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think about it: we are extremely lucky, what were the odds of balotelli getting another red card just after the italian coach said that he won't call players who commit big fouls when they are frustrated?
it's incredible

if the italian coach call him after having said that , he is a clown

will the next club to buy him pay 50-60 millions?
i hope he stays at manchester city, this club suits him so well
 

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balotelli got no suspension (just the 3 obligatory matches ban) for strange reasons:

Balotelli, meanwhile, received no punishment for the incident during the first-half at the Emirates Stadium, with referee Martin Atkinson somehow failing to spot the Italian's boot collide with the knee of Song.

There is an element of understanding when it comes to Atkinson seemingly missing the challenge, with replays suggesting his view was obstructed by a clutch of players.
Yet the decision by the Football Association not to take retrospective action against Balotelli is simply inexcusable, given the potentially dangerous nature of his challenge on Song.

The FA have, of course, provided their reasons - stating that, because one of the match officials had witnessed the 'coming together' of the players on Sunday, Balotelli will not be sanctioned.

"Retrospective action was introduced for off the ball incidents where there was no contest for possession and could not be deemed to be re-refereeing an incident," read a statement on TheFA.com.
"In agreement with FIFA, this is how ‘not seen’ incidents are dealt with retrospectively in England. It is a policy that is agreed with all football stakeholders."
The need for common sense to be used more freely in football has, in itself, almost become a cliche, so frequently is the suggestion made when governing bodies make baffling decisions.
But there are few clearer examples for when common sense should prevail than the incident in north London last weekend, such are the potentially serious consequences of such a tackle.
The safety of players should be paramount in the mind of officials and administrators, and career-threatening challenges must be outlawed, regardless of whether or not they are witnessed by referees or TV cameras.
The FA will cling to the fact they have their hands tied by Fifa when it comes to taking retrospective action but, one suspects, a suspension for Balotelli would be more forthcoming had Song suffered a broken leg.
Standing up to Fifa has, in recent times, become hobby of FA chairman David Bernstein, and it is imperative for strong leadership to prevent players from escaping sanction when a long suspension is a necessity.
Bernstein, Atkinson, Balotelli, Song, Roberto Mancini - and surely all spectators of the challenge - will be in agreement that it was worthy of a red card, yet the FA are seemingly unable to act robustly when necessary.
Although some European leagues operate under a different code of conduct and will impose greater bans than those in the Premier League, all are required to adhere to Fifa's regulations regarding retrospective action.
Yet the FA has previously demonstrated a willingness to take action in exceptional circumstances; as highlighted by the suspension given to then Manchester City defender Ben Thatcher in 2006.
Thatcher clattered into Portsmouth's Pedro Mendes with a horrendous elbow, yet was only booked at the time by referee Dermot Gallagher, as Mendes lay stricken on the turf.
With the challenge bordering on physical assault, Greater Manchester Police received a number of complaints, and City were prompted into imposing their own six-match suspension on Thatcher.
The FA then banned the former Spurs man for eight-games, with a further of ban of 15 games suspended for two years.
There is, of course, a difference in severity between the actions of Thatcher and those of Balotelli, yet there is no escaping that both significantly endangered the opponent.
Careers are at risk from such errant challenges, and it is vitally important the FA do all they can to ensure appropriate sanctions are taken against those committing the most dangerous of acts.

http://www.givemefootball.com/premier-league/fa-must-outlaw-career-threatening-tackles

English football reacted with surprise and dismay yesterday when Mario Balotelli was given a reprieve for his stamp on Alex Song, meaning he will face no retrospective action for the foul but Shaun Derry's soft red card against Manchester United was allowed to stand.

On a difficult day for the Football Association's disciplinary department, referee Martin Atkinson said that he saw enough of Balotelli's lunge at Song on Sunday that the governing body could not go back on the foul, under Fifa guidelines. That was despite Roberto Mancini, the Manchester City manager, urging the FA to review the foul.

Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/s...erry-receives-ban-16143400.html#ixzz1rjsN0ESp


the italian coach (from the national team) said that this red card was not like the others, because the fouls were regular ones, not a
"reaction foul"
what a clown
and what about the foul on song?
everybody know that he did this horrible foul beccause he was frustrated


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CESARE PRENDELLI’S suggestion on Monday that he will “calmly evaluate” Mario Balotelli’s case for inclusion in his squad for the European Championships in the light of events at the Emirates over the weekend says something about the state of Italy manager’s options up front less than two months the team’s opening Euro2012 game against title holders Spain.

