The countdown is over. Tomorrow the Gazzetta dello Sport's new 16-page insert, Extra Time, will be published for the first time. It's free, comes out with the Tuesday edition of the paper and deals with foreign championships including surveys, reports, results, league tables, features and new faces, as well as exclusive interviews. We get the ball rolling with Mario Balotelli, who tells us of his life under the blue sky of Manchester.
One for all — SuperMario, as usual, shocks us with heavy comments. For example? “Mourinho is the best coach in the world, but as a man he still has some way to go, as far as good manners and respect are concerned”. And that's not all: his reply to Berlusconi when he defined Cassano as the most talented Italian player: “Either Berlusconi is wrong or he doesn't know Balotelli well”. Mario has no doubts: the best player in Serie A is Ibra (“excellent, out of this world”), while the best Italian player is Giovinco. The Ballon d'Or? Messi? No way: "It should have gone to Sneijder”.
mancini? number 1 — Balotelli also talks about Roberto Mancini: "He's the most important manager I have had". Then the revelation: "He's going to be the best in the world soon". But it isn't over yet: "As a man he's 10km ahead of Mourinho”. He talks about his team-mates at City, too: “Johnson has great technique and Adebayor is the most fun. Vieira and Kolarov helped me out a lot when I arrived”. Then Mario makes an about turn and goes on to discuss the "scudetto". “Instinctively, I'd say AC Milan. If I think about it a bit, I'd say: but Inter gave me so much. If I think again, I decide: I hope Napoli win. I'd love to play alongside Cavani”. As regards the gossip which surrounds him, he brushes it of as “rubbish". And goes on: English football is well ahead in the grounds but so far behind in the papers. As for Sophie, I can only say that I have only seen her once and she began bombarding me with messages, but she has a friend who is much more interesting”.
charity — Finally we feel obliged to let you know that Mario Balotelli supports Extra Time's charity campaign and that he has donated his fee for this interview to the ’ong Cuey Machar Secondary School Foundation, which will go towards building a school in Southern Sudan.
mancini? number 1 — Balotelli also talks about Roberto Mancini: "He's the most important manager I have had". Then the revelation: "He's going to be the best in the world soon". But it isn't over yet: "As a man he's 10km ahead of Mourinho”. He talks about his team-mates at City, too: “Johnson has great technique and Adebayor is the most fun. Vieira and Kolarov helped me out a lot when I arrived”. Then Mario makes an about turn and goes on to discuss the "scudetto". “Instinctively, I'd say AC Milan. If I think about it a bit, I'd say: but Inter gave me so much. If I think again, I decide: I hope Napoli win. I'd love to play alongside Cavani”. As regards the gossip which surrounds him, he brushes it of as “rubbish". And goes on: English football is well ahead in the grounds but so far behind in the papers. As for Sophie, I can only say that I have only seen her once and she began bombarding me with messages, but she has a friend who is much more interesting”.
charity — Finally we feel obliged to let you know that Mario Balotelli supports Extra Time's charity campaign and that he has donated his fee for this interview to the ’ong Cuey Machar Secondary School Foundation, which will go towards building a school in Southern Sudan.
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