Dribbling Darts (originally Dribbling Darts of Love) were a New Zealand ban… Read Full Bio ↴Dribbling Darts (originally Dribbling Darts of Love) were a New Zealand band based in Auckland which existed from 1989 to 1993. The name is a quote from William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act I, Scene III: "Believe not that the dribbling dart of love..." (may be a reference to Cupid).

The band were formed by Matthew Bannister when his move from Dunedin to Auckland led to the demise of his former band, the "Dunedin Sound" group Sneaky Feelings). Other members of the Dribbling Darts of Love included Alice Bulmer, Ross Burge and Alan Gregg. They had a NZ Top 40 song with the offbeat "Hey Judith".

Richard Foulkes Junior played drums on Florid Dabblers Voting (the title of which was an anagram of the band's name).

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Comments from YouTube:

@Monteon559

6y↑40.2K

When you accidentally do a skill move instead of taking the shot in fifa

@tawfiqueislam2501

5y↑170

Ha Ha Ha....
😂😂😂😂

@ARF84

5y↑70

😂😂😂😂😥

@adamgq7625

5y↑28

Looooooooool

@saitamacraft5322

5y↑18

@abubakarahmadbichi

5y↑6

Hahaha

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@mohdhaziqazhad7152

3y↑19.9K

He choose not to score an easy goal. What a humble guy

@enriqquinn7801

3y↑76

Word

@aimanharith5817

3y↑34

betul tu 😂😂🤣

@adnannafiz4029

3y↑52

Yaah. Very humble

@user-pc9oj9ci1r

3y↑15

overused joke

@ricekrispys5873

3y↑9

*Chose

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@toscar22link10

3y↑7.9K

This man is a legend, no one would have remembered that goal if he'd scored it like a normal guy, he forever immortalised himself in our minds and we couldn't love him more

@garyowens1517

3y↑162

A legend in his own head. Overrated.

@FailBanana98

3y↑29

True Bro, it's like "x" times 0, you could put any high number for x, the result would be still the same

@warbearin

3y↑6

True but LOL

@cicstommy

3y↑2

Simp.

@ayaniyer1488

3y↑5

@cicstommy chad.......which is a good thing I suppose lol

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@pliosaw

3y↑6.4K

For anyone wondering, he did an interview on this and said he heard a whistle so just trick-shot the ball out of play not knowing the whistle was coming from the crowd. That's why he was confused and annoyed at being subbed off.

@mikemk2573

3y↑110

Credo proprio che sia andata così.

@bartoszduszczyk1

2y↑618

From what I heard and saw about him, I don't trust him. He is a type of person who makes something stupid or at least inappropriate, then instead of just apologizing, makes excuses like this one or/and confuses others.

@NazriB

2y↑16

Lies again? Manchester Portland

@stinga_

2y↑444

@Zwykły Człowiek I don't trust you either. You're the type of guy that's fighting for the azov battalion in Ukraine

@thekiddy4263

2y↑5

Yeah, let’s go with that

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@ruberino7634

4y↑13.5K

He thought he was offside. There was a loud whistle from the crowd and he thought it was the ref. Balotelli is widely misunderstood. You can even see him signaling to the coach that he heard a whistle when he was subbed. I feel bad for the guy.

@Solid_Snake88

3y↑152

THAT IS NOT A SIGN OF A WHISTLE, THAT MEANS “WHAT?” IN ITALIAN 🤌🏻

STOP SPREADING BULLSH**T

@Jearbearjenkins

3y↑125

@Pippo no it’s not that his “braincase is empty”. It’s because he has a poor work ethic and apparently isn’t a good sport in terms of his personality

@humbertob9285

3y↑213

Yeah I can hear the whistle at like 0:12

@jimmydreamcatcher

3y↑315

The basics they teach you in football training is to finish your play whistle or not. That's basic. Even the FIFA rule that earns you a yellow card if you ignore the whistle is only in effect if the referee believes you were wasting time i.e. kicking the ball into the stands after a referee whistle for a foul to waste time . He was showboating plain and simple, and he failed too.

