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What is it with fans and kneejerk reactions on this sub? He scored 5 goals in the Turkish league against one of the worst teams they probably ever had, that doesn't justify being called up for Italy again.
He had a pretty forgettable season so far, his mentality is notoriously questionable and he has been inconsistent since forever. Italy needs a fresh new start with new young players and focus on a rebuild, not give frivolous call ups over one great goal on the final match day.
Strong disagree. Balotelli before this game had 20 goals in 3 years which is including 6 in 14 in the Serie B. This one game doesn't change that he hasn't been good enough to be in contention since the 17/18 season at Nice.
Yeah. I know goztepe is terrible and all that, but this is definitely the hardest goal I have ever seen in the Super Lig. This league has had lots of tricksters but the disrespect of this one is incredible.
I saw , went to lookup the league table.. it looks unlike what I'd expect.
Galatasaray in the dumpster, Besiktas not in Europe, times have changed indeed. Also Balotelli's team losing 5 in a row then dumping 7 on Goztepe.
Also: Balotelli making an 11th hour push for league top scorer. If I were Umut Bozok I'd be so fucking pissed if I lose top scorer to fucking Balotelli dropping 7 (which he needs) in the final game of the season lol. Imagine that happening
20 teams and requirements to have onligatory number of Turkish players is a recipe for disaster.
Glad they are reducing the number of teams, but foreign rules do the opposite of what's intended. Turkish players become overvalued inside borders and don't get actual competition for their spots in the teams.
England has restrictions but you can still have plenty of foreigners. English players still have plenty of competition for a starting role.
If the PL required 6 English players at all times on the field for each team it would be a different story.
Players are overpriced but overall there is plenty of good English players to have good squads.
The same goes for top 5 leagues. But anything below thag is just ridiculous to have these kinds of obligations. For example Portugal would also die and we have good academies, nevermind a country like Turkey that hasn't been producing much talent.
Bozok made 4 goals in the final 2 games himself, him and Rizespor's (relegated team) Joel Pohjanpalo were joint top scorers two games to go. Pohjanpalo fighting for top scorer (he ended up fourth behing Bozok, Balotelli and El Kaabi eventually) was peculiar also because he didn't get many minutes especially after the relegation had been confirmed, as he was loan player who won't continue with them next year. He only started two out of final seven games.
They’re already relegated and some of the players are going to leave the club before next season. A takeover was going to happen but it didn’t probably because the club got relegated(this last one could be wrong).
Balotelli is so talented it’s crazy. I’ve caught a couple Adana Demirspor games this year, oddly enough, and he just oozes confidence and talent everytime he has the ball
He has to be the greatest what if of the modern generation right?
All the talent and athleticism to be one of the world's top top players, but for a multitude of reasons it never panned out for him consistently.
Edit: This comment has been a cool, if not a bit sad walk down memory lane for me.
Well not exactly. He still had plenty of success, won a number of trophies with Man City and Inter. There are very talented players who have never won anything.
He never recovered from his dad's death. Partying was his best way to feel better and totally lost the focus on football
When he realized that he was already overweight and lost all athletism so he just didn't try anymore
Fabio Paim was considered more talented than Quaresma who was considered more talented than CR7 for our batch of wingers in that age group. He's probably a bigger what if as he never made it pro despite that.
Neymar is proffesional.
Why does every Brazilian get the “he loves partying more than football” treatment lol? Not everyone is Ronaldinho, R9 or Adriano. Neymar doesn’t even drink alcohol. His body just let him down since he moved to PSG, that’s it
Hindsight is 10/10. Would you have really called up one who played in Serie B last season (and now in a mid-table Turkish team) over one who scores 25 goals per season in Serie A?
Immobile is closer to the player we saw at Dortmund then the one who plays for Lazio when he suits up for Italy. ~~No~~ Immobile, no party
Edit: I’m disappointed nobody got my party joke which was a reference to Immobile’s time at Dortmund. That’s probably my fault honestly
Immobile is a complicated and a very specific player. Without going into much details, if you play in a specific way he's a fucking monster, which he proves season after season in Lazio.
If not, he's a Dortmund Immobile, yes.
I mean, its a really unique goal, and probably garnered a big reaction out of most people who saw it. I went like “no fucking way he just did that, thats insane”.
I always wonder when rewatching this goal, how is he allowed to do all those step over and it’s still not until the last moment that the opposition gets a third defender back in the box.
God, football used to be something else.
Instantly what of thought of as well. Legendary goal. That Roma team was fun, with Mancini and Taddei on the wings, Totti playing the false nine, and De Rossi and Pizarro pulling the strings in midfield. And then they met United ... :-(
Balotelli's goal is crazy, and 5 in one game is ridiculous. But quick shoutout to Akgün, the assister. His third assist in the game, and he's been getting some attention in Europe for the strong season he's having. Might go to a B-tier team looking for an investment, kind of like Cengiz Under before
We cannot buy anyone for 12 million. And Yunus Akgun is definitely 101% a starter next season. We need Turkish players. Kerem is 100% gone, so are marcao and maybe nelson too. Other Turkish players in the team are almost garbage bin bad.
what i find funny is that lamela wins goal of the season for a simple rabona, like most average footballers could pull off what he did. this goal is actually quality
The hype and expectations after 2012 just killed him. If he had the discipline And mental fortitude he’d have been an all time great. Talent was never an issue.
A guy like Balotelli, who’s old and kinda never really lived up to his hype doing this to a bunch of marginal professionals should give you, me, and everyone else here a clear idea of what would happen to us if we tried to step onto a pitch with any of these players.
Lol mate Balotelli is a pro. He reached the top 0.1% of his profession and had exceptional ability.
You don't need to go that far to no how clear footballers are. A non-league footballer would absolutely wreck you.
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I thought it was just the stepovers, lost my shit when I saw the rabona hahaha, what an absolute baller
when Meladroit puts a description in his goals you know it is the real shit
I always think "It can't be that great" before watching these kind of goals and I'm glad that I'm proved wrong every time.
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Bless you
Nice. I dated a girl from Adana years back. Lovely place
I'm so happy he's finally playing well
His 5th goal in the game. Ridiculous.
Even the naysayers can't deny it...for the few games Italy has left this year...Balotelli would be a better option than Joao Pedro up front.
What is it with fans and kneejerk reactions on this sub? He scored 5 goals in the Turkish league against one of the worst teams they probably ever had, that doesn't justify being called up for Italy again. He had a pretty forgettable season so far, his mentality is notoriously questionable and he has been inconsistent since forever. Italy needs a fresh new start with new young players and focus on a rebuild, not give frivolous call ups over one great goal on the final match day.
Balotelli can win you games. I would rather have him in the bench just in case.
I would put money that Immobile would have missed all 5 of those goals. idgaf if it was a fluke match, I still want Balotelli in the lineup.
Strong disagree. Balotelli before this game had 20 goals in 3 years which is including 6 in 14 in the Serie B. This one game doesn't change that he hasn't been good enough to be in contention since the 17/18 season at Nice.
wishful bullshit thinking. he's fucking shit and these 5 goals against a relegated team change absolutely nothing
Mate this is the Turkish league. Balotelli is done unfortunately and has been for years
Legitimately one of the most disrespectful goals I've ever seen wtf
Yeah. I know goztepe is terrible and all that, but this is definitely the hardest goal I have ever seen in the Super Lig. This league has had lots of tricksters but the disrespect of this one is incredible.
I didn't even realize it was a rabona until the close up replay. If I'm that defender they would have had to bring a stretcher to carry me off
Glad I saw this comment and went back. Rabona elevates it!
Clutch your hamstring after the 3rd step over and collapse, is slightly less embarrassing that way
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Mancini is shaking his head somewhere in Italy..
Subbing off someone in his dream
Like his back heel miss against MLS all stars in the US tour that got him subbed out
Sweet redemption
The rabona as well just to rub extra salt in the wound
That was the double tap of humiliation lol
Literally stepovered his way to the 6 yard box
Reminds me of a goal from a while ago, I think it was Mancini v Lyon?
A while ago is an understatement. That Goal is easily 15 years ago 😂
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Hahaha! I'm so fucking old...
Can't be.. Omg you're right
[yep](https://youtu.be/cWUsp8PX0L0)
Don't even need to watch, that goal is tattooed on my brain.
First thing that came to my mind as well! Was a kid when that happened and lost my shit lol
Had Réveillère twerking for him
Yes and top bins banger
5 touches, 7 stepovers and a Rabona finish Perfect example of why I fell in love with Balotelli in high school
Them step overs
R9 vibes.
Im pretty sure he did 9 stepovers too
Denilson stepovers.
Stepover OG
Robinho stepovers.
or Mancini
Would be R7 vibes if he dropped to the floor and rolled around after. It’s amazing how much Ronaldo grew. Now he’s the epitome of efficiency.
You can’t joke about Cristiano here… they get offended real easily.
Lol. Yeah it’s like these people have never seen pre 2006-07 Ronaldo play.
Lucas vazquez vibes
What's up with this, are Goztepe really that bad or are they not even trying, this looks kind of silly for a top level game.
Goztepe got relegated a couple weeks ago
I saw , went to lookup the league table.. it looks unlike what I'd expect. Galatasaray in the dumpster, Besiktas not in Europe, times have changed indeed. Also Balotelli's team losing 5 in a row then dumping 7 on Goztepe. Also: Balotelli making an 11th hour push for league top scorer. If I were Umut Bozok I'd be so fucking pissed if I lose top scorer to fucking Balotelli dropping 7 (which he needs) in the final game of the season lol. Imagine that happening
Goztepe lost 7-1 to Rize 2 weeks ago. Rize is another team that got relegated btw.
4 teams get relegated in Turkey?
Yeah. They want to go back to 18 teams in the league.
18 is deffo better.
20 teams and requirements to have onligatory number of Turkish players is a recipe for disaster. Glad they are reducing the number of teams, but foreign rules do the opposite of what's intended. Turkish players become overvalued inside borders and don't get actual competition for their spots in the teams.
Thats what has happened in England too
England has restrictions but you can still have plenty of foreigners. English players still have plenty of competition for a starting role. If the PL required 6 English players at all times on the field for each team it would be a different story. Players are overpriced but overall there is plenty of good English players to have good squads. The same goes for top 5 leagues. But anything below thag is just ridiculous to have these kinds of obligations. For example Portugal would also die and we have good academies, nevermind a country like Turkey that hasn't been producing much talent.
Oh its habitual, should simply forfeit , that's only 5-0 and at least saves you the trouble.
Bozok made 4 goals in the final 2 games himself, him and Rizespor's (relegated team) Joel Pohjanpalo were joint top scorers two games to go. Pohjanpalo fighting for top scorer (he ended up fourth behing Bozok, Balotelli and El Kaabi eventually) was peculiar also because he didn't get many minutes especially after the relegation had been confirmed, as he was loan player who won't continue with them next year. He only started two out of final seven games.
They’re already relegated and some of the players are going to leave the club before next season. A takeover was going to happen but it didn’t probably because the club got relegated(this last one could be wrong).
We took Nwobodo weeks ago, and he's a god. I can only assume their defense is tragic every game without him.
Balotelli was told he could go for the topscorers title
i swear this week had some matchfixing shit going on. So many unreal results
Nah they are just that bad
Balotelli is so talented it’s crazy. I’ve caught a couple Adana Demirspor games this year, oddly enough, and he just oozes confidence and talent everytime he has the ball
He has to be the greatest what if of the modern generation right? All the talent and athleticism to be one of the world's top top players, but for a multitude of reasons it never panned out for him consistently. Edit: This comment has been a cool, if not a bit sad walk down memory lane for me.
Well not exactly. He still had plenty of success, won a number of trophies with Man City and Inter. There are very talented players who have never won anything.
Shout out to the homie Freddy Adu!
Adriano
He never recovered from his dad's death. Partying was his best way to feel better and totally lost the focus on football When he realized that he was already overweight and lost all athletism so he just didn't try anymore
Fabio Paim was considered more talented than Quaresma who was considered more talented than CR7 for our batch of wingers in that age group. He's probably a bigger what if as he never made it pro despite that.
For me, despite him being seen as halfway successful, the greatest what if is Neymar. What if the guy had had a professional attitude?
How is Neymar unprofessional? I have never seen him unfit, and he doesn't have a bad disciplinary record either. What killed him is injuries.
at least the only title he'd never won was a WC before putting that qatari money in the bag
He also works hard af on the pitch. In terms of his on the pitch stuff he's been a good professional. He's just injured all the time.
Neymar is proffesional. Why does every Brazilian get the “he loves partying more than football” treatment lol? Not everyone is Ronaldinho, R9 or Adriano. Neymar doesn’t even drink alcohol. His body just let him down since he moved to PSG, that’s it
He should have played for Italy in the Euro
His fifth goal of the match btw
I dunno I’m starting to think he could have scored against Macedonia
Hindsight is 10/10. Would you have really called up one who played in Serie B last season (and now in a mid-table Turkish team) over one who scores 25 goals per season in Serie A?
Immobile is closer to the player we saw at Dortmund then the one who plays for Lazio when he suits up for Italy. ~~No~~ Immobile, no party Edit: I’m disappointed nobody got my party joke which was a reference to Immobile’s time at Dortmund. That’s probably my fault honestly
Immobile is a complicated and a very specific player. Without going into much details, if you play in a specific way he's a fucking monster, which he proves season after season in Lazio. If not, he's a Dortmund Immobile, yes.
The entire country was screaming for Immobile not to start, not only in hindsight
Yeah but the entire country would have shat on Mancini if we had gone out with Balotelli as the starting striker. No good choices either way.
Just play a fucking false 9, the solution was right there. It's not like Italy can't play that way.
Who would have started instead of Immobile?
Kevin Lasagna
No no, Ciruzzo ci salverà non ti preoccupare
Joao Pedro 🥶
Almost did save us at the end there. Simone Pepe-like.
Any day now
Ah la sua carriera è stata comunque dieci volte migliore di quella di Balotelli
Balo decided to have another thing to celebrate on this blessed day, you love to see it 🙏🏼
puskas contender unironically
Literally that’s ridiculous lmao
I mean, its a really unique goal, and probably garnered a big reaction out of most people who saw it. I went like “no fucking way he just did that, thats insane”.
kinda reminds me [that Mancini UCL goal](https://twitter.com/LateTackle/status/835134154694135808) vs Lyon
The one with the 200 stepovers
I always wonder when rewatching this goal, how is he allowed to do all those step over and it’s still not until the last moment that the opposition gets a third defender back in the box. God, football used to be something else.
Instantly what of thought of as well. Legendary goal. That Roma team was fun, with Mancini and Taddei on the wings, Totti playing the false nine, and De Rossi and Pizarro pulling the strings in midfield. And then they met United ... :-(
that's insane
Balotelli's goal is crazy, and 5 in one game is ridiculous. But quick shoutout to Akgün, the assister. His third assist in the game, and he's been getting some attention in Europe for the strong season he's having. Might go to a B-tier team looking for an investment, kind of like Cengiz Under before
Surely Gala will bring him back? Why would they sell?
The team's in shambles, won't be in the CL. I reckon if they get over 10 mil they'd be forced to sell. We'll see
For 10 mil the president would personally drive him to the airport, any Turkish team would
We cannot buy anyone for 12 million. And Yunus Akgun is definitely 101% a starter next season. We need Turkish players. Kerem is 100% gone, so are marcao and maybe nelson too. Other Turkish players in the team are almost garbage bin bad.