Prandelli dropped the 21-year-old striker for the Azzuri’s last friendly against the USA in February after the player was handed a ban for stamping on Scott Parker a few weeks previously, stating: “I don’t want players who commit reaction fouls and get sent off. He seems a little agitated to me. When I say we have to reach the European Championship prepared, I mean I don’t want to see players who, at the first sign of difficulty, commit reaction fouls and get sent off, leaving their team-mates to struggle with 10 men.”
Roberto Mancini has said much the same about Balotelli and far from differentiating between Sunday’s dismissal against Arsenal and any of the previous times the striker has seen red while playing for Manchester City, he appears to have completely given up on the player, suggesting he would seek to sell him in the summer.

On Monday, though, Prandelli said he had seen the latest incident involving Balotelli but suggested he was not as concerned on this occasion as “this time it was for a foul that was part of the game”.

True, both the late challenge on Bacary Sagna for which the player received his second yellow card, as well as the first-half clash with Alex Song that should have earned him a straight red, were ostensibly attempts to win the ball. But both were reckless and needless and it is difficult to see how Prandelli can have any more trust in the young striker – who played a combined total of just 19 minutes of Italy’s qualification campaign – going into the European Championships than Mancini has in him now.


http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2012/0411/1224314608927.html
 
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He should've been given a straight red card for that challenge. His tackle at the end that earned him his second yellow was an example of Balotelli's stupidity and hot-headedness. Totally pointless. If he plays for Italy I'll be hoping they lose even against a team with more blacks as Balotelli is particularly noxious.
 

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what a joke of a coach:
http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/3396...irms-balotelli-will-be-recalled-for-euro-2012
The Manchester City striker's participation in the tournament appeared to be in real jeopardy after he was omitted from the squad to face the United States in February because of his "agitated" behavior, and his subsequent dismissal in his club's crucial Premier League clash with Arsenal only appeared to diminish his hopes further.

However, after apologizing for his actions, the former Inter striker is now set to be welcomed back into the Italian fold in time for the Euros.

“Have I made peace with Balotelli? Yes, although to be honest we never argued in the first place,â€￾ Prandelli told RAI. “I was pleased that he took responsibility with his statements after the latest incident at Manchester City. I like those who stand up and accept responsibility for their actions.

“I never really thought of doing this without Balotelli, as he is a focal point of the national team.â€￾

if he never thought about leaving balotelli out of the team, then why did he say that:

"Prandelli added: "When I say we have to reach the European Championship prepared, I mean I don't want to see players who, at the first sign of difficulty, commit reaction fouls and get sent off, leaving their team-mates to struggle with 10 men."

in a normal world, he should be fired immediatly for this
total nonsense :mad2:
 

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Mario Balotelli on the bench for the Manchester derby. They just showed him on TV and all I can say is he looks even more vulgar than normal with those shiny earrings. Talk about low class bling-bling.
 

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Mario Balotelli on the bench for the Manchester derby. They just showed him on TV and all I can say is he looks even more vulgar than normal with those shiny earrings. Talk about low class bling-bling.

he didn't came in but i saw him warming up
he went for the ridiculous haircut that so many players have nowadays:

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even tennis players go for this haircut now:

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my favourite one, mamadou sakho from paris saint germain:

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it's funny how manchester city gets better everytime balotelli is suspended
when he got his red card against arsenal , manchester city did 2 desapointing draws in a row against sunderland and another small team, and then lost against arsenal
after his red card, manchester city got better (they won every match)
 

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this guy talks a lot
ofcourse an easier way to put an end to racial abuse would be to be skilled enough to be respected, but the balotelli phenom isn't about that, skills are irrelevant

see for example the brazilian hulk:

[video=youtube_share;nUBKmRVJlU0]http://youtu.be/nUBKmRVJlU0[/video]

and ofcourse why would he be so concerned by just a few bananas? because he is ashamed to be black
can't blame him for that :icon_smile:

i really hope that he will fail at the euro champs
i hope the same for benzema
 

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According this report from an Italian newspaper, during the Italian national team obligatory visit to Auschwitz, Balottelli stated that his adoptive parents were Jews.

http://www.gazzettino.it/articolo.php?id=200794&sez=SPORT

Quote: «Io vi capisco: i miei genitori adottivi sono di origine ebraica».
"I understand, my adoptive parents are of Jewish origin."
Interesting combination.