@pinktoebeans

3y↑93

@Ahmed Osman Van Persie finished his play against barca and ref sent him off you turd

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@schoolpull

51w↑249

Don't be fooled.
In an interview, he explained he did it just because he thought was offside and the game was paused. If you watch better you will see that the pass was really a possible offside from a field perspective. Notice also his reaction, after that he is very surprised after seeing supporters and teammates complaining. You can also see that he doesn't aim and doesn't even check if the ball went into the net. Regarding the whistle, you can clearly hear it. In addition, if you would understand Italian you would also notice that he says to Mancini something with "fuorigioco", which means offside. He would need to be a genius to come up with a perfect excuse like that in a matter of seconds plus a very good actor to pretend to be surprised like that. All the timings, dynamics, and reactions make perfect sense with the fact that he said he thought was offside because of the whistle, no doubt.

@gogousa6661

46w↑2

@Ricc Gi Yes all the time. The only raise the flag after the play is over is a relatively new concept only a few years young.

@Qsen123

30w↑2

true, you should always keep playing until youre certain though it still indicates how dumb mario balotelli is

@TehScareM8

28w↑3

@aksu981 dude there literally is a whistle sound...

@bozca

27w↑1

Islık sesi var net ve adam yan hakeme bakıyor

@ryanafriansyah7487

24w↑2

@@aksu981well van Persie got a red card for still kicking the ball after a whistle

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@Pablo-ts2ux

5y↑5.5K

The same season he assisted the title winner. Legend.😂😂😂

@lewitm4591

5y↑57

I predict this comment is gonna get many likes

@thewhizkid3937

5y↑11

He's something else 🍕

@xSpaceJamxHD

5y↑67

That’s pretty much Balotelli summed up lol

@DailyDoseOf_NOSTALGIA

5y↑12

@Pablo i Like your name bud

@Pablo-ts2ux

5y↑11

@Pablo lol thanks Pablo

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@lordiblees

3y↑1.8K

Tbh if you rewatch it with the assumption that he's heard an offside whistle, his whole body language makes perfect sense.

@libertarianboy1453

3y↑5

Not his body language after the shot. If he had heard a whistle i think he would be upset in that moment.

@oliveroren5627

3y↑184

@Libertarian Boy Its a friendly why would he be upset

@memola7305

3y↑39

@Libertarian Boy he was upset you could tell he stopped trying at 0:09 as soon as he heard the whistle

@shorts.editzz6477

3y↑8

@Libertarian Boy he didnt care it was a friendly and when he was on the bench u could see his sad make like a whistle thing

@HighlandMike325

3y↑5

I don't buy it.

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@blacklivesmatter2855

4y↑7.4K

If I was playing in the MLS I'd be doing that every week

@nijaethompson1834

3y↑166

Then let's see you do it knobhead.

@glava22

3y↑510

@Nijae Thompson Your league is Not competitive even the turkish 2nd division is better than MLASS

@nijaethompson1834

3y↑117

@GlavaToons Literally any MLS team would walk that league, stop wasting my time.

@im__scaryy1794

3y↑187

@Nijae Thompson look, if I was playing in "my last season" i would try to make the most of it against all of the old men and little boys learning how to kick a ball

@nijaethompson1834

3y↑26

@Bruteforce Are you dumb?

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@Legendary_Football

2y↑489

For those who still don't know: he did that cause he heard a whistle and thought the referee called offside. You can hear it at: 0:09

@notrkelly3116

1y↑38

That’s a scream

@TearTheRoof0ff

1y↑19

@@notrkelly3116 Correct, but he thought it was a whistle.

@rixlechern7702

1y↑7

Trying to justify this clown 🤡 💀💀

@GunnaTheGoat

1y↑6

@Rixle Chern Every MLS player <<<<<<<<<<<<<< Balotelli

@franze4

@Rixle Chern i know a gringo with no football iq ain’t talking😂🤡

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@vidskrlec6162

4y↑5K

I don't know how that's dissrespectful, he was just playing on the same level as the MLS players.

