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Balotelli most interesting man in the world

MIAMI - Now even on the cover of Sports Illustrated (usually only hot girls), looks like walking on water, even if he's not really friend to Popes and Prime Ministers, as it's written, but you know, the stories about Mario take on a life of their own. And not really African, he's never been to Africa.


Balotelli doesn't go unrecognized in the USA any longer, Florida retirees notwithstanding. When he visited New York City with AC Milan earlier this month, he was swamped by fans as he walked to see the Empire State Building. "Four years ago I came to New York, and nobody stopped me, nobody said anything," he recalls. "Now people are stopping me, asking for my picture and an autograph."
With Balotelli, though, even the Empire State Building is fraught with complexity. Before last year's Euro 2012 quarterfinal against England, the Italian daily [most popular newspaper in Italy] La Gazzetta dello Sport [sponsor of Inter Milan, the idiots who stole me a scoop and then had to remove it... now becoming a sponsor of rude, jealous, moaning losers Fiorentina] ran a cartoon depicting Balotelli astride London's Big Ben, swatting away soccer balls like King Kong atop the Manhattan skyline. The newspaper apologized and Balotelli went on to score two thundering goals in Italy's semifinal upset of Germany [nothing new, they always lose against Italy], but the cartoon was one more example of the racism Balotelli has faced, going back to his childhood in rural Brescia with his foster family (which happens to be white and which formally adopted him at 18).
"You can't delete racism," says Balotelli, who has been the target of bananas and monkey chants from fans in Italy and other countries. "It's like a cigarette. You can't stop smoking if you don't want to, and you can't stop racism if people don't want to. But I'll do everything I can to help."

For all the immaturity Balotelli showed at Manchester City - the bottle-rocket-fueled bathroom fire; the four red cards over two seasons; the physical altercation in practice with his father-figure coach, Roberto Mancini - he also enjoyed some transcendent moments. Balotelli was the Man of the Match in City's 2011 FA Cup final victory [fisrt cup won in 35 years for the club], scored the first two goals in an epic 1-6 win at rival Manchester United and had the assist on Sergio Agüero's dramatic last-minute goal in the final game that gave Man City the 2012 Premier League title [first league in 44 years].
So much attention is paid to Balotelli's wacky behavior that in many ways he's underrated as a player. With his 10 goals for Italy since 2010 and his sterling performances in high-stakes games, he figures to be one of the dominant forwards at 2014's World Cup in Brazil. There's no ceiling on his ambitions, either. Balotelli calls raising the World Cup trophy "more an objective than a dream," and he says his aspirations include becoming the best player in the world. "I'm working on it," he says with a grin.
Balotelli's hijinks aren't -sinister - he has never been arrested - and more often are funny and endearing: the why always me? T shirt he revealed after scoring a goal for City; the time he got tangled up trying to put on his substitute's bib during warmups; his childlike fascination with pet piglets, go-karts and lions. (He's a Leo). Why, the sweetest moment of Euro 2012 was a photograph of Balotelli celebrating his two semifinal goals against Germany in the stands with his mother, Silvia. At a tournament where the Croatian and Spanish federations were fined for their fans' racist chants at Balotelli, the image of a tiny white woman from Brescia proudly embracing her black son was a stirring rejoinder. Balotelli's Ghanaian birth parents placed him in foster care shortly after his first birthday - he had a series of intestinal surgeries as an infant - and he says he "sometimes" connects with them, adding that it's "something I never talk about."

Balotelli feels more comfortable in Italy than he did in England, but he says his three years away from his family and from his Italian friends were good for him.
AC Milan purchased Balotelli from Manchester City for $29 million last January, and he helped the Rossoneri, his favorite Italian team as a child, rebound from a terrible start and qualify for this season's Champions League. Super Mario is beloved by the Milan faithful, who wear his jerseys and scarves bearing his name, but the specter of something darker is always hanging over Italian soccer stadiums.

