{"id":433494,"date":"2011-05-31T18:44:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T18:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/31\/manchester-city-striker-mario-balotelli-injures-knee-in-training-with-italian-national-team\/"},"modified":"2011-05-31T18:44:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T18:44:00","slug":"manchester-city-striker-mario-balotelli-injures-knee-in-training-with-italian-national-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/31\/manchester-city-striker-mario-balotelli-injures-knee-in-training-with-italian-national-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli injures knee in training with Italian national team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Salvatore Landolina<\/h3>\n<h4>31 May 2011 19:44:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"60.4028324154\">\n<div readability=\"13.6648648649\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mario Balotelli - Italy (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/117100\/117160_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mario Balotelli &#8211; Italy (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"20.1931696905\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/italy\/16127\/mario-balotelli\">Mario Balotelli<\/a> has been ruled out of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/italy\/13\/italy\">Italy<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/results-standings\/57\/euro-qualifiers\/group\">Euro 2012<\/a> qualifier against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/estonia\/415\/estonia\">Estonia<\/a> on Friday after suffering an injury to his right knee in training.<\/p>\n<p>The Manchester City striker limped off from a training match with the Azzurri&#8217;s Under-18 side.<\/p>\n<p>And team doctor Enrico Castellacci has confirmed the injury is likely to keep him out of action.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Balotelli suffered a relapse of the pain in the right knee that had already troubled him in the past,&#8221; Castellacci told the press.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a small sprain of the right knee. It\u2019ll be difficult to get him back by Friday, so he\u2019s unlikely to recover in time to face Estonia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s problem which may be serious enough to warrant an early exit from the Nazionale&#8217;s Coverciano camp, meaning the 20-year-old would miss the subsequent friendly against the Republic of Ireland next week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Between today and tomorrow we will evaluate whether to keep him in the squad or send him home,&#8221; added Castellacci.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>View post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/31\/2512137\/manchester-city-striker-mario-balotelli-injures-knee-in-training-\" title=\"Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli injures knee in training with Italian national team\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli injures knee in training with Italian national team<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Salvatore Landolina 31 May 2011 19:44:00 Mario Balotelli &#8211; Italy (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Mario Balotelli has been ruled out of Italy &#8216;s Euro 2012 qualifier against Estonia on Friday after suffering an injury to his right knee in training. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-433494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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