Changing Room Chat: Baby joy spawns a Balotelli brace

Published on 03/07/2012 00:00

ITALY striker Mario Balotelli was told he was to become a father hours before scoring twice against Germany in the semi-finals of Euro 2012. The Manchester City player’s girlfriend Raffaella Fico said: “I called Mario before the match with Germany and I said to him: ‘remember our dream of becoming parents? Well that dream has become a reality. I’m expecting a baby. Your baby’.

“He was silent at first, then he let himself go: ‘You’ve given me the best news in the world’, he told me. Then the next day on the pitch he scored two goals.”