The quote Mario Balotelli had etched on his chest.

And whose quote is it?

Someone like, say, Mahatma Gandhi? No: the Mongolian rowdy, Genghis Khan.

“I am the punishment of God,” it reads. “If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.”

Roberto Mancini must, occasionally, feel like the greatest of sinners.