@jordiantonio6551

3y↑68

MLS players = Alphonso Davies, Weston Mckennie, Jack Harrison...all done 10x more than you will ever accomplish in your life

@roadtodawn8088

3y↑480

@BOHN Deere complete outliers. Bradley Wright-Phillips is a top player in the MLS who flopped for fucking Plymouth argyle

@Pessidog10

3y↑140

@BOHN Deere Carlos Vela has been the best Mls player for years. He wouldn't start for any decent team challenging for top half

@jordiantonio6551

3y↑12

@RoadToDawn and he WAS a top player but now the league is getting better and younger ever since they began academy system.... so hes just a sub on a non-contender team and has been that for years

@jordiantonio6551

3y↑20

@RoadToDawn Get used to the fact they are not outliers....I could also name you 20 more young MLS players that are either moving to Europe within the next 6 months, or already have. Gio Reyna -Dortmund Caden Clark-Leipzig on 18th birthday, Miguel Almiron - Newcastle, Chris RIchards - Bayern Munich, Chirs Mueller -FC Groningen in January, Tyler Adams - Leipzig, Jonathan David - Lille, Diego Rossi-Athletico/PSG in January, Brenden Aaronson - replacing Szoboszlai at RB Salzburg (who have a manager who is a former MLS manager) in January, Gianluca Busio - Barca/Bayern in January....I could keep going too...."bUt TotAL OUtLierS" get used to this because MLS is becoming a true development league in the last few years

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@ArkbladeIX

2y↑286

I love how he shrugs like he did nothing wrong. This is just who he is 😂

@lordbonney9779

2y↑51

He said there was a loud whistle from the crowd, but he though it was the Ref calling an off-side.

@willyoueatmypussyplease3549

2y↑3

Like he cared the amount of money they get paid lol 🤣

@ESTEMUSIC

2y↑4

He thought it was offside.

@stodgycone5849

50w↑5

Bro he didn’t do anything wrong? He tried a trick and missed? Man city still won? He has one less goal in his career?

@ArkbladeIX

50w↑1

@Stodgycone exactly

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@TheWebhead14

9y↑2.8K

What a fucking legend of the game

@nocomment8957

3y↑4

Yeah he is a great player, great technique but he is arrogant af that’s why he got to a point where no one in Europe wanted to have him on their team

@abzinhoo

3y↑1

@peterburry2014

3y↑1

@No Comment Arrogant or honest?... A joke move for a joke fixture.

@Victor_386

47w

Life was good when you made this comment

@Liam-jy7yi

3y↑1.4K

Don't worry, he was just taking it easy and was told to save his energy. He was subbed of to save him for the bigger game against Mansfield Town.

@krup787

3y↑15

🤣🤣

@suyash4891

3y↑5

Lol true

@virgilblaze9090

3y↑34

Very true. You gotta be on your game when you visit Mansfield Town 🤣

@naveenr4153

3y↑1

🤣🤣

@user-kp4ii5eu2w

3y↑1

💀😭

@samuraiblindado6439

35w↑11

O melhor atacante que a gente nunca vai ver jogar de verdade

@loveafklintberg

1y↑50

No one will ever replace Mario 🐐 what a character!

@ninab.4540

35w↑1

Oh come on at least Ibra was a winner

@akulahirpada1993

3y↑1.5K

The biggest crime in this video is the commentator calling Dzeko "Zeko".

@fmac6441

3y↑1

His face after the move is unpayablel.
I love the guy, but how many times has he dribbled three opponents, made a forty-meter pass and arrived to finish?

@farhanmaulanailhamsyah6543

3y↑25

@FMAC he wasn't even trying there lol. He did a simple 270° turn, passes it to someone else then proceed to sprint forward. Just look at LA's left wing fullback, they weren't even trying lol

@fmac6441

3y↑1

@14 Farhan Maulana of course, I'm kidding.

@farhanmaulanailhamsyah6543

3y↑8

@FMAC hahah don't worry i know. Look for this match's full highlight btw lol. You can see how boring and bland the game was and how bored blue's players are, so much that it looks like they didn't even care if they were to lose lol

@melvinost8272

3y↑9

The biggest crime in this video is that ball from Silva going unnoticed 👀

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@pici5533

1y↑31

This looks like disrespect at first but, I guarantee you he was raised a lot better. He is a top class athlete. In a post game interview he claimed he heard a whistle (i guess for offside) and he just decided to kick the ball out of play.
If you pay attention you can actually hear the whistle he thought the ref blew, and you can tell by body language that he was by no means trying to even attempt to score...

@jevthompson9044

39w

Please don't accept the digit@l currency or the Artifici@l intelligence (ai) system that is coming, it is against GOD. who have ears let him hear!!!.!

