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Laughter on the Side: On Mario Balotelli's Surprising Return to Italy Israel today

2022-01-24T08:15:30.997Z


Just before the play-offs for promotion to the World Cup in Qatar, Roberto Mancini has decided to bring Mario Balotelli back to the squad of the European champions.


Fabrizio Romano's Twitter followers looked at their calendar on Saturday, checking to see if April 1 had already arrived, or someone might have hacked into the esteemed journalist's account. Romano announced that for the first time in three years Mario Balotelli would be called up to Italy , Where the European champion will begin preparations for its games in the 2022 World Cup playoffs.

Italy has a hard way to reach the World Cup in Qatar.

After finishing second only to Switzerland in the qualifiers, she will have to beat Northern Macedonia and then the winner in the match between Portugal and Turkey.

However, even as he goes through a particularly surprising season in Turkey, no one thought Balutli would return to the blue uniform again since September 2018. The troubled striker saw on TV his teammates delivering a formidable Euro 2020 tournament, with a cohesive, loving locker room and one not looking for headlines - the ones he produced For his entire career so far.

So why did Roberto Mancini decide to put a healthy head in a sick bed?

Mostly because of a professional interest, of course.

The last few years, like most of his cool, have been tough for Balotelli.

After leaving Marseille in 2019, he spent one season in Brescia, where he suffered racist abuse from the team's fans, and then went down to Serie A to play in Silvio Berlusconi's Monza uniform, where he also did not show particularly great moments.

Balotelli with Mancini in the days in Manchester City.

Among the only ones who believe in him, Photo: AP

In the summer he reached Adana Demirspur, who was promoted to the top division in Turkey, and for the time being - he is the main reason why she is in third place ahead of Shakespeare and Glatsray, providing eight goals and three assists in 19 league games.

Another reason is the fact that Mancini has a serious problem on offense.

The regions have only a small handful of strikers on the task at the moment, and even those on the list do not give their coach peace of mind.

For years, and so it was at the European Championships, Chiro Immobilia failed to bring his ability from Lazio.

Andrea Blotti is currently injured, and Gianluca Skamka and Giacomo Respadori - Sesuolo pioneers - under the age of 23, have a total of nine games together in the national uniform, so they are not the preferred options. Scored 14 goals in 36 games in the blue uniform, some of which were very decisive.

Mario Balotelli is back and will be called up by Roberto Mancini for Italian national team next games 🔙🇮🇹 #Balotelli



Exclusive news reported yesterday will be official in the next few hours.

Announcement in place.

Balotelli already had a direct contact with Mancini himself.

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- Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) January 23, 2022

Another thing not to forget: Italy missed the promotion to the World Cup in Russia, so Mancini needs to be creative, avoid background noises and follow his "I believe" so that the big break does not happen again.

With all the bad image and scandals of the past, Mancini knows he is among the only ones who have managed to make a positive impact on Balotelli, who worked with him at Manchester City.

From Balotelli's side, this is probably the last chance to be part of one of the most exciting teams in the world, and perhaps more than that - a golden opportunity to show that he has more to sell at the highest levels of football, and there is no doubt that he has plenty.

In days when across England it is reported that Newcastle want to activate his release clause from Adana and help him stay in the league, along with the apparent summons to the squad, he will have the opportunity to answer the question most identified with him - "Why always me"?

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Source: israelhayom

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