Snapshot: Mario Balotelli Winds Down In St. Tropez After Grueling Season
By Chris Wright
After a long, grueling season spent largely serving suspensions and a hectic summer largely spent chasing Spanish shadows at the Euros, here we see Mario Balotelli enjoying his well-earned day of leisure, winding down in St. Tropez – just him, a blonde masseuse, a family-sized bottle of Appletiser (the bubbles tickle his nose!), a hookah pipe and the guy from ‘My Name Is Earl’…
Pre-season training looks like a blast in Marioland.
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If you’re a professional footballer and you don’t live like Mario, STOP, you are doing it wrong!
He wiped all those tears very quickly
Hero!
A legend in the making it seems… lol and to say he nearly punched someone when Italy lost the final
if it would be only this (drinking and smooking)he would be a legend but with all the bs he makes during the season he is just a spoiled kid that’s all
Mario Balotelli is sooooo pathetic! He’s got to grow up!!
If this is the stuff that’s caught on camera, just imagine what he’s doing when there’s no one around to video it.
And this is a photo of him after losing the Euro’s. Imagine if Italy had won.
@ Ike: Don’t be such a player hater. If you were in his position you’d do the exact same thing.
Nothing like a nice bottle of lime cordial after a job well done
Didn’t think drinking and smoking made you a legend since I was back in high school.. Great to see that that is what fans want to see from their players rather then hard work, professionalism, and being a role mode for younger generations.
People saying he is a ‘spoiled kid’ obviously don’t know a lot about his childhood. His parents gave him away as they were too poor to raise him, and what he has achieved is well deserved.
If I was Mario, I’d probably do the same thing. He’s been earning the big bucks since he was 16, obviously he doesn’t know how to handle his cash yet, let alone being a dedicated professional. If that’s how you wanna roll, let him be, just don’t regret it later
Although I symphasize marios amazing and arguably the best season he’s ever played, he has to recognize his fame and realize that young players look up to him and even worship him as a soccer player. Why not portray a better public image?
He’s only like 19 isnt he? Of course hes not gonna be a perfect professional athlete role model. Hes not even an adult. This happens year after year with young athletes making the big bucks in every sport, they are immature. They will grow from their immaturity. Move on and stop hating him for being a kid
Mario is someone having muddle up of behaviors of different persons.absence of this kind of extraordinary soccer players will make football dull.
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