The funny side of "Mourinho-Balotelli" : Inter Milan days

In an interview to CNN, current Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho revealed some interesting titbit about the controversial Italian footballer Mario Balotelli.

CASE 1:

Mourinho is quoted as saying,

"Mario was good fun. I could write a book of 200 pages of my two years in Inter with Mario, but the book would not be a drama. The book would be a comedy! I remember one in Kazan. We went to play Kazan in the Champions League. In that match, I had all my strikers injured. No Milito, no Eto'o. I was really in trouble and Mario was the only one."

"Mario got a yellow card in the 42nd minute, so when I got to the dressing room at half-time I spent 14 minutes of the 15 available speaking only to Mario."

"I said to him: 'Mario, I cannot change you, I have no strikers on the bench, so don't touch anybody and play only with the ball. If we lose the ball, no reaction; if someone provokes you, no reaction; if the referee makes a mistake, no reaction.'

In the 46th minute, Mario got red card!"


CASE 2:

Mourinho recalls another incident when the young Italian decided not to show for a meeting in his office on a particular Saturday.
"I told him to be at 2 o'clock in my office for a meeting. He was not there. When I called him, he went to the Formula One qualification on Saturday for the race on the Sunday." said Mourinho.
Not only did he fail to show for the meeting, his excuse was one which Mourinho says now he can laugh about as it highlights the "naïve reactions" of young Balotelli.

"I told him 'Mario, you have to come to my office' and he was saying meetings in your office I can have every day, but to see the Formula One, is only once a year in Italy."
"A couple of days later I had to laugh then."


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