Balotelli-Bastia row escalates

By Football Italia staff

The ugly row between Mario Balotelli and SC Bastia gets worse, as Coach Francois Ciccolini claims the OGC Nice striker insulted his mother.

The Ligue 1 match at the weekend has been in the headlines for several days now, none of it for positive reasons.

Balotelli ranted on Twitter and Instagram that he received racist abuse from the crowd, something Bastia tried to deny despite video evidence.

Footage then emerged of Bastia Coach Ciccolini in a foul-mouthed tirade at the Italy international.

Now Ciccolini has gone on RMC to claim Balotelli “insulted my mother, who is 80 and did not do the job that Mr Balotelli was talking about.

“I lost my head, that is true, but my mother is 80 and she is not far from dying… That is why I got annoyed. If he had just insulted me, I would’ve said nothing.”

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