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Super Mario's message to Mou
Saturday 6 December, 2008

Mario Balotelli was banished to the Inter youth team, but dominated the Primavera side's 4-1 triumph this afternoon.

The 18-year-old talent was dropped down to the youth ranks by Coach Jose Mourinho, who warned he had to “learn what Serie A really means.”

Super Mario sent a signal to Jose, as he opened the scoring on the half-volley just three minutes into the match with Treviso.

Daminuta made it 2-0 soon after and in the second half Balotelli forced Gurian into a foul for Destro's penalty.

The Under-21 international got his name on the scoresheet for a second time with a classic counter-attack and his hat-trick was disallowed due to an offside position.

Balotelli was dropped from tonight's Serie A trip to Lazio, as Mourinho chose to field Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Julio Cruz instead.

Jose sends Mario back to school
Inter Coach Jose Mourinho has banished Mario Balotelli to the youth squad ahead of this weekend's trip to Lazio. More


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