Mario Balotelli graces the moderately sensational cover of the newest Sports Illustrated challenge, walking on the water of a Miami pool with his arms outstretched. The duvet, which labels Mario “The Most Fascinating Man within the World” reads: “He is Italian, the face of AC Milan, friend to popes and prime minsters [he met his first pope final week and knows former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi because he owns Milan], topic of racist hate and wild adulation, he’s African, the face of the brand new Europe, a purple card waiting to occur, the very best younger striker in futbol.”
Strange use of the word “futbol” (instead of the extra appropriate “calcio,” “soccer” or even “soccer”) aside, it is rare for a non-American footballer to look on the duvet of Sports Illustrated (Pele and Maradona have each completed it). The Grant Wahl story that goes with the Balotelli cowl serves as an introduction to Mario for the poor souls who are unfamiliar with him — summarizing his complicated history within the highlight and taking part in an abbreviated version of fact or fiction sport with him that Noel Gallagher did last year. Which introduced out the best quote of the piece as Balotelli defined the famous Manchester fireworks incident.
“I acquired unlucky. It wasn’t like my home was on fire. It was just the bathroom, as a result of one firework went the wrong means. It took the curtain, and the curtain got on fire and the smoke went round the home. However we weren’t inside. We were outside with the fireworks.”
This is a slightly different version from his earlier clarification that, “I didn’t set any fireworks off, it was a buddy of mine. I didn’t know anything about it until I heard shouting coming from the lavatory.” Like everybody else, even Mario Balotelli has a tough time distinguishing the reality relating to Mario Balotelli.
‘Most Interesting Man in the World’ Mario Balotelli walks on water for Sports Illustrated cover
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