From 2009 to 2012, Messi won the Ballon d'Or for four consecutive years, the main competitor was Cristiano Ronaldo, at that time, there were many young talents in world football, Neymar, Hazard, Götze, Balotelli, Dybala, Belotti... Among them, Neymar is considered to be the "third in the world" after Mero, and indeed ranked third after Messi and C Ronaldo in the final ranking of the Ballon d'Or, but it is Balotelli who really has the strength and potential to win the Ballon d'Or after Messi and C Ronaldo.
Played in Serie C at the age of 15, was promoted to inter first team by Mancini at the age of 17, moved to Manchester City in the summer window of 2010, and in the 2011-12 season, Manchester City miraculously reversed Manchester United to win the Premier League title.
At Euro 2012, Bashin almost single-handedly carried Italy to the final, and in the semi-finals, he single-handedly slammed Germany's world-class defense into pieces. Who at that time would compare Neymar, Azar, and Getze with Bashen?
But after that, Ba Shen quickly declined, and there was no ball to play after ac Milan and Liverpool. In the 2014 World Cup, despite scoring a goal in Italy's 2-1 victory over England, Ba Shen was no longer a "god" and was powerless to prevent Italy from leaving the group for two consecutive World Cups. After that, Ba Shen quickly left the Italian national team.
Why did a generation of young geniuses in football fall so quickly?
Even Wenger said: The world of Ba God, I don't understand!
The "god" of Ba Shen has two meanings, one is the existence of god, one is nerves, and the other is the guilt, which is commonly known as "Ba Shen (now added Wanda) world-class below the neck" commonly known by Chinese fans.
In the summer of 2016, Balotelli, who had no ball to play, joined Ligue 1 Nice as a free agent and quickly found his form. In the 2016-17 season, Bashin scored 15 goals in Ligue 1 (the same as Mbappe), and was the first contributor to Nice's final third place in Ligue 1 and qualifying for the Champions League play-offs.
Italy, which competed in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, encountered trouble, fell into weakness, and finally the second place in the group did not have the opportunity to directly qualify and fell into the play-offs. Bashin took the initiative to fight, but did not get Ventura's call-up, two legs of play-offs, Italy lost 0:1 on aggregate to Sweden, the first time in 60 years missed the World Cup.
At the 2018 World Cup, Mancini, who had watched a few matches, sighed: "We should have been here, although Italy was not at its peak. At the end of the 2018 World Cup, Italy's new coach Mancini officially took office, recalling his former love Balotelli and giving him the No. 9 shirt representing the main center.
In the summer of 2019, after Ba Shen left Marseille, the club began to fall again, and in the summer of 2021, he switched to the Turkish Super League promotion team Maada Nadamir Sports, and Mancini had concerns about whether to recruit Ba Shen.
After the 2022 World Cup qualifier fell into the play-offs again, Bashen, who performed well in the Turkish Super League, took the initiative to ask for help. In January, Mancini recruited Bashin to the Italian national team, but by mid-March, near the play-offs, Mancini had abandoned Bashin. In the semi-finals of the play-offs, the weak Italian upset 0:1 defeat to North Macedonia and missed two consecutive World Cup matches.
Why doesn't Mancini want me? If it was a Manchester City-era Bashen, he would have said: "Why always no't me?" “
Recently, in an interview with Sky Italy, Balotelli talked about his lack of access to the Italian national team and the exit of the Italian World Preliminary Tournament play-offs, "I am only remembered when I lose... It's easy to say that now, but no one thought of me before the race. I watched the game and there were a lot of opportunities. I'm a good goalscorer in front of goal, but that's not to say I'm going to win if Mario is on the pitch, it's just that I might score. I haven't heard from Mancini yet, but I've always liked the coach and I'm happy he's staying. Mancini has done a good job and he deserves to continue at the helm of Italy. “