@jevthompson9044

39w

Don't take the v@ccine trust in the LORD ALMIGHTY and if you already taken it please pray to GOD about it because it is a deception.!!

@jevthompson9044

39w

JESUS is coming soon and JESUS is the only way to salvation accept JESUS as your LORD and SAVIOR today!!.!!!...!

@dickmullen3750

30w

@@jevthompson9044 Can this Jesus guy please leave me alone, Jesus is dead. Leave him alone please. He needs rest. Stop screaming like an infanct.

@MartinozO

8y↑14.7K

Balotelli's career in a nutshell.

@musekhadir4125

7y↑127

Martinoz not now he is fighting for the league of France

@MrJohncastillo1

7y↑88

Muse Khadir Valiant effort from Nice this season but no chance lol Nice won't top Monaco and PSG.

@MartinozO

7y↑14

IN OSG NICE. NICE. OSG NICE.

@vicente1995

7y↑84

Martinoz He scored 15 goals out of 20 matches..

@MartinozO

7y↑104

Who the f**k cares about his performance in mediocre team of French league where champion gets 6 goals from Barcelona?

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@user-cc4se5jp6c

1y↑59

Holy crap, you can actually hear pretty clear whistle at 0:10. Balotelli later said that he heard whistle and thought that he is offside

@rixlechern7702

1y↑6

That’s a fan screaming lol 💀

@lucattsur

1y↑3

Thats not a whistle. Thats a scream of a lady

@takotako3321

20w

@@lucattsur what's the difference

@jorisoosterveen9558

4y↑6

Balotelli is a genius. He knew this shot was going to be epic or a fail. Either way, memorable footage!

@lewiyonas3255

2y↑7

I can’t remember if I actually caught this live when it happened or i saw it on a replay a bit later that day but mannnnn let me tell you iconic this moment was 😂😂😂😂
He assisted the league winning goal later that season so I’ll always give him a pass no matter what

@jordiforsack6894

3y↑4

His body language shows he felt the game had been called and knowing the kind of person he is, he probably even wanted to annoy his opponents by sending the ball out. Balotelli at the time was a very good player and a professional despite his stubbornness. I don't think he would "disrespect" the sports and his opponents like that.

@NoshiBru

2y↑6

Truly a iconic moment in futbol

@Colby_0-3_IRL_and_title_fights

6y↑1.8K

I love the way after he misses and everyone's getting mad he's like "what did I do?"

@Kloppsserialbottlers

6y↑179

he thought he was offside

@therandomguyl384

5y↑36

His miss wasn't as bad as higuan wc miss

@acupofcoffee6414

I was the 1k like

@maaz1010

5y↑1

@The random guy l thats real

@FingolfinEladar

@What he SAID he thougth to be offside

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@Mihail_G

3y↑49

Happy anniversary everybody, 10 years since this gem of a trick shot!

@navedahmed2109

4y↑7

Though qualitywise Mancini is nowhere near Pep, but he did bring character to this Man City team and built its core. The players he brought went on to become the backbone of the team for more than a decade. Aguero is still playing and he's still the main striker.

@greenhandskelly5580

1y↑9

The fact that he replaced him with Milner, the ULTIMATE professional is hilarious 😂

@Mr3711

4y↑4

Dude I remember watching this live and just laughing my ass off! What a mad lad!

@thecheapace793

4y↑15.6K

Commentators talking about la galaxy like they're Real Madrid

@ClaudeMagicbox

4y↑483

THE CHEAP Ace
'Muricans always butthurt when they can't feel "numbaaaaa oooone".
That's why football struggles to emerge with US public, simply because they have always sucked at it and never had any relevant international result in it.

@jrviade85

4y↑120

They never said "the referee helps them win"

🤔

@uglyboy3374

4y↑3

Lmao

@uglyboy3374

4y↑9

ClaudeMagicbox im a madrid fan and this is underrated

@reivagner9523

4y↑1

@Doger indeed

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@MrBICKUS9

3y↑74

I still genuinely believe he thought he heard a whistle. he was no where near the goal, he knows this, why else would he do that?

@yacobz

3y↑3

He's not even close to being offside though

@marvinblanco1039

3y↑8

I think you're right, he even makes a sign when he's talking to his coach signaling a whistle.

I had to watch it over a few times to be sure.

