His parents (the Barwuah's) abandoned him as a child, and the Balotelli's adopted him and got him an italian citizenship. This kid is talented but he has problems, in fact his biological parents claim they never even abandoned him.
He provided a great ball to zhrikov, but the players around him could have given him better service and more creative passes. Although i only just started watching the game in the 70th minute.
Whats the point in soccer saturday with jef then? If it's only on sky sports then fans can watch their own teams games anyway, unless a particular game is on espn. The whole point in that show was to rival the BBC's coverage of the results.
I just saw the interview on sky sports news and he said "I took the number 10" He didn't request that number nor was he appointed it. He also caused a rift in the team by singing you'll never walk alone for his initiation song.