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Sports News of Tuesday, 21 January 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Red card after 7' gives Mario Balotelli unexpected cameo

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Brescia striker, Mario Balotelli, has gotten award for his cameo appearance last night but it is not the kind of movie you will expect him to star in.

Balotelli's difficult season continued to "roll in the deep" as he got a red card after just 7 minutes on the pitch.

According to The Sun, Balotelli who couldn’t make the starting XI due to illness got his first booking after a clumsy challenge.

Things got worse for the Italian moments later when he saw a second yellow for insulting the referee during the 2-2 Serie A draw with Cagliari.

And he now has the dubious distinction of being sent off for six different clubs.

He has seen red once each for Inter Milan, AC Milan and Olympique de Marseille and four times each for Man City and Nice.

The only club where he was not sent off was Liverpool.

He has also been sent off once for Italy, in a World Cup qualifier against the Czech Republic.

Brescia coach Eugenio Corini felt the first yellow was a wrong call.

He said: “He jumped for the ball and didn’t see the defender behind him.”

Balotelli, meanwhile, wrote a short message on Instagram.

He posted: “It’s incredible how one episode can drastically change everyone’s opinion, either too negatively or too positively, about a person.

“I will continue with my day-to-day work, it’s not a problem. You can judge me as you wish.”

Balotelli has endured a tough season in Serie A after suffering racial abuses on two separate occasions. [Sun UK]