@Duval-In-The-Wall

2y↑2

He’ borders on crazy

@tumuto4457

One of the most iconic moment in football history honestly

@shy_soulxx1888

43w↑2

He did it because he thought it was offside, he heard the whistle but the sound coming from the stands made him believe it was offside and that's why he shot like this, but shortly before he had already scored the opening goal

@itsmeblank4028

3y↑463

But if that scored everybody be like, "WOOOOOOOOW masterclass cheeky cheeky finish" it was a friendly people

@deleqtronica8733

3y↑15

Well that’s how it life works, and that’s the gamble he took, he missed so he’s a dumbass.

@freesoul1825

Pellè tell the same story

@snow5064

3y↑14

@D Eleqtronica it wasnt even a gamble, i think he misheard a scream from the crowd and heard it as a whistle

@TrainerAQ

3y↑1

Double edge sword. You can try it, but you bare the consequences if you fail.

@naskane5070

3y↑1

I mean, that's absolutely normal reaction.

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@tansinsami6253

40w↑3

Dude was a problematic legend

@one689

5y↑718

Y‘all realize he thought he was offside ? He even said this himself...

@BodmonBullet

5y↑29

Thats his excuse, since when do players stop playing when they are offside??? You play to the whistle, every player knows and goes by this.

@one689

5y↑64

Sauce
You hear that whistle sound at 0:10? I believe that’s what distracted him. And his body language says the same

@BodmonBullet

5y↑16

@Stew Stew People are blowing whistles all the time in soccer games, the ref whistle is very loud, definitely can differentiate between each. Hes a loser, dont defend him, he got kicked out of every teams hes on. Blame the player, not the clubs

@timbalders9683

5y↑11

Oh well, if he said it himself it must be true

@alexanderforever

4y↑2

I believe he thought he was offside also

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@peterburry2014

3y↑21

Balotelli was always just too honest for his own good.

@cruzfroehlich5262

3y↑6

This is the greatest moment in Sports history.

@lovrobarbir1273

4y↑63

And if he scored it would be: "OMG, just look at the skill and sheer courage of that player, extraordinary, just brilliant..."

@nclme1ster

4y↑2

@alwayshardbeinganarsenalfan

4y↑1

Adam Lane I’m not even gonna say anything.

I hope you’re joking.

@WowHeyNow

4y↑1

Nothing briliant even if he scored

@ghjklkop7868

No, the goal would have gone forgotten just like the first one they scored...

@JoseSantos-vd4pg

Yeah but he was nowhere near so he looked like a mug.

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@matteodamico882

40w↑5

Balotelli said in an Italian interview that before the heel he heard a whistle and thought he was offside. In fact, a whistle is heard but it was not from the referee. He tried to explain it left handed but rightly he was angry

@rovers43

36w

Why would you do a tricksh9t though, just stop finish the shot anyway if you think your offsides because if your not it’s a goal.

@matteodamico882

36w

@@BenficaDeMacau he will know

@niallb1818

4y↑3.1K

He thought he was offside.. I’m completely against the crowd, Mancini, and the commentator not noticing. That’s unlucky by Balotelli, i still respect the guy

@fdfd_fdfd

4y↑52

Nonsense

@elijah420stuffs2

4y↑34

You know nothing of soccer. Don't defend this idiot Balotelli

@niallb1818

4y↑143

GugasChannel Yeah he’s an idiot but this video wasn’t his fault at all,

@elijah420stuffs2

4y↑26

@niall b He could have just scored with a normal shot. No need to this flashy (failed) move. There is lot of arrogance and no real effort in that move.

@jeswinjames5986

4y↑175

@GugasChannel Why do you care about a friendly with an MLS team lmao

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@TheGeekarama25

3y↑58

Balotelli is like “WHY ARE Y’ALL BOOING ME IM RIGHT!!” 😂😂

@yacobz

3y↑1

Pretty sure they were saying booo-urns.

@coffeebreakfiction1765

3y↑410

This is one of those things though where if he’d scored, everyone would have called him a genius.

@ryanb6591

3y↑7

Not in a friendly 😂

@TheRhinog24

3y↑43

Yeah, but he didn't. So he gets called a knob head.

@MrRandomNo1

3y↑70

and if my grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike

@coffeebreakfiction1765

3y↑5

@Nazza Ahmed That doesn’t mean what you think it means 😂

@khabibnurmagomedov4251

3y↑2

@Coffee Break Fiction maybe they wouldn't blame him anyway, if he did it better from better position. But the way he did it was a really poor effor far away from goal.

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@EspiritualidadYFilosofia

2y↑4

He just scored a more brutal goal than what he tried there.

@tomace4898

3y↑22

Absolute legend.

@florianrayet4329

2y↑2

Avec le recul, si j'avais été Mancini, je lui aurais dit :
'soit tu marques avant la mi-temps pour réparer ton erreur, soit je te sors"

C'était un joueur brillant et fantasque, il avait besoin de tenter des choses parfois ridicules. En amical face à un club de MLS, c'était le moment ou jaja

@saditoezebungwa8381

4y↑17.8K

MLS stands for “My last season”

@Synopical

4y↑165

Gokkesok V2 underrated comment

@alejandrovargasgigachad2402

4y↑61

Gokkesok V2 😂😂😂😂

@acerik97

4y↑231

Or “before China trip”

@FJ24.

4y↑28

I was going to like but then I saw the emojis fucking cringe

@tomassheva

4y↑5

what?

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@kippax67kippax14

3y↑5

His assist won us the premiership 👍⚽

@davidmenichini3081

Obviously can't confirm this, but i've heard he assumed he was offsides. It was a pretty close run and you definitely hear a distinct whistle before he kicks it. Right after that whistle he slows up and does the back heel, the way he reacts it seems like he wasn't expecting anything to come of the play. It looks like he's mimicking a whistle when he talks to the coach.

@ggbb056

1y↑4

This Will Be Iconic In Football History

@SoldierOfSunrise

3y↑10

Balotelli always reminds me of "The Bronx Tale" movie, in which the famous quote was said: "The saddest thing in life is wasted talent."

That is all about his football career. An exceptional talent, which was wasted from the very beginning due his reckless, rebellious and unhappy personality.

@matteopulimeno4488

Maybe balotelli will be called up from Mancini for the 2022 world cup

@NoName-hg6cc

@Killua Zoldyk don't think so

@omarcasali5301

42w↑4

The real story is that if you really listening there was a whistle from the stage. He get confused and he taught the game was stopped. That's it.

@iankelley4329

10y↑2.4K

if he made it the reaction would have been "what an amazing play!"

@angamiaccent

7y↑15

Ian Kelley lmaoooooo

@mr.e...

7y↑249

Of course, but he didn't make it.

@memetic805

7y↑6

Ian Kelley he didn't, to bad

@fririceyumm3306

7y↑5

Ian Kelley exactly but before he shot you can hear a whistle

@frodobaggins9752

7y↑7

He didn't and it was pathetic

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@melvynfoo2304

3y↑1

This balotelli old trick shot never gets old

@Providenza

19w

How is it that so many years later people still don't understand what happened. He thought he was offside, you can clearly hear a loud whistle in the stadium and you can see Balotelli just give up on the play before he does the 360, if he was genuinely trying to score it he wouldn't have bombed it so wide of the goal smh. He even signs to Mancenni that he thought he heard a whistle when he gets subbed off.

@samxyx

28w↑1

12 years late and I'm just finding out he thought he was offsides because of a whistle???! You can hear it at 0:09

@ricardodantasalexandrinoda1215

Inacreditável kkkkkkkkk... This guy is a legend joke in Brazil.

@azorto99

40w↑1

This was a very "I dont wanna do this anymore 😭" thing from Balotelli

@elijahbrown9086

7y↑42

Sad to see people hate on balotelli for this. He genuinely thought that he was called offside. Someone in the crowd blew a whistle

@timgenuine3378

44w↑3

before he does that you can literally hear a loud whistle. that just shows you how great his observation skills are.

@meisterquitte1557

4y↑6

The best thing Balotelli ever did hahaha

I love him ♥

@nichilistamilitante6418

3y↑3

That's not the worst. The worst is that many football teams paid a lot of money to give him the chance to do that.

@imadethissoicouldcomment2549

I feel bad for him that’s embarrassing on so many levels

@blankets_corner

You hear someone squealing when he gets the ball. I think he interpreted that as the offside whistle because you should never beat a defender that easily without being offside. I think this says more about the commentators immediately reacting as if he was sending a statement that MLS is trash (when at the time it kind of was) instead of an honest mistake.

