Manchester City striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mario-Balotelli-c23937 not impressed with possibility of being sacked from Italian national squad
Manchester City striker, Mario Balotelli has gone on to reveal that he is not at all impressed at the possibility, that he might be dropped from the Italian national team indefinitely.
The prime reason for these potential actions taking place, is because the player’s attitudes in his sides one goal to nil win over the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Faroe-Islands-c2896, was not very impressive.
The striker made an appearance in the game from the bench, but didn’t really contribute much to the team once he came on.
However, the Italian manager wasn’t too keen on Balotelli being a part of the team even before the match kicked off. The forward was apparently caught using his iPad before the start of the game and this seemed to tick of the manager.
Following these actions by the player, it was reported that he could be in line to miss out on a number of upcoming international games.
Balotelli, who seems to be highly disappointed by this decision, has tried to defend himself and has gone on to state: "I only had the iPad during the warm up, I did not take it with me on the bench”
The Italian manager, Gigi Riva has tried to calm down the situation as well, as he seems to be partially favouring Balotelli in the situation.
"The Balotelli incident is just part of many small things that happen in any team. There is nothing to worry about," Riva added.
"He played five minutes on Friday [against the Faroe Isles] and so he could not have done any more.
"Balotelli always does his best in training and the coach often heaps praise on him.
"Let us not create a problem for Balotelli."
This isn’t the first time that Balotelli has been caught by his manager doing something that he shouldn’t be doing. The player has had a number of run ins with his managers on a club and international level.
At one point, the player was caught firing at the youth players at the Manchester City camp and he was also caught driving into a women’s prison.
This has led many people to question the player’s mental capacity, but so far no real actions have been taken against the player to help discipline him. Should the forward get suspended from the Italian team, then perhaps he would end up thinking twice before
doing something outrageous again and in turn focus on his football even more, in the near future.
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