Mario Balotelli, new tattoo under the left eye (the word MB 459) with ‘dig’ to the national team

Mario Balotelli was unable to convince Roberto Mancini to call him for the World Cup play-offs but he nevertheless took the stage with a very special new tattoo… In fact, many interpreted it as a dig at the national team. Balotelli got MB 459 tattooed under his left eye. Let's go and explain the meaning of this tattoo.

Mario Balotelli, the new tattoo with reference to the national team

As mentioned, Super Mario has an inscription tattooed under his left eye. MB is easily explained, as they are the initials of his name and surname (M of Mario and B of Balotelli). 459 is less intuitive and so we explain it below. 45 is the jersey number he had at the time of Inter, at the time of his debut in professional football. So this number has great sporting and professional significance for him. And the 9? It is the number of the shirt he wore when he was the center forward of the Italian national football team. Blue shirt that he hopes to wear again …

Mario Balotelli and the disappointment at not having been called up for the World Cup play-offs

As we know, Italy blatantly failed to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar by losing at home to little North Macedonia. Balotelli did not play because he was not called up by Mancini but this time he really hoped for it … In fact he had been called up for the Azzurri retreat immediately before the game but then Mancini decided not to take him, reconvoking Belotti (recovered in extremis from an injury) and naturalizing Joao Pedro (who actually made his debut against North Macedonia).

Source: Blitz Quotidiano

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