Manchester City’s Mario Balotelli claims he will control himself against Manchester United fans
Manchester City striker and Italian international http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mario-Balotelli-c23937 has gone on to admit that he is going to try and maintain his composure this coming Sunday, when both the teams in Manchester face of in one of the biggest derbies in the world of football.
Balotelli went on to have a run in with the Aston Villa fans last weekend when he asked them to repeatedly keep quiet and went on to taunt them after scoring with an overhead kick. The player also went on to clash with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rio-Ferdinand-c31173 after the FA Cup semi finals game last season, when United and City faced off. The player seemed to taunt the United fans and Ferdinand did not take to it lightly.
The player, who seems to have found a new sense of self esteem has gone on to assure everyone that his primary focus in the game is going to be to score goals and help City win and nothing less.
Balotelli is quoted to have said: "They can say what they want. I won't say anything to them. I will be focused on the game. All that matters is the result, nothing else. After the game I might think about the supporters but not during it or before."
He continued: "I don't have anything against [Ferdinand]. He is a great player. I didn't ever speak to him [at Wembley]. I was just celebrating, but not against them [United supporters]. I showed him the shirt of City and obviously he got angry with me.
"For me, what happened on the pitch stayed on the pitch and now we are friends like before. Or we respect each other anyway. I'm going to give him the handshake before the game like I give to everyone."
Balotelli seems to have a very long way from the player that he was last season. Saying that, it doesn’t mean the player has increased the talent that he has, but what he has really done, is gone ahead and developed maturity. The forward seems to finally be taking responsibility for his actions on and of the pitch and this has made him play a whole lot better than he used to.
The forward now keeps a cool head and focuses on getting the best out of himself and his team. All in all, the striker seems to finally be living up to his expectations.
Should he maintain the form and level of maturity that he has achieved, he could go down as being one of the best players to come out of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926.
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