I missed the thing itself, like I said I'm trying to not look, but the Italian commentators make it sound like a legit in-game foul - but then again they are Italian commentators, Prandelli and co. could be sacrificing a virgin to Satan in the midfield and the Italian commentators would still be talking about how they're actual giants of soccer.

And it's not like Balotelli is new to this kind of stuff. I remember there was talk of not taking him to the Euros because of a very bad foul (not even a foul, actually, a random act of aggression) he committed when he was still playing in England.