Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli
has been given one-match ban, fined £25,000 and his also ordered by Football Association to attend an education course after making racist and anti-semitic comments on
social media.
According to reports from this is Anfield news "The Italy international last week accepted a charge of an aggravated
breach of Football Association rule E3, relating to references of ethnic
origin, colour, race, nationality or religion or belief, after his
posting of an image of computer game character Super Mario on Instagram
which included the words "jumps like a black man and grabs coins like a
Jew".
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Image@daily mail balotelli and his instagram post |
Balotelli 24, did not request a personal hearing but submitted written mitigation to an independent disciplinary panel.
The FA said in a statement: "Following an independent regulatory
commission hearing today Mario Balotelli has been fined £25,000,
suspended for one-match with immediate effect, subject to any appeal,
and warned as to his future conduct after he admitted breaching FA rules
in relation to social media.
"The charge was that an image the Liverpool player posted on social
media was abusive and/or insulting and/or improper, contrary to FA rule
E3(1).
He has accepted the punishment and went to his Facebook page apologizing to his Fans and Liverpool, below is the letter he wrote.

The striker will now miss Liverpool's match at home to Arsenal on Sunday, subject to any appeal. His expected to be back in action on boxing day the 26 of December when Liverpool lock horns with Burnