Mario Balotelli broke out of his scoring slump with a handsome free kick and AC Milan held on for a 3-2 win over Udinese in Serie A on Tuesday. He really hoped that he would come to Milan.
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The first half in Udine couldn’t have gone better from a Milan perspective.
Milan signed him on loan from Liverpool in the summer – just a year after selling him to the Anfield club – and he has only managed two substitute appearances for them to date.
“It was a hard game for me because I knew they wanted to provoke me”, he told Mediaset Premium.
Zanetti played with Balotelli during their time as Inter players, but doesn’t believe the Italian striker is worthy of a place in Inter’s squad.
With three goals in four games it has been a positive start for Bacca, but Mihajlovic warned the Colombian striker not to rest on his laurels and said Milan’s defence, having conceded six times already, to plug the holes.
Mario Balotelli took just five minutes to give AC Milan the lead over Udinese in the Serie A this evening.
Balotelli was booked in the 15th minute for a challenge on Ali Adnan, and he insisted that he could have been even more effective had it not been for that mark against his name.
From his outrageous antics on and off the pitch, and larger than life character he is a player adored by many.
“We were winning 3-0, but then we got careless”, Balotelli reflected.
Including his first spell with Milan, Balotelli has scored 18 of his 27 goals with the Rossoneri from dead ball opportunities. Now Milan will try to grab its second win in a row. In our past two matches we have tried to adopt that approach and I think it went reasonably well.
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Badu’s goal came from the center of the area and Duvan Zapata redirected a cross in by the far post as Milan’s defense left open some gaping holes.
