#NoMatterWhat - 5 incidents that prove Mario Balotelli is the most enigmatic football personality

#3 Setting his own house on fire during a fireworks prank

Lighting fireworks inside his house wasn't the Italian striker's best idea

So how did Balotelli prepare ahead of the Manchester derby? Well, the Italian striker along with his notorious friends wrecked the first-floor bathroom and a room directly below his rented £3 million luxury home in Manchester during a ‘firework prank’, just 36 hours before his team’s most important game of the season against rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Luckily for Mario, ten firefighters tackled the blaze at the house and he along with his friends managed to escape unhurt. However, the property sustained serious fire and smoke damage.

What’s ironic about this whole incident is that the 2010 European Golden Boy winner went on to score in the derby match and he celebrated his goal with a T-shirt making a humorous reference to his house fire and bad boy reputation.

And two days later, he was named the ambassador for the club’s fireworks safety campaign. Well-played Super Mario.