In a game against Roma in May, the referee briefly suspended the match when Roman fans directed racist chants at Balotelli. And by a quirk of the schedule, Milan opens its Serie A season this Saturday at Hellas Verona, which has some of the most notoriously racist fans in Italy. "I hope they won't say anything," says Balotelli. And if they do? "I'll try to score with all my power, and when I score, then I'll say something."
What Balotelli won't do, he says, is walk off the field should the racist chants rain down on him. He wishes he could. That's what his Milan teammate, Ghanaian midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng, did last year in response to fan slurs in an exhibition game, with the rest of the team following him down the tunnel. Hailed worldwide for his stance, Boateng soon joined FIFA's new anti-racism task force. But now Balotelli has been told that teams will face punishment if any player walks off the field. "For this stupid rule," says Balotelli, shaking his head, "I will stay on the pitch."

By his own estimation, Mario Balotelli has cried twice in the past 10 years: once over a breakup with a girlfriend and once after Italy lost to Spain in the Euro 2012 final. "Those are two different reasons to cry," he says.
Perhaps. Perhaps not. In the end it comes down to love. Love of a woman. Love of a country. Less than a year from the World Cup, Balotelli would like nothing more than to be the symbol of triumphant 21st-century Italy, not just to all Italians but to the world. In life, sometimes, it's as though he's standing at the spot for a penalty kick (he's a mind-blowing 24 for 24 on PKs for club and country), reading the goalkeeper, deciding which way he should go.

Juventus target: Jovetic @ City

MANCHESTER - From Florence, near where Beady Eye just played.
Juventus were already calling him "Juvetic", sure they would have bought him ahaha
just like Aguero, "Juventus target" for years...
then they mocked us for Tevez eh...

Manchester City are delighted to announce the signing of Stevan Jovetic from Italian Fiorentina.
The 23-year-old Montenegro international will now join up with his new team-mates.
One of European football’s most coveted young strikers, Jovetic spent five seasons in Serie A with Fiorentina after previously playing for Partizan Belgrade, where he made club history by captaining the team aged only 19.
He scored 23 goals in 61 games for the Serbian club before moving to Italy in 2008 for a fee in the region of £8m.
His five seasons with La Viola yielded 40 goals from 134 appearances, though he missed the entire 2010/11 campaign after injuring his cruciate ligament.
In Europe, he has scored against Liverpool and Bayern Munich - among others - and at international level, he captained his country for the Under-21s, aged only 17. He has also represented the senior Montenegro side since 2007, playing 27 times and scoring 10 goals to date.
Jovetic, who wore the No.8 shirt for Fiorentina, has taken on the No.35 squad number for City. He joins fellow summer signings Jesus Navas, Alvaro Negredo and Fernandinho and close friend and former Fiorentina team-mate Matija Nastasic.

R.I.P. Stefano Borgonovo

GIUSSANO - Spain vs Italy tonight will wear black armbands.
Message from Oasis' friend Beckham: "Sad to hear about the passing away of former AC Milan striker, Stefano Borgonovo. I was fortunate enough to meet him, an incredible person. My thoughts are with his family at this time."
Mario Balotelli: "Ciao la tua forza è un insegnamento di vita per tutti. Sarai sempre con me. Con noi! Addio."
[= bye, your strength is a teaching of life for everybody. You'll always be with me. With us! farewell]
ex AC Milan player, I remember him well in the 80s-90s, died for the "footballers disease" (and not only), the ALS amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, aged 49 :( (he was already a grandfather)

He leaves wife and 4 children

referee admits 1 mistake. They're 4

SALVADOR DE BAHIA - Brazil is ready for the Olympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.
Neymar already tested a sport : diving.

