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Published 09:25 18 Mar 2019 GMT
Updated 09:25 18 Mar 2019 GMT
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The reason, though, becomes more obvious when you realise that this was for Le Classique - Marseille's game with Paris Saint-Germain.
Had he scored against their great rivals, Balotelli intended to mark the occasion by showing off a T-shirt with the picture of the man who dumped PSG out of the Champions League with his late penalty earlier this month. Given how badly the French champions took their last 16 elimination, we can safely say plenty of their supporters wouldn't have seen the funny side to this scarcely believable stunt.
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Unfortunately from a Marseille perspective - and from the perspective of every shit-stirrer and drama-lover the world over - Balotelli didn't get on the bloody scoresheet.
PSG took the lead in stoppage time of the first half through Kylian Mbappe and, despite an equaliser from Valere Germain, they went on to win 3-1 thanks to a couple of second-half goals from Angel Di Maria.
It would've been interesting to see if Balotelli had flashed it for scoring a goal that still would've had them behind on the scoreboard. Can't rule it out, to be honest.
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