Super Mario kart
Posted Monday, October 31, 2011 by The Sun
Balotelli turns garden into quad bike racetrack
SOCCER oddball Mario Balotelli has turned the garden of his mansion into a race track.
The Manchester City striker — who fans have dubbed Super Mario after the Nintendo character — gets his kicks ripping up the lawn on his flash quad bike.
A source said: "Mario absolutely loves playing sport, whether it's football, swimming, karate or judo. But with the quad bike he has the speed too.
"He's moved from an apartment block to a country house and has been tearing around now there's no one to complain about the noise.
"He's like a big kid. His girlfriend Raffaella doesn't get it at all though.
"This is definitely something for him to do with the lads."
The 21-year-old Italian switched from a city centre flat to a mansion near posh Alderley Edge, Cheshire — home to fellow footie stars such as Manchester United's Wayne Rooney. But he is having to take a breather from roaring around the grounds.
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