Balotelli was always 'against the world', says ex-Milan team-mate

Urby Emanuelson said Milan's stars did everything they could to keep Italian striker Mario Balotelli smiling

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00:00 Yeah, but he was also a character. Mario was of course a little bit younger than Slaten,

00:07 but also he was an amazing player. He had a lot of talent. And also he did crazy things.

00:14 I think we heard a lot of stories about him, but that's what you do when you are young

00:21 and successful. He always had that thing like me against the world.

00:29 That's what made him stronger as well. But for me, no, he was a wonderful person. He was really good

00:35 in the team. When he was smiling, we know that he will perform. And that's what we were trying

00:43 to do, just to keep him smiling. That's what he needed to perform. And once he was angry,

00:48 that was not the Balotelli that we want. But I have to say,

00:54 no, he was an amazing person and there's no bad things I can say about him.