18) THAT celebration
Mario doesn’t celebrate goals, so he claims.
“When I score, I don’t celebrate because I’m only doing my job,” Balotelli once said. “When a postman delivers letters, does he celebrate?”
But against Germany in Euro 2012, he bagged a world-class brace and posed topless in what’s now become one of the iconic Balotelli images.
19) The showboat
Playing for City in a pre-season friendly versus LA Galaxy, the striker, through on goal, outrageously tried a ridiculous trick – which even his own team-mates considered offensive to the opposition. He was immediately subbed.
20) The royal kiss
Balotelli claimed during the World Cup in 2014 that if Italy did England a favour by beating Costa Rica, he’d have earned a kiss from Her Majesty the Queen!
21) Car pool
Balotelli lent his Ferrari to Liverpool fans, so that they could drive it around a car-park last season.
(We could have included a host of other driving related offences – but this was our favourite!)
22) Chicken Hat
This:
23) The Pets
Balotelli adopted a stray cat hanging round City’s training ground, has two dogs named ‘Stevie’ and ‘G’, and a pig named ‘Super’. Wonderful.
24) Matching tracksuit and.. Lamborghini
Understandably with all of his media attention, Balotelli decided to go all inconspicuous with a camouflage Lamborghini and outfit to match.
25) Shirt swap
Liverpool were 3-0 down to Real Madrid at half-time in a Champions League group clash last season, but inexplicably, the forward thought a tunnel shirt-swap with Pepe was appropriate after the 45!
