Mario Balotelli is among the great protagonists of the excellent Adana Demirspor championship. The striker from Brescia seems to have been reborn in Turkey after Vincenzo Montella’s arrival on the bench. The coach from Campania, during an interview, revealed SuperMario’s true goal: “He wants to return to the national team.”
L’Italy will play the final for third and fourth place in the Nations League against Belgium at San Siro on Sunday. A challenge that comes after the defeat against Spain in the semifinals and that has seen Roberto Mancini forced to play practically without strikers. With the injuries of Immobile, Belotti and the very recent forfeit of Kean, Italy’s attacking emergency is getting stronger. Against Spain both Bernardeschi and Chiesa took turns playing ‘number 9’ but without finding any luck. All the coach has to do is figure out the best solution.
Scamacca and Scrapers, as alternatives, at the moment there are still the only attacking players in the Italian senior national team, but it is clear that it will be necessary to understand how to face the World Cup with the hope of finding new solutions as well as Immobile and Belotti. In this climate of great uncertainty, he tries to make his way Mario Balotelli. The striker from Brescia, today at theAdana Demirspor in Turkey, he is shining at his best especially after the arrival of Vincenzo Montella on the bench. “He has scored 4 consecutive goals in 4 games: he is finding the best form”.
According to what was revealed by the Campanian coach himself during an interview with the Gazzetta dello Sport, Balotelli would in fact have an obsession. “He wants to return to the national team, that’s his only idea – revealed Montella – He is moved by this great goal that drives him “. Balotelli would never have abandoned the idea of wearing the blue shirt again and has a great desire to show off and convince Mancini to give him one last chance. “He has great desire. He is not yet at 100%, but he wants to get there soon to present himself in a blue key”.
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With the arrival of Montella on the Adana bench, Balotelli has in fact returned to shine. SuperMario wants to take back Italy and the blue shirt with which he has not played a game since his last appearance in the Nations League against Poland on 7 September 2018. Three years in which the Azzurri have won the European Championships and Balotelli has instead ended up changing five teams (Nice, Marseille, Brescia, Monza and Adana) waiting to get the best attention from Mancini. Right in Turkey, Balotelli seems to have been reborn.
“I will do everything to help him – Montella added during his interview – We talk a lot and since I’ve been here he’s been training and always behaving well. He has great desire “. Montella started his adventure at Adana Demirspor with a heavy 4-0 before the next home win and then the incredible match against Besiktas. Against a much more popular opponent, Montella lost 3-0 in the 52nd minute. The coach from Campania brings in Balotelli who responds with a spectacular goal: 1-3, then 2-3 and 3-3 in the 97th minute! Assombalonga scores, with an assist from Supermario again.
