Mario Balotelli booked just five minutes into shock Serie A return after ending Turkish stint with straight red

MARIO BALOTELLI took conscionable 5 minutes to prime up a yellowish paper successful his instrumentality to Serie A.

The striker joined Genoa arsenic a escaped cause past week aft going a fewer months without a club.

Balotelli was brought connected arsenic an 86th infinitesimal substitute with his broadside 1-0 up acknowledgment to a extremity from Andrea Pinamonti.

With the crippled winding down to a adjacent Balotelli managed to get himself booked.

He was cautioned for a foul successful the 90th minute, which means helium has picked up a yellowish and a reddish successful his past six minutes of football.

The Italian was sent disconnected successful his past quality for Demirspor astatine the extremity of past season.

Balotelli, 34, penned a woody until the extremity of the play with Genoa - the 12th nine of his career.

Transfer guru Fabrizio Romano claims helium lone wanted to articulation Genoa pursuing extended talks with manager Alberto Gilardino.

The erstwhile Italy planetary appeared thrilled arsenic helium met with a radical of supporters.

Balotelli is backmost successful Serie A aft 3 years away, having had 2 spells astatine Adana Demirspor either broadside of a little stint astatine Sion.

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But the erstwhile Manchester City prima has vowed to "smash" the league, saying: "Just due to the fact that I wasn't successful Serie A (in caller years), what I did doesn't count? F*** off, you and Serie A.

"It's a promise, I'll smash Serie A erstwhile I motion (for a caller club), I'll smash this f***ing Serie A."