Balotelli why is it always me

AFC South. AFC West. NFC East. NFC North. NFC South. NFC West. AL East. AL Central. AL West. NL East. NL Central. NL West. West Ham United Wolves. Virginia Tech Washington Wisconsin. Purdue Syracuse Villanova Virginia Wisconsin. Redblacks Stampeders. Well, now we know exactly what the year-old Italian meant with the shirt. Here's an excerpt from his Time magazine cover story for the international edition :. He says, on the contrary, the message was a plea to those critics and to the paparazzi who trail him off the pitch: 'Just leave me alone.

The Time article is largely about how Balotelli is misunderstood , and not just when it comes to his t-shirts. Mario was abandoned by his birth parents when he was three, and has faced intense racism from his own fans while playing in Italy.

He has a close relationship with his foster mother, and even stopped dying his mohawk blonde when she told him little kids in her town were doing it and their parents were angry. One of the biggest criticisms of Balotelli is that he's a me-first striker who only cares about scoring goals.

But former Man City player Patrick Vieira has mentored Balotelli, and says his seeming laziness comes down to a stylistic difference between Italian soccer where strikers don't have to defend , and English soccer where strikers are expected to track back into the midfield and try to win the ball.

Balotelli still doesn't have an explanation for the litany of crazy things that he has done since coming to England, but the article at least draws into question the assumption that he's an insane person. All of them were good for us against United, so we are happy.

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