Andrea Pirlo says Mario Balotelli can earn a recall to Roberto Mancini’s Italy team after watching the 29-year-old score his first goal for new club Brescia.
Balotelli chose to move back to the town where he spent the majority of his childhood this summer after his contract at Marseille expired, an emotional return which apparently moved his mother to tears.
He nodded in a corner from fellow new signing Romulo 26 minutes into Brescia’s 3-2 friendly win over Frosinone, though he still has a four-game ban carried over from Ligue 1 to complete before he can take to the field in a competitive game.