Mario Balotelli is a phenomenal young player whose strong temperament unfortunately betrays him like in last Sunday match against Arsenal's Alex Song.

This has been the last of a number of horrible tackles that has infuriated Balotelli's coach, Roberto Mancini, who has recently claimed he will not play for Manchester City this season and possibly anymore.

Although I am indulging in speculation here, one might guess the reason behind Balotelli's bad temper might be found in his infancy. Mario Balotelli was born to a Ghanaian family of inmigrants who settled in Palermo looking for a better life. It is known that Balotelli's childhood was very hard as his father often had to travel for a job leaving the children with the mother alone. Due to financial difficulties the Marwah's family (Balotelli's real family name) was going through, they decided to leave Mario temporarily with a foster family, the Balotelli's.

However, the temporary period turned into an ordeal when Balotelli's biological parent's attempted to recover Balotelli from his foster family. They couldn't.
Mario Balotelli has a good relationship with his brothers but not with his biological parents, with whom, apparently, he shows himself cold and distant.