Free from any contract after his adventure in Turkey at Adana Demirspor, Mario Balotelli is taking advantage of his free time to spend an obviously festive vacation. Via a video broadcast on Tiktok, the striker appears heavily intoxicated on the ground, and in need of help to get up.
Destined for a prestigious career, Mario Balotelli has never really confirmed the hopes seen at Inter Milan or Manchester City. At 33, the striker is now without a contract after a final season at Adana Demirspor in Turkey where he scored seven goals in the league. Not selected to play Euro 2024 with Italy, the former Marseille player is enjoying his free time in his own way.
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In a video posted on Tiktok, Balotelli appeared to be very likely drunk on the night of Saturday to Sunday in Lignano Sabbiadoro, located in the province of Udine. In this clip that has been viewed more than 300,000 times, Balotelli is on the ground, and struggles to get up despite the help of a friend, whom he even drags along with him in his fall. A few seconds later, the player manages to get up, and continues on his way
“I don’t see the problem with spending an evening with friends”
Seeing this excerpt causing a stir in Italy, the person concerned took to social media to defend himself, saying he had done nothing wrong: “I saw the video where my friends and I fall to the ground, we roll, we jump, we run, I don’t see the problem with spending an evening with friends without hurting anyone and then being judged for what?”
Balotelli took the opportunity to shed light on the elimination of Italy in the round of 16 of the Euro, after a 2-0 defeat against Switzerland: “Why not have shown all the photos with the people, I was available for everyone, after an Italy like this, the news that needs to come out is that I’m drunk, come on guys, let’s get down to business.”
