New to the Serie D club: Mario Balotelli’s deep fall in the Italian province

It is an evening at the end of June 2012 in the capital of Poland, Warsaw. Mario Balotelli had just scored two goals, one easy, one wonderful, and buried German EM dreams with my own hands. He was 21 and at the top, appearances like this have led the young man to make claims such as: “It is not impossible that I will become a world footballer.“

Balotelli was a Manchester City player at the time. He left his mark there too, just before this European Championship, he made the last assist of the 2012 season in the Premier League – at the famous gate of Sergio Agüero, who decided the championship at the last minute. Mario Balotelli, European finalist and English champion, everything was open to this man.

And now, eight years later, there is nothing. No more titles, no awards, no big appearances. And above all: no contract. Balotelli is one of those players who have not been able to find a club this summer. This could also be due to Corona, but in this case more to the striker himself, who now trains in Adro, a community of 7,000 people near his home in Brescia, with an Italian fourth division club called FC Franciacorta.

“A man whose path led him from the lights of the Champions League to the gray of the provinces“writes the “Gazzetta dello Sport“ and attempts the failure of the previous stormhto declare the opening of Italy. The failure of the man who really had everything to become one of the greats: “We have rarely seen an Italian striker with his qualities, powerful and agile at the same time, fast and precise from near and far, good at head and acrobatics, good at defending and managing the ball.“

All these qualities are now present Adro bei Franciacorta landed. The career is impressive: Inter, Manchester City, Milan, Liverpool, Nice, Marseille and then back to Brescia, a football fairytale. But it happened quickly, Balotelli is only 30, it’s not the age when footballers leave the big stage behind and enjoy the last years of their careers at home.

But Balotelli has had a problem all these years: himself, the list of his misconduct is long, even at 30 he still manages to provoke indignation. He recently made an appearance at “Big brother VIP“, Italian “Big Brother“. There was a sexistical derailment against a participant, otherwise Balotelli hardly attracts attention, especially not from a sporting point of view. Over and over he stood in his own way with his antics. You had the feeling that you never wanted to be a professional athlete, but to enjoy life as much as possible.

But BAlotelli, a bored Barwuah, has never been easy in Italy. He returned to his adoptive parents three times after moving to Manchester City, twice to Milan, and then to Brescia. And every time he had to discover that nothing has changed, the last time the sound of the monkey rang out from the stands of Verona, it was a good year ago. Some Italian fans have never been able to come to terms with the fact that one D.they should score dark-skinned goals for their country.

It is probably this mixture of refusal and own misconduct that has never allowed Balotelli to make his own self pronounced Realized prophecy and could fight for the title of world footballer. An endless flight was his career, writes the “Journal“ in their research on the causes. And conclude with a tip: “Life is often alien, forcing you to go to Adro rather than San Siro to continue admiring Balotelli.“