On December 23, 2010, at the award ceremony of the FIFA Golden Boy Awards, the then 20-year-old winner Balotelli stood on the stage and delivered his acceptance speech: "Among the winners of the previous Golden Globe Awards, only one person is slightly stronger than me, this person is named Messi, in the near future, I will win the Golden Globe Award without age limit!" At that time, Balotelli had just parachuted into Manchester City from Inter Milan for 28 million euros, and the manchester city manager at that time was mancini, the current Italian manager, and Mancini was one of the very few people in European football who always appreciated and loved him. When Balotelli gave his acceptance speech with the Ballon d'Or, almost everyone thought that the twenty-year-old would definitely establish his position in European football in the next decade. Unfortunately, ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and a player named Mario Balotelli has been found in the five major leagues. The owner of the Ballon d'Or is still Messi, who was "stepped on the feet" by Balotelli. The bull that was bragged in the past, Balotelli, I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve in this life.
At the age of 15, African teenagers competed in professional leagues and conquered major giants in one fell swoop
Talking about Balotelli, that year is also a juvenile fame, as a player whose ancestral home is Africa but was born in Italy, Balotelli is expected to approach the world's top league faster near the water tower, 15-year-old Balotelli once wore a battle robe, participated in the Italian C League competition, breaking the Italian professional player appearance record.
In the second year, the then Serie A giants saw the huge potential of the 16-year-old Balotelli and gave Balotelli a three-year contract, and Balotelli quickly proved his value for money with 19 goals in 20 games after joining Inter Youth. Also in that year, Balotelli helped italy's olympic team to a 3-1 victory over China, scoring a goal himself. In short, at the beginning of Balotelli's career, Balotelli relied on his outstanding physical fitness and innate talent to switch to the giants of major leagues such as the Premier League and Serie A. During this period, Balotelli scored 16 goals in 28 games in a season for Manchester City, and in the most critical game, he staged a miracle stroke, shoveling and assisting Aguero to score the decisive goal, which delayed Liverpool's winning the Premier League title for another decade.
After all, Balotelli wasted the talent given by Heaven
From Manchester City to AC Milan to Liverpool, during the period of Balotelli's data has been very good, objectively speaking, if he is in order, although he may not be able to win the Ballon d'Or, there is no problem in getting ahead in the five major leagues, but unfortunately, with the increase of age, Balotelli's psychological age does not seem to have increased, after the body began to enter the peak period, Balotelli's goals did not rise but fell, and what is more, Balotelli frequently caused trouble in the dressing room, and was once regarded as a tumor in the dressing room. It has also been proven that football is a team sport of 11 people after all, and without the support of teammates, it is difficult for you to do anything if you are possessed by Mero. Scoring 1 goal in 20 games in a single season, Balotelli became a complete marginal man for Liverpool, and at the end of the season, Balotelli was forced to return to AC Milan.
Originally, the outside world expected That Balotelli and his old club to continue the frontier and be able to find themselves again, in fact, Balotelli was easy to change his nature, and Balotelli, who was at the peak of his career at the time, would bring trouble to his teammates and the team wherever he went, Balotelli's nature was a wandering skeleton, and any giant could not accept his nonsense regardless of the image. Coupled with a lack of discipline, Balotelli, who was in his prime, was assigned to the then low-level Ligue 1. During the Ligue 1 period, Balotelli did not settle down at all. Until the end, the team that returned to his hometown, Brescia, still showed no signs of relenting.
At that time, the outside world regarded Balotelli as a dangerous commodity, and the team's top brass naively thought that Balotelli could find a real sense of belonging here. However, Brescia's boss was punched in the face after confronting his own player, Balotelli, and he lost miserably. At this point, Balotelli was completely blocked by the five major league teams.
After losing Mancini's asylum, Balotelli finally reached the end of the five major leagues
Balotelli is indeed talented, it can be said that he is world-class from the neck down, but the laziness on the training ground coupled with the negative energy on the pitch makes Balotelli everywhere he goes, and there are still interesting stories about him in European football. Originally, in the Italian national team and Clubs such as Manchester City, his mentor Mancini loved him and once gave him a lot of care, but in the end, Mancini had to throw down a sentence of "I still love him, but I can't do anything". Balotelli was then completely abandoned for treatment.
Facts have also proved that after losing the protection of Mancini and others, Balotelli, who went to Nice in Ligue 1 alone with zero transfer fees, finally encountered a nose of ash, when Balotelli helped Nice get 8 goals in the 15 games after joining the team, in the fair data performance is actually very good, but the then Nice manager finally couldn't help but erupt after working with Balotelli for just a few months, "I want to throw him against the wall!" ”
Joining the Turkish Super League, can Balotelli usher in rebirth?
Remember that at the beginning, Mancini in order to make Balotelli more mature, constantly in the aftermath for him, and finally Mancini's heart tiredness may only be able to understand himself, Balotelli was banished by the five major leagues 3 years ago, it has been confirmed that he is not suitable for joining the big club. At the worst of his mix, he was on the verge of unemployment, but the Monza club in the Turkish league threw an olive branch at Balotelli so that he would not live on the streets. Objectively speaking, joining the Turkish Super League at the "peak of his career" is not something to show off. A star wants to prove his strength, want to get the Golden Ball Award and other honors, the five major leagues are his ring, but after several stumbling Ballotelli has proved in advance, the Ballon d'Or has completely lost his relationship, not to mention that The Emperor Saren can not have the idea of bringing in such a player, even the middle and lower reaches of the five major leagues are not willing to give him a chance.
Just when everyone has decided to forget About Balotelli, in January 2021, Balotelli accidentally contracted pneumonia, when he matured once on his social media, he said that "even the strongest people also need to hug" Perhaps this advertisement has really had an effect, the Turkish Super League Ada Nadimir Sports Football Club gave him a contract in the summer window last year, from joining this team to today, Balotelli scored eight goals in 20 games and contributed four assists to other teammates, whether his mind has become more mature or not, at least his performance on the field has improved with the naked eye.
If they are the same fallen people at the end of the world, why should they be similar when they meet?
Since leaving Ligue 1 in 2019, Balotelli, who used to be the star of the five major leagues, has become a football tramp because of his mysterious behavior, although every team owner in the five major leagues knows that he has a phenomenal talent. However, after Mancini completely let go of Balotelli, everyone had lost the desire to domesticate him.
The reason why We suddenly think of Balotelli today is mainly due to two news, one of which is that Newcastle United, the "Premier League giant" that is currently recruiting, has come out of the news that it intends to introduce Balotelli in the future. The other is the one who was recently discovered at a rescue station in a mainland, the chairman of a food company who used to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, but now he has become a tramp. From many details, it can be seen that Balotelli and the former chairman, the two have quite similarities. They all originally held a good hand in their hands, perhaps because of bad fate, or because of the waste of talent, and eventually the end of the world fell.