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Manchester City Super Mario! I never miss penalties because I'm in total control of my brain - Balotelli

By David McDonnell | 2 Nov 2012 22:31
Mario Balotelli says the secret of his 100 per cent penalty conversion rate is being in total control of his mind.

The madcap Manchester City star has been accused of lacking brains, given the scrapes in which he frequently finds himself – both on and off the pitch.

But the maverick striker is deadly serious when it comes to the art of taking spot-kicks and psyching out goalies.

The Italian has scored all eight of the penalties he has taken for City so far, and insisted that the key to his success is locked inside his head.

Balotelli said: “It’s just like a game of the mind, between me and the goalkeeper.

“Me, I know how to control my mind. When the keeper moves before me, it means that in this game of the mind he has lost.”

The 22-year-old revealed his penalty strategy in a wide-ranging interview with America's prestigious Time magazine.

In it, he also discusses racism, his distinctive hairstyles, impending fatherhood and his relationship with City manager Roberto Mancini.

On the issue of racism, which has reared its ugly head again in English football recently, Balotelli said those who discriminate because of skin colour are “stupid”.

Balotelli, who has been a victim of racist abuse in his own country, said: “Racist people are few, in the minority. But you can do nothing to change them.

“You can talk, you can do what you want, but you can’t do anything because they are just stupid people.

“When I wasn’t famous, I had a lot of friends, almost all of them were Italian. The racism only started when I started to play football.

“But me, personally, I hope I can help Italy to be a modern country, like England or America.”



Ahead of City's Saturday visit to West Ham, Balotelli also played down his party-loving image.

He revealed he rarely leaves his home now, as he spoke fondly of Mancini:

“This year I don’t go out, so it can rain as much as it wants, because I’m in the house.

“My relationship with Mancini is really important. He’s known me since I was young and he’s like a father to me.

“I used to play with the young children at Inter Milan, so I know him very well and I can tell him anything.

“I have to train hard every training session. And give ­everything on the pitch.

“You have four or five things that the manager asks you to do, then you have to play like you can play and give everything.”

Balotelli ditched his bleached mohawk-style hairdo when his mother told him that parents in his hometown of Brescia had complained because their children had copied it.

The forward said: “This is the character of my mother. She’s ­protective. She talks a lot.

“But she’s always right - almost always right.

"Patient. For me, my mother is everything.”



Balotelli’s ex, Italian reality TV star Raffaella Fico, is pregnant with his child and the Eastlands hero – who was adopted – has given great thought to impending fatherhood.

He added: “I think my child will need a mother who knows how to say ‘no’. Maybe because as a small child, I suffered so much.

“And I’ll love him so much, that maybe I won’t be able to say ‘no’ either.”

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