Balotelli suffers allergic reaction to grass

[Jürgen4PM]

Balotelli suffers allergic reaction to grass

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini will monitor Mario Balotelli's fitness after the Italian striker suffered an allergic reaction during the Europa League defeat by Dynamo Kiev.


Whether the £24 million summer signing from Inter Milan will come into contention for the home FA Cup quarter-final with npower Championship side Reading on Sunday remains to be seen.

Balotelli, 20, eventually came off in the 57th minute after being over a minute late coming out for the second half with City losing 2-0 in the last-16 first leg game. He appeared in some distress and was constantly rubbing his face before being replaced by Carlos Tevez.

Mancini said: "Mario had an allergy, I don't know what, his face was swollen, I don't know why. He wanted to play in the second half but he had this problem 10 seconds before coming out.

"I came out a minute before the players and I didn't see Mario. He then said he could play but his face was swollen."

It is understood Balotelli is allergic to certain types of grass.

 

[Fabio]

.... So he picks a sport which is played on grass

 

[RolandG]

All he has to do is take Allergex. Its quite common.

 

[FoxForceFive]

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (sp?) was allergic to grass as well, never did him any harm.

 

[robinhood]

It's quite likely it's not the grass on the pitch, but just something in the air.

 

[gene hughes]

Well whatever it is, I hope our groundsman gets his hands on some before their next visit.

 

[robinhood]

[quote author=FoxForceFive link=topic=44533.msg1298844#msg1298844 date=1299867630]
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (sp?) was allergic to grass as well, never did him any harm.
[/quote]

Shame he wasn't allergic to wood.

His arse would have been raw.

*boom tish*

 

[Rosco]

[quote author=robinhood link=topic=44533.msg1298847#msg1298847 date=1299867891]
It's quite likely it's not the grass on the pitch, but just something in the air.
[/quote]

Or whatever was used to mark the pitch

 

[737Max]

Looks a bad reaction actually

 

[Ijg]

Re:

Hahahaha!