Tag: Mario Balotelli

Mario Balotelli does knee slide through airport metal detector, beats Lille

Not even airport security can stop Super Mario

(Yannick Faraut/OGC Nice)

Mario Balotelli notched a brace to beat Lille 2–1 and move Nice into second place in Ligue 1, just one point behind leaders Monaco (who have two games in hand). Balo’s first season in France has been a stark contrast to his last two with Liverpool and Milan, as he now has 15 goals in 24 matches across all competitions and 13 in 19 Ligue 1 appearances—his highest totals since 2013/14.

In fact, Mario is feeling so good that he’s literally sliding through airport security as if that’s something that can be done without getting detained and questioned by several different governmental agencies.

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Still just 26 years old, Balotelli’s relatively controversy free resurgence in France should be enough to get him back into the Italian national team after a nearly three-year absence. It might even get him another look from a top club.


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Mario Balotelli is feeling Nice’s love and repaying it with goals

In two Ligue 1 matches, Mario Balotelli has scored twice as many goals as he did in the previous two seasons. You can say that’s because he’s taken a step down to a league that’s less demanding on a troubled striker than the Premier League or Serie A, but the positive reinforcement Nice has given him can’t be underestimated.

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DT Exclusive: Jose Mourinho’s advice for Mario Balotelli

Jose Mourinho has reportedly met with Mario Balotelli in order to help the 26-year-old striker find a new club (that isn’t Man United). Mourinho coached the unwanted Liverpool playing during his initial rise at Inter and though the two butted heads during their time together, an affinity for each other has endured. The following is a transcript of their conversation. 

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Götze and Balotelli are together on the Island of Misfit Marios

Mario Götze is 23 years old and the scorer of the winning goal in the 2014 World Cup final. But this season, as Bayern Munich won the domestic double, Götze only made 21 appearances and scored only six goals — career lows in both categories. He would like to stay with the club, but Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has publicly said “No one here wants you. We told you that. Why are you doing this?” (Not his exact words.)

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Tattoo prompts Mario Balotelli to question fan’s sanity

@haza3f THANK YOU for the support but don’t you think is a bit crazy? 😂🙈.

A photo posted by Mario Balotelli🇮🇹🗿👪 (@mb459) on

Mario Balotelli is a man who is intimately familiar with crazy. Throw darts at youth team players? Done it. Letting friend set off fireworks in the bathroom of a rented mansion? Yep. Show up early to training and urinate on teammates’ boots? Of course.

So when Mario questions your sanity for getting his name and shirt number tattooed on your back, you know you’ve made a regrettable life choice. At least the rest of us know where to draw the line now, though.

Mario Balotelli scores tremendous free kick in first start since his Milan return

Building on an impressive showing off the bench in the Milan derby, Mario Balotelli has scored his first goal since returning to Milan in style with an absolutely perfect free kick into the top corner against Udinese. The goal came in just the fifth minute. Balo was sporting a Doc Brown from Back to the Future style mohawk as he did it.

And just like that, Mario has matched his Premier League goal total with Liverpool.