Mario Balotelli, the man with a history when it comes to pyrotechnics, has been filmed throwing a firework across the Adana Demirspor dressing room.
Mario Balotelli, the 33-year-old forward, has been making a splash at Adana Demirspor since he returned to the Turkish side last summer. His contract at Sion, a Swiss club, was terminated before he rejoined his former team. He has scored five goals in nine games for Adana Demirspor, including two goals on his second debut against Alanyaspor.
His second stint at the Super Lig club has been full of excitement and drama. On Wednesday afternoon, he added another episode to his list of antics with a bizarre firework display in the dressing room.
In the video below, Balotelli can be seen throwing a lit cracker across the room, startling one of his teammates. This is not the first time Balotelli has caused a stir with fireworks. Micah Richards, his ex-Manchester City teammate, told SPORTbible in 2019 about another incident involving Balotelli and pyrotechnics.
“He [Balotelli] actually came to my house a couple of weeks before the fireworks incident and he set some off again in my house. I was like: ‘You know you can’t do this? What’s going through your mind?’
“He just thinks everything is funny. That’s why I like him so much. He doesn’t take life too seriously.”
As mentioned by Richards, two weeks before he set off a fireworks in the former defender’s house, Balotelli’s house caught on fire when crackers exploded in the bathroom.
It happened on the eve of their biggest win at Old Trafford in 56 years, with Balotelli scoring twice in a 6-1 win.
The Italian striker would later play down his involvement. “The newspapers for the story wrong about me and the fire at my house. I didn’t set any fireworks off, it was a friend of mine,” he said.
“I didn’t know anything about it until I heard shouting coming from the bathroom. Luckily, nobody was injured and my friend apologised for the damage to my house.
“It was a really stupid thing for him to do. Someone could have been really hurt and I was really, really angry with him about it.”