@rdvgrd6

1y↑2

To be fair I thought that the whistle was an offside call too.

@sweeneytodd8318

3y↑2.5K

Interviewer: how do you feel about MLS?

Balotelli:

@akg1301

3y↑10

This comment will blow up

@elias3032

3y↑2

😂😂😂

@DBALextras

3y↑2

LMAOOO

@enternamehere544

3y↑2

As an american i want balo to come to the mls tho... He'd defo get a second chance

@de132

3y↑1

@enter name here He's had plenty of chances. Look at how he treated Brescia, his "hometown club". Skipped on training, barely tried, they got relegated. Now he's playing mid table Turkish football, this is the best possible outcome for a guy like him. He would not get a DP status from the bigger MLS clubs. If you were Mario Balotelli, where would you rather be? Adana, a 1 hour flight from Istanbul OR Minnesota? Cincinnati? Denver?

Could you imagine Mario Balotelli on the hopeless Chicago Fire? And with Adana Demirspor, he even has a small (less than 5%) chance at possible European competition. What's the hope in playing for a MLS club that isn't a relative name? Playing mediocre football in an ugly American city only to be fed to Mexican clubs in the CONCACAF Champions League or Leagues Cup?

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@Cloud__ffvii

4y↑42

You can clearly hear a whistle just as he gets played through. He also obviously aims nowhere near the goal so wasn’t trying to score and missed.

@strahinjasretenovic3562

3y↑4

One of the craziest guy in football ever
LEGEND

@me-low-key

3y↑1

He didn't shoot, because he thought it was an offside (he heard a whistle), and people didn't even try to understand and criticized him harshly anyway.

@striker045

3y↑5

“You miss 100% of the fancy obnoxious shots you don’t take”- Balotelli

@barsyesilyurt7418

I think he thought it was an offside. Even if it wasnt , its not the champions league final. Yeah balotelli is not the most stable guy but i believe people sometimes gave him a hard time unnecessarily. The fault belongs to clubs who treated him like a star although he wasnt. Most teenagers cant handle that pressure. If u give millions to a confused teenager , it d be miracle if he didnt act like this.

@irvinf1994

10y↑3.6K

He looked bored as fuck.

@uzmahaque2450

7y↑5

irvinf1994
Lol u cracked me up

@soldierboymedia

7y↑8

disrespect piece of shit

@josealba3634

7y↑210

I'd be bored too if I was playing against losers

@mojebi3804

7y↑13

losers huh, you're not close to their level

@TheCommandFreak

7y↑14

He is, he doesn't even like playing football.

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@jr_xtreme8940

Ah these were the prime yrs when Ballotelli was still relevant...funny how quick things can change in football

@user-io1fv7wf5m

4y↑1

Bravo to the coach. He had balls

@edgarmendoza9579

1y↑2

What a legend 😂

@doubleaduracellbatteries2119

4y↑233

Kepa would have still conceded lmao

@wnd9434

3y↑6

Correction : kepa would still play on. Not sub

@melvinost8272

Underrated

@claudiocerezo1644

Let's get this clear: Ballotelli is probably the biggest troll football has ever created, and I loved it.

@mithunsl574

4y↑2.3K

He thought it was Offside.. he later explained it in an interview

@mathiasnorberg671

4y↑101

*He tried to save his skin by saying that he thought he was offside. He later explained it in an interview

@tomforeign4899

3y↑210

@Mathias Norberg you can clearly hear the whistle in that situation even in this video, so what's your point of hate?

@ManuelGonzalez-rp4qq

3y↑44

"I think i heard a whistle, so I will do a stupid spin, yeah, that make sense"

@tomforeign4899

3y↑146

@Manuel González lmao, seems like you never played a football in life. Never mind, haters gonna hate

@yungfloy4348

3y↑2

He’s caping there is no way

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@patricklewis2745

3y↑1

If he'd scored everyone would have gone crazy.

@iiimopo

4y↑2

He’s won something more important in a season than all of the galaxy team can’t blame him for trying

@CIRS26

3y↑3

one of the greatest .we love you mario

@brandonwilson5253

Balotelli is so humble he chooses not to score after winning a 3v6 situation

@lodersracing

47w

Balotelli and Mancini were a comedy duo lol

@csokopsglazersout7447

5y↑1.7K

He was just practicing. No one takes the MLS seriously 😂lol

@LiverpoolFan24

4y↑9

*No

@323_iso9

4y↑11

GK Assist of course he doesn’t take school seriously you barely even learn anything useful in there.

