotelli is immediately substituted by an enraged Mancini after back-heeling wide when through on goal in a pre-season friendly against the Los Angeles Galaxy
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| First black player to don the Italian National team jersey celebrating his second goal against Germany, at EURO12 semifinal, in demonic fashion |
FIREWORK INCIDENT (OCTOBER 2011) : Mario set fireworks off in a bin at his £3 million worth home, then put the bin in the bathroom where the curtains were set alight. The fire brigade was called. Balotelli scored twice the next day, as City handed cross-town neighbor and rival Manchester United their heaviest defeat in Premier League history. Following City’s 6-1 win over United, Balotelli reportedly drove around Manchester high-fiving city fans out of his car window. When interviewed about “Why always me?” (the inscription he unveiled after scoring against United) he explained he wore the famous T-shirt because “people always talk bad and say stuff about me. They don’t know me.” He then donated the shirt to a fan.
THIRD RED-CARD (NOVEMBER 2011): The third red-card of Balotelli’s city career arrives in a league match against Liverpool, the then 21 year-old dismissed for two yellow cards.
RICHARD’S CLASH (DECEMBER 2011): Just days after breaking a club imposed 48-hour curfew ahead of a match against Chelsea, he again attracts negative headlines after pictures emerge of a training ground bust-up with team mate Micah Richards.
MAGNANIMOUS-MARIO (DECEMBER 2011): Balotelli visits his local church where he donated £200 and then went to a pub, and expended £1,000. He also handed a homeless man £1,000 in cash. Asked why, he said it was because he liked his ginger dreadlocks.
PARKER CLASH (JANUARY 2012): Balotelli stamps on the head of Tottenham’s Scott Parker during a Premier League match and then score a winner. He was charged with violent conduct by the FA and handed a four-match ban.
INTER PRESS CONFERENCE (MARCH 2012): Balotelli gatecrashes the press conference to announce the arrival of Andrea Stramaccioni as Inter Milan’s new coach. Strolling in, with a grin, to grant handshakes to the new coach and others on the press docket.
ESCORT (APRIL 2012): The prostitute linked to Wayne Rooney also bedded Balotelli. After chanting “Rooney! Rooney!!” at her across a restaurant, the footballer later bumped into the hooker and asked for her number. The City star claims he never paid for her services.
FOURTH RED-CARD (APRIL 2012): Balotelli sees red for two bookable challenges on Arsenal full-back Bacary Sagna. Also guilty of a shocking first-half knee-high challenge on former Arsenal midfielder Alex Song.
BABY MARIO (DECEMBER 2012): Balotelli’s daughter Pia was born, the mother accused Balotelli of being “irresponsible” and “not interested” in his newborn baby daughter.
MANCINI CLASH (JANUARY 2013): Pictures of Mario’s training ground altercation with City coach Mancini permeated the internet. Mancini later played down the incident and described it as “not important”.
Balotelli has made the news for almost all the wrong reasons unknown to football, or better put, reasons that are quite uncommon with the round leather game. He has reportedly had his white Maserati sports car impounded 27 times whilst racking up a staggering £10,000 in parking fines. When City won the FA cup, he said he’d only go on the bus parade if he could take his dog, lucky, with him. His request was denied so he missed it. What Manner of Man is He? Pulled over by police for driving around Manchester with £25,000 in cash on his passenger seat, Supermario was asked why, he laughed and reply “Because I can”. You can never predict his ‘hereafter’ the only chance you have at that shot is when he stands above a penalty kick, he would sure score it. He has never missed that in a professional game. Mum sends Mario to buy her iron, he returns with a trampoline. Now you know what I mean. Supermario arrives Italy ( with his recent transfer to AC MILAN) and two weeks after, the pope resigns>>>>>hahahahahahahhbwhaaaa
Nonetheless, with over 50 professional goals and eight major trophies, including the champions league, his talent remains undoubted and undisputed. But his mischievous trait is the more reason he’s been in the spotlight-the lifeline of our naughty amusement. They say football is entertaining, it was never, until Balotelli came around. Let’s just hope he continues to get urged on to do more, as long as he remains crazy and stupid, we will never get bored. NEVER!!!