1) The referee Ravshan Irmatov (from Uzbekistan... do they know what is football?) admitted only one of at least 4 mistakes, pay attention which one: the second goal by Italy, he whistled for a penalty but conceded the goal...
whistling, it would have been a red card for the Brazilian player but the referee "saved" him

2) still during the game Brazil-Italy (playing without Pirlo and De Rossi), another penalty for Italy on Balotelli not given... (when we deserved a 3-3).
And now it's 4 penalties not conceded (2 vs Mexico, 1 vs Japan). Time to stop, referees. At least in time for the World Cup next year...

3) first goal, by Dante, in offside... as the fourth goal by Fred too, offside for a few centimetres

4) the goal from a free kick by Neymar is from a non-existent foul

...well done referees. Maybe he was afraid of the situation out of the stadium...

The teams were both qualified already, but now we have to play vs Spain, when we could have more chances to play the final, if it was Uruguay in the semifinal. Playing at home, Brazil could have won vs Spain.
Great Mario, super assist and a mega shot. The Confederations Cup is over for Montolivo, Abate (bad foul by Neymar and yellow card), Pirlo and Balotelli.

After this game, Brazil played vs Uruguay and Neymar ridiculed himself diving in a comic scene.
He's officially a diver.

oh diving...

failed Inter to be sold like a bitch

MILAN - Losing their identity. QED quod erat demonstrandum. That was one of my anticipatiiiions ("Inter out of the first 6 places, will fail and will be sold"). They finished 9th. Fail.
Also, Mourinho failed @ Real Madrid.

The club "Inter Milan", owned by one of the historic Milanese families, Moratti, is going to be sold, like a bitch, to this Indonesian tycoon, Thohir.
New name: call it INDER ahahaha
In Indonesia, Inter has 11 million wankers...no, fans ahaha They look like wankers.

You can imagine there's a lot of material for us Milan fans to make fun of them.
Sure their fans can be happy 'cause he's going to spend a lot of money in the transfers window, but this makes AC Milan even more the only one club in Milan (as if other proofs were necessary).
The Indonesian tycoon already owns an American Major League Soccer team (Washington DC United), result: at the bottom (last position) ahaha not very promising for Inter...
He also still has to learn the Italian language...
The clubs owned by rich foreign men are Chelsea, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, Malaga, Monaco... well Manchester United too, owned by Americans.

To be honest, even if we are City fans too, their new history makes them a bit of plastic clubs based on money, without a real great history compared to the big ones... They never won a Champions League, Chelsea only one, with Di Matteo (first CL won by a London club), after many years with Abramovich spending an incredible amount of money.
Moratti wants the Indonesian to build a new stadium in the city, so Inter will get the fuck out of our legendary San Siro.

adesso voglio vedere se Gianluca Rossi racconta ancora una della sue storielle, quella dell'Inter che è del "centro di Milano"... con l'indonesiano è leggermente di periferia...

Mourinho is the most overrated manager around... with Abramovic spending so much money at Chelsea, no Champions... with Moratti spending so much money at Inter, a Champions won thanks to the referees, see video... with a super-club as Real, no Champions.

oh ma come mi dispiace che la Roma ha perso la Coppa Italia...cori razzisti a Balotelli e minacce alla Lazio... tipico. Totti dice che al Real Madrid avrebbe vinto tutto...seeee chi si crede di essere, Messi? un peccato che non ci sia andato, almeno sarebbe stato fuori dalle palle.
Fino a poco tempo fa i tifosi non potevano più vedere Allegri, adesso che Berlusconi lo vorrebbe cacciare, fanno i bastian contrario e lo vogliono tenere...
poi quello che racconta balle è sempre Berlusconi, invece Moratti che ne spara a raffica e s'incazza pure, simpattttico come le emorroidi, ha "grande stile"... ma per favore!
Tra l'altro prendendo Seedorf, Berlusconi avrebbe speso di più sul mercato, per farlo contento.
Adesso che Allegri è confermato, "Berlusconi ha sbagliato!" ...ma vaffanculo!

Inter stealing the Champions League 2010