@okStevie

4y↑8

Thepotato _iso you learn how to problem solve, that’s all that matters. The “you don’t learn anything in school” ideology is so wrong lol.

@johndunning9977

4y↑9

Clearly MLS is by no means up to the standard of La Liga, Bundesliga, The Premier League or Serie A. Equally clearly, many people take it seriously. Why the appetite for belittling and mocking?

@kalvinadams3673

💀💀

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@stevenjon1347

3y↑119

He just needed an excuse to be subbed so the US crowd could witness the mercurial talents of the great James Milner.

@am5790

3y↑1

Milner lolol

@888ssport

2y↑1

@Am the goat

@Godzzbinzz

Lmao he had 3 defenders round him and still went for it 😂

@francescoabagnale2321

1y↑275

Chi qui dopo muschio selvaggio e il fischio dagli spalti😂

@federicogatti_

1y↑1

Io ahahah

@ikennanwagwu896

io 😂😂😂

@samueleadduci129

52w↑9

Per anni a insultarlo quando aveva ragione

@JCr0do

52w↑5

E aveva ragione, il ragazzo più frainteso del calcio

@fabriziogalloni2687

52w

😂😂👍

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@mt.sefuri3909

Bro, he gets no justice at all. Look at how pin point his run was and it seemed like he was offside and also listen to the moment right before he did the "trickshot". There was a whistle being blown.
Its no wonder he didn't even made an attempt to shoot because he was actually being genuine when he thought he was offside.

@dylanshackleton1608

2y↑1

He was like "It cant be THIS easy, Im probably in the offside"

@kennazzura

5y↑4.1K

It was in 2011 & nobody still understand that he heard the whistle blowing ..... That's why he done that he tried to explains this with Mancini

@wagneroliveira3255

5y↑268

He was the only People in the hole stadium that heard this whistle lol

@Aemond2024

5y↑29

yeah y3ah he tried to play off his epic fail

@justinjones143

5y↑386

But you can hear a whistle/loud chirp before he does it....

@JamailvanWestering

5y↑66

Cocho Calentano you can hear it but it’s clearly not a referee’s whistle and you can hear a clear distinction between a ref whistle and a public one

@TerminatorXEBoii

5y↑35

@Wagner Oliveira listen right before it happens .....faint to the camera but still audible is the sound of a lady screaming it was probably way louder in person......i 100% believe his reason for doing what he did.

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@Piks_LDN

Lmao one can only wonder the embarrassment Balotelli must be feeling after not pulling it off 😭🤣

@cripic

3y↑12

Well played by Dzeko, brilliant pass by Silva, then Mario just being Mario.

@jgp7414

2y↑1

Balotelli didnt wanna score a sweaty goal i respect that

@Thebomb-hp5wf

4y↑2

Even if he did do that on purpose, I kinda love it. The disrespect is atrocious but you know it destroyed the confidence of LA

@ahmadnajmiroslan

1y↑3

Balotelli-I heard the opponent behind me said "There is no football,only soccer" and that's why I miss it

@NorcalValleyRailfan

1y↑1

bro literally 15 of the 29 MLS clubs include FC in them

@zachcouch8654

9y↑536

There was a whistle from the stands. You can hear it before he does it. That is why he played it out.

@djolesmols

"he DID it"* not "he does it"...

@bobthif991

3y↑3

Na época a mídia italiana o classificava como "craque" .... Ai o mundo pegou essa ideia acreditando nos italianos, e na verdade ele não passa de um jogador qualquer, com um futebol enganador, medíocre.. esse lance foi o auge, pq até ele mesmo começou a acreditar que jogava muito

@success5083

4y↑6

One of the funniest moments in sports history 😂💀

@rickipaddon6962

46w

One of the most genius things to ever happen in football

@harrisonadams6833

3y↑4

We all know he did it because he thought he was offside because he heard the whistle, and there is a time I recall when Van Persie took a shot seconds after the ref blew for offside and he got a red card. It is stupid how people fear to shoot because they hear a whistle.

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