Mario Balotelli and Roberto Mancini: the same side of talent
Mario Balotelli is Italy’s most talented footballer nowadays. Pick anyone in the streets of the Belpaese and eveybody will agree with that.
Problem is that talent is difficult to manage 90% of the time and even more difficult to manage when it is not assisted by the right attitude you expect from a youngster: the will to improve, the will to learn, the will to work hard.
You may say this is something easier to find in less talented players: they have to balance the lack of quality with intensity, pressing, quantity in their plays. True.
Mario Balotelli is pure gold: he does not have to run for 90 minutes to score and put the team in front of the opponents. He can run for 10 minutes, score, and then disappear from the game.
Roberto Mancini was kinda the same player. Absolute brilliance from every play, but lack of intesity throughout the whole game or season.
Maybe this is why he wants Balotelli to join City: maybe he thinks he is the only one that truly understands Super Mario and can make him the best in the world, which the young star wants to become.
One thing is for sure: so far, Mario is not a player that brings balance in the squad, he’s more a Zlatan Ibrahimovic kind of striker.
Inter finally got a beautiful balance last year, and that led to the treble. Mario was important, but not that important. So Inter is able to afford his departure. Will City be able to manage his arrival?
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