Mario Balotelli has always been in the news whether he is playing for Manchester City or for his native club AC Milan. Earlier, he used to come into the limelight for his nasty behaviors; perhaps his former EPL club usually called him rather an indiscipline player, and now, he has become a worthy asset for Italian club AC Milan. Causes of his transformation from a ‘bad’ player to an excellent performer is not easily understandable, but it is clearly evident that infamous striker is touching the sky ever since he left the City for Milan back in January. Italian club finished on the third place in just concluded Confederation Cup and its forward striking lineup has been the main contributor for their brilliant performance. Especially, Balotelli left an impact across the board by firing 12 fantastic goals in 13 played match, in fact, he could not play in the semis coz of his injury, still, his team fought till the end and lost only in the penalty shootout - that too - firing six perfect … [Read more...]
Balotelli gives a perfect start to Italy in Confederation Cup
1 - 2 Milan’s notorious striker Mario Balotelli gives a perfect start to his national team when he capitalized a penalty area chance and fired a low shot to score the winner for his team in Confederation Cup here in Rio. It was an illuminating night with thousands of fans cheering both the teams but Balotelli, who is often in the news for his non-soccer activities, stole the show during the last moments of the game. Italy won the game with 2-1 margin over Mexico and it was the 100th match for midfielder Andrea Pirlo who scored the first goal of the game in twenty seventh minute. Game started with a sticky note for both the teams as both of them are strong competitors for each other, but psychological advantage went into Azzurri favor when they took the initial lead in first half with Pirlo’s trademark free kick. Mexico offered some resistance in the middle, in fact, striker Javier Hernandez, who plays for Manchester United, helped them equalize the lead within first half … [Read more...]
Mario Balotelli threatens to walk off if racially abused ever again
Former Manchester City striker, 22-year-old, Mario Balotelli finally comes into the news after missing the headlines for more than weeks, but this time, he has done something which is not completely wrong. Actually, three AC Milan’s players were subjected to racial chanting in the last match between AC Milan and Roma on Sunday and that chanting continued even after an official appeal, perhaps match had to be stopped for two minutes to tackle the situation. Mario Balotelli was the one of three Milan players who were the targets of that racial abuse, and now the striker has come forward against these incidents and warned the fans to walk off the field if he is ever subjected to a racial chant again. He told in a statement that “If it happens one more time, I'm going to leave the pitch, because it's so stupid. I was about to leave, but they will think I wanted to leave because we had difficulty with the game.” The Serie A fixture gained much media attention especially after his … [Read more...]
Balotelli slams English soccer culture
Mario Balotelli is the only player who needs no PR agency to remain in the news. He is always found on the front page of any sport’s new magazine naturally. This time, he is in the news for his loud words about English playing culture after leaving English soil last week. Mario Balotelli left Manchester City last week to his native AC Milan, and as soon he joins Milan he starts cursing everything about English soccer; its whether, press, food - actually everything. However, he did not say even a single word about his EPL club Manchester City; perhaps he praised his ex-manager Roberto Mancini along with former teammates. He quoted about his ex-club as, “Good things - only when I get to Carrington to train. So my team-mates and manager and the bad things? Everything else. I have to say thanks to all the City fans because they’ve been very nice to me and they always supported me in the good and in the bad moments. And I have to thank my team-mates, and the manager. Everything else, I'm … [Read more...]
Manchester City enter a deal with Milan for Balotelli
After months of speculations, Italian striker Mario Balotelli is set to leave Manchester City to get a place in AC Milan. Reportedly, City has finalized a deal with AC Milan for the striker at an annual salary of 4.5 million euros for a four-and-a-half year term until 2017. It is an interesting comeback for the Italian striker coz he was shifted to the Manchester City from Milan back in 2010 at £22 million, but his spell at City never brings any glory for the English club, perhaps he always remained in the news for wrong reasons, and now he is back to his old club at an almost equal amount that Milan earlier paid for him. According to the agreed deal, Milan will pay City 4 million euros every year for next five years along with a 3 million euro in bonus. Consequently, Balotelli will be back to his home once all formalities are completed, including his medical. City manager Roberto Mancini issued a statement over his transfer that reads as, “For two years it's always the question. It's … [Read more...]