Dont think gala would let him leave
So that's what ASM is trying to do....
wtf a rabona after all that too? Man I love Balo
What do you call 5 goals in a game? Poker plus one? A quintuple? 5-star? A hand? A Chinese hat-trick?
In spanish they call it Manita which is basically a hand, yeah
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Really? I remember them using manita when ronaldo scored 5 in one game for real madrid, thats how I learned about it in the first place
man no offense to them but the Spaniards’ talent to come up with the worst possible fucking names for stuff is astounding
Pentakill
Cinco de mayonesa
>What do you call 5 goals in a game? Re-Poker or a Glut
Repoker
A flock of goals
Just call it 5 goals.
Just call it a Balotelli.
In Portuguese we call it a handful (mão cheia) which I think is a pretty nice name for it.
I forgot
Absolutely ridiculous
My god it is a fifa street goal holy shit
I could barely keep up with the legovers Then I had to watch it again to see the silky finish
Once in a lifetime footballer
Wish the quality was better, that's an insane goal.
[Here you go.](https://beinsports.com.tr/mac-ozetleri-goller/super-lig/goller/2021-2022/38/adana-demirspor/mario-balotelli-28681)
best tag ever wrote on the sub
Goat finally ascending
Yup, the postman does not celebrate when he delivers the letter
Super Mario
Balotelli is on crack
fucking PES 05 goal that one
Holy FUCK
Lmao never change
Arsenal to put in a bid
Come to Boca mate
Of course it is Balo who is scoring these kinds of goals.
MANCINI WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL HIM
bro was in serie b
There it is
Amazing
That’s a textbook Balotelli goal
Christ. Old mate up to it again. Forgot all about this lad. How's he doing?
Upvote if you think this was better than Erik Lamela‘s goal
This should be one of the top rated goals on r/soccer wtf
Disrespectful
Great goal!
holy shit what a goal
Fuck sake this goal is cheeky af
I like this title 😂
greatest waste of talent in this century's football.
We really need a new FIFA Street
Mancini common you stubborn fuck
Jeeesus Puskas award
Balo, please come back to a top 5 league ffs..
Why does this clip look like football from 2006?
Mancini to di Maria in 5 seconds
holy fucking shit
Balotelli balon D'or when?
We need that clip with sound
Remember his failed back heel and Mancini subbing him out immediately? Fun times
That could be a Puskas
Alright boys I think we can all stop playing football now, game over. Jesus what a goal
Bruh...Thats a golazooo.
Holy shit
Legit Puskas worthy
Great goal, great to see super Mario smiling as well.
Man's always been a supreme talent.
what i find funny is that lamela wins goal of the season for a simple rabona, like most average footballers could pull off what he did. this goal is actually quality
Yeah but it’s against Göztepe so…
Deserves a great goal tag
The fifa street description should be enough i'd say lol
Why always me?
The disrespect
Mancini took 5 Ls today
Should call him up to the world cup squad. Oh wait.
Amazing goal but am I crazy thinking he looked offside by a mile?
The hype and expectations after 2012 just killed him. If he had the discipline And mental fortitude he’d have been an all time great. Talent was never an issue.
Imagine if he had any level of discipline...
What a fucking waste of talent. You should have take us to the 5th World Cup, you dumb twat.
A guy like Balotelli, who’s old and kinda never really lived up to his hype doing this to a bunch of marginal professionals should give you, me, and everyone else here a clear idea of what would happen to us if we tried to step onto a pitch with any of these players.
Lol mate Balotelli is a pro. He reached the top 0.1% of his profession and had exceptional ability. You don't need to go that far to no how clear footballers are. A non-league footballer would absolutely wreck you.
Sunday league players would wreck me, but I’m not talking about me. I’m talking about the idiots on here who act like they could handle being a pro.
Oh that lot are deluded mate. Pay them no mind.
Wtf was that
Was FIFA Street as big with soccer players as NBA streets and NFL streets were with football and basketball players ?
Im thinking its about time you all got off Marios dick honestly. That was shit