We've been over this. Against Rubin.
One reason why Italy has been excited about Balotelli is the moments he has shown his brilliance and the potential to be a "legend". I said POTENTIAL.
In the Rubin game, he showed what he can do. Indeed it was great.
But we need some objectivity here.
A big problem with Balotelli is that he would show moments of a great player in one game - moments maybe minutes, but typically not more than one half of a game. And then he'll go on to do all kinds of acts that you don't see other players do, stuff that compromise our games. These things we have all seen happen on the pitch many times during the course of the season. These have been described as "stupid", "retarded", 'silly", "petulant", "dumb" and so on. These are stuff that not only enrage the Coach, but also his own team-mates. These are stuff that our team can do without, because these things can cost us games.
So on the balance, it's a few minutes of great play vs many matches of unpredictability and instability.
Some of you are die-hard fanatics of Balotelli - well, it's understandable because he's young and probably you're young like him. And he's shown some pretty strong qualities, although not as much or often as we would like to see. But if you're the Coach or his team-mate (like Zanetti, Eto, Sneijder etc -- passionate about winning for Inter) you'll be quite worried about what he'll do on the pitch. You would want a player, a team-mate, who could play TOGETHER as a team with a common objective and tactical understanding.
If Balotelli gets rid of his attitude, plays ball with the Coach during training, wins everyone's confidence in him so that he starts every game, and he shows his quality consistently without any of those undesirable traits we saw last season, I'm sure even Luka will sing his praises.