Balottelli at Auschwitz listening to some music:
Mario+Balotelli+visits+Auschwitz
 

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Balottelli stated that his adoptive parents were Jews.

Why am i not surprised?

Franca Eckert Coen echoed that remark. An Italian Jew in an overwhelmingly Roman Catholic city who lives in an apartment filled with Jewish art, she was in charge of multicultural policy under the former mayor of Rome, Walter Veltroni. Ms. Coen recalled a year when Chinese celebrated their New Year with dragons around the Day of Epiphany.
“The newspapers said the Chinese were against Christianity,†she said. “So we held a public event on the Campidoglio about Chinese culture and the New Year celebration, and now we have a Chinese parade each year.â€
“It was the same with the Sikhs,†she added. “We had a public event after 2001. We also organized tours of the Capitoline Museums for immigrants. Then we asked them to do something. The Poles, for example, had someone play Polish music at the museum.â€
“Little things,†she called them. “They can overcome big fears. I saw all these immigrants become a little bit Italian citizens. Culture is crucial to give people here a chance to see that to be foreign is to bring a different ethnic life to the city, that diversity is a positive.â€

http://isteve.blogspot.ca/2008/06/nyt-italy-lagging-lamentably-behind-on.html
 

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Absolutely. Jews were instrumental in inviting millions of colored invaders to Europe and the US. As a tiny, elite minority they want a multiculti society where various races/etnicities are constantly at each other's throat, while they rule supreme. Just look at the US.
However in *their* country, Israel, the music changes. No more calls for "tolerance", "multiculturalism" etc. but an etno-state complete with racially-based immigration laws (i.e. you can't really immigrate and naturalize if you are not Jewish - for example - see their "law of return").
 

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This black loser is a disgrace to the Italian team. I hope he rides the bench.
 

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This black loser is a disgrace to the Italian team. I hope he rides the bench.

will he start the next match?
will he still be considered a top player after what he did? he never impressed and was so hyped up for this tournament, but all he can do is this:

Mario Balotelli started for Italy in their Euro 2012 opener against Spain and even in a match filled with brilliant talents playing for the last two World Cup winners, he was still largely the center of attention. He earned a yellow card in the 37th minute, seeming to forget his vow to keep himself under control during the tournament, and in the 53rd minute he squandered his excellent move to strip the ball off of Sergio Ramos to give himself a one v one against Iker Casillas by simply not shooting before Ramos chased him down and stripped him from behind.

Mario was then substituted in the 57th minute for 34-year-old Antonio Di Natale who scored with his first touch to put Italy up 1-0, but Spain equalized three minutes later and the match ended in a 1-1 draw.

http://rutube.ru/tracks/5718385.html
 
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Ballotelli did well to win the ball but that had more to do with Sergio Ramas' incompetence.
 

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a few articles about balotelli:

Bad marks, however, were unanimous for Mario Balotelli, thwarting Prandelli's encouragements and the confidence that the 21-year-old of English champions Manchester City can use his talent to become Italy's leading forward.

In the first half, Balotelli only managed a drive deflected by a defender, lost most of his tackles and received a yellow card.
He could have made his day when after the break he dispossessed Sergio Ramos on the right flank, but his slow and amateurish break into the box allowed an easy recovery from the Spanish defender.

"I do not know what happened to Mario when he found himself alone before Casillas," said Prandelli, who substituted him a few minutes later. "He should have passed for Cassano."
Fans certainly expected more from a player who in a recent interview with France Football labelled himself "a genius" and "more intelligent than the average person," specifying that "there are few people with such talent, so there are few able to judge what I am doing."

At just 21, much is expected of the adopted son of Ghanaian immigrants for both club and country, although for a supposed superstar he continues to attract more headlines for his eccentricities than his match-winning with either Manchester City or Italy.

Balotelli became little more than a supporting cast member as City edged rivals United for the Premier League title, a victim of Carlos Tevez’s return and two costly bans for ill-discipline, and he rarely threatened to steal the show on Sunday. He has hardly been out of the news during the build-up to the Azzurri’s campaign, yet he disappeared against Spain.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...sano-steals-show-for-Italy-against-Spain.html


my favourite one: some journalists trying very hard to hear racial abuse from the spanish fans while they were just laughing at how comically bad balotelli was:

Photographer Chris Brunskill was one of the witnesses of the appalling scenes last night at the 40,000-seater Arena Gdansk in Poland.

He said the supporters were “clearly audible” every time Balotelli got the ball.
Freelancer Chris, 35, from Liverpool, also took a photograph of two fans who he says were frequently involved in the abuse.

“I was sat behind the goal with all the Spanish fans behind me and they were involved in monkey chanting and laughter and mockery whenever Balotelli was on the ball,” he said.

“The ringleaders were two fans who were in fancy dress as Spanish tennis player Rafa Nadal. But the stewards just seemed to think it was a laugh, and they did nothing. They seemed to think it was a giggle.

“These two were at the centre of it in my view but there were hundreds in the Spanish section joining in. I would say there were around 200-300 who joined in at times. It was especially bad when Balotelli was involved in any kind of trouble or altercation, for example when he was booked.”

Getty Images photographer Michael Steele, 46, from Wells, Somerset, said the shameful abuse was loud and unmistakable.

He added: “I could not see who was involved but it was obvious they were monkey chants.
“It was disgusting. There is no excuse for it. I am pretty sure Balotelli knew what was going on and heard it as he was close to that section of the crowd when he was booked.
“There were also what sounded like derogatory chants in Spanish with his name involved, but I do not know what they meant.”
Greek freelance photographer Yiannis Kourtoglou, 31, who lives in Cyprus, said: “The monkey whoops were from the Spanish end. I could not see how many people were involved but they were clear.

now you can't even laugh at a player
i have to admit that i laughed in front of my TV when balotelli got his yellow card and when he missed that incredible oportunity, i hope that i won't go to jail for that :smile:

they are making excuses for him:
“They were designed to put him off his game and they clearly worked – he had a terrible match.
“It was terrible for him and for me as well. He is a human being not a monkey.”

Balotelli has already suffered sick racist abuse online, with neo-Nazis from his home country claiming he should not be playing for Italy.

The Italian camp revealed that a US-based website called Stormfront, which is run by white supremacists, had been closed down in Italy in recent days because of messages about the striker. The website rants included: “He is black and Jewish – he should play for Israel not Italy.”

Balotelli was brought up by an Italian family with Jewish ancestry. He was targeted after visiting Auschwitz on June 6 with squad members.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/euro-2012-mario-ballotelli-target-872366

if you think that this player:

http://rutube.ru/tracks/5718385.html

is not good enough for the italian national team, you are a nazi, a jew-killer!
 
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On the British radio station Talk Sport they are having an entire afternoon of Ballotelli jokes. What did you do between the time Ballotelli took the ball from Sergio Ramos and lost possession? Typical answer: took the dog for a walk, watched a DVD, put the football back on and Ballotelli still hadn't decided what to do with it.:smile:
 

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mario balotelli in the italy-england match at the 2012 euro champs:

Balotelli was neither Super Mario nor Silly Mario during the 120 minutes, missing chance after chance. Sloppy Mario, maybe? But that was harsh as he threatened throughout with an air as laden as that studied gait and razor-sharp hair-cut.


Nevertheless Balotelli missed five clear opportunities as England, on the ropes, somehow held on until they crumbled in the shoot-out.

The enduring image of the first-half was a frustrated Balotelli thumping a post so hard with his right-foot that it quivered after he was beaten to Antonio Cassano’s header back across goal - connecting with another peerless Pirlo pass - only to be beaten to the ball by Lescott.

but it was Balotelli who lingered again as he ran on to another sumptuous Pirlo pass. Played onside by Terry, his first touch was poor, his second worse and then the defender superbly blocked a half-hearted shot from distance with Joe Hart rushing from goal.
Guess what? Balotelli then spurned another chance from another Pirlo pass although at least this time he connected more fully with the ball only for Hart - who the striker had tried to beat from 40 yards in the first minute - to easily save.
He’s young, still just 21, but it’s not been the most distinguished of international careers and one in which his achievements on the pitch have not outweighed his maverick nature.
“He hasn’t achieved anything yet,” claimed Alan Shearer to which Balotelli could point to the Serie A titles, the Premier League title and assorted cups - but everyone knew what he meant.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...-delivers-when-it-counts-against-England.html

horrible tournament for him so far

the guys who use his palmares to deny alan shearer's claim that balotelli hasn't achieved anything are in total denial:
http://inagist.com/all/216961944077340674/

he was a substitute for inter and was useless for manchester city, who won the most important matches when he wasn't here (suspended)
 
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claimed Alan Shearer to which Balotelli could point to the Serie A titles, the Premier League title and assorted cups -
Which is absurd! Inter's fantastic 2009-10 season was because of Sneijder's magic, Milito's goals, and their rock solid defense with Lucio, Samuel and also Cambiasso in midfield.
 

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Which is absurd! Inter's fantastic 2009-10 season was because of Sneijder's magic, Milito's goals, and their rock solid defense with Lucio, Samuel and also Cambiasso in midfield.

there is another joke about this internazionale team: some give credit for this season to etoo, which is an absolute travesty because mourinho forced him to play as a fullback (known as the affirmative action black position because it's the least important position)
mourinho would have liked to put etoo on the bench but internazionale would have lost a lot of money because etoo's price would have dropped (eventually they managed to sell him in russia for an incredible amount) so the president probably asked him to play with etoo
mourinho very cleverly did so, but etoo played as a fullback so he wouldn't get in the way of the talented white players

this choice is what allowed inter to win all these titles, because with the exact same team the following year but with benitez as a coach, they lost every thing.....because he was playing with etoo as the main striker ( http://www.castefootball.us/forums/...lack-attackers?p=238436&viewfull=1#post238436 )


but now, claiming that balotelli had anything to do with internazionale's triumphs in 2009-2010, this takes the cake
he didn't even play!
absolutely ridiculous
and this thread is full of proof of how balotelli didn't help manchester city, actually it's the opposite
aguero took advantage of balotelli's suspensions and became one of the best premier league players


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by the way i uploaded balotelli's miss against spain on youtube, and youtube sent me a message to tell me that the video was taken down because it was racist :grin:

i was forced to put it on rutube: http://rutube.ru/tracks/5718385.html
 
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by the way i uploaded balotelli's miss against spain on youtube, and youtube sent me a message to tell me that the video was taken down because it was racist :grin:

i was forced to put it on rutube: http://rutube.ru/tracks/5718385.html

If you named it "Blacky" it doesn't surprise me that it was taken down. Reupload it naming it simply "Balotelli's miss" and everyone who see the video will understand that Balotelli is an overrated ridiculous black player (as many others). No need to put provocative names to send the message. :thumbsup:
 

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Another sign of Balotelli stupidity : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xrEBm82F0g

look at how pirlo and cassano act, i'm pretty sure that every italian player hates balotelli
all he does is waste all the oportunities that the white players created, that must be very frustrating for the other players
and also he never does his share of defensive duty, it must be really frustrating to have him on your team

Worst thing with this guy is that he has been raised by white people. It shows one more time that Blacks even in a good background are less "adaptable" than Whites

yes, a black remains a black


If you named it "Blacky" it doesn't surprise me that it was taken down. Reupload it naming it simply "Balotelli's miss" and everyone who see the video will understand that Balotelli is an overrated ridiculous black player (as many others). No need to put provocative names to send the message. :thumbsup:

when i reupload it they keep telling me that the video is racist :icon_lol:
i put "blacky" as the title of the video because i didn't know how to name it
i can't name it "balotelli misses" or anything close to what it is because the censorship is really active during these euro champs, they delete every video showing footage of the euro champs
the way i found to avoid censorship is to hide the logos on the screen and then put a random title
so nobody can find it while searching for videos on youtube, but we can still see them here
but this time i put a race-related title so they deleted the video :tape2:
i think that somebody complained about the video to youtube
 

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i read that prandelli had a plan before that match against germany, it was to target the weakest part of the german defense (the right part - which is where boateng plays) so that one of the central defenders would be forced to come to help boateng, letting more space for balotelli in the center of the field

that's exactly what happened on the fist goal:

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hummels comes to help boateng so he is not in the center of the field



the second one is beatiful, but balotelli wouldn't be able to use his shot in a thight defense (=every defense at high level) because he carries the ball like an elephant
at high level you have to be in full control of the ball just a few metres after your first touch because the defense is very low on the field and the keeper comes very fast towards you

i always give this example of perfection for a striker:

[video=youtube_share;XygxrFKIGUA]http://youtu.be/XygxrFKIGUA[/video]

this is a world class palyer, it's impossible for balotelli to do this

so his goal was beautifull but means nothing as it's not a world class goal, you can only score such a goal against a very loose defense (or you can score it against a tight defense if you are skilled, which balotelli is not)

when you judge a goal, you always have to take into consideration against which defense it was scored

here is the german defense on the second goal:

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is this what a defense is suposed to look like in semi-final of the euro champs? i don't think so
 
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