Football GIF: Balotelli Gagged By Bonucci After Scoring vs Republic Of Ireland
By Chris Wright
After this…
Came this…
Yep, after Mario Balotelli stuck away Italy’s second goal against Ireland with a pretty nifty volley, he got all lathered up and just was about to give us his finest warrior schtick until Leonardo Bonucci high-tailed over and forcibly saved him from himself – clasping a hand across Balotelli’s mouth and telling him repeatedly to calm down and shut up.
Said Bonucci:
“Whatever he said, he said it in English and I didn’t understand it. I put my hand in front of him because Mario is instinctive, and that’s also his strength. We spoke with him and he knew how he should have behaved.”
The reason (as if he needs a reason) behind Balotelli’s little tantrum? One line of thinking is that some of the Ireland fans gave him a ribbing as he was warming up on the touchline earlier in the game, the other that Mario was sounding off on Cesare Prandelli for having the outright temerity not to start him.
Either way, Bonucci probably just saved him about £80,000.
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[...] he said, he said it in English and I didn’t understand it,” Bonucci said after Italy’s 2-0 win. “I put my hand in front of him because Mario is instinctive, and [...]
If Bendtner got fined 80k and some racism got fined less, by my calculations that would mean Balotelli would get fined more than Bendtner because he is black. That seems to be how UEFA works.
He’s stupid & childish, but that was a great goal. I do think Bonucci saved him there. Although he probably sends 80K everyday like water….
white player holding a black player’s mouth? that’s another 100k in UEFA’s pockets!
Fuckin awesome teammate right there.
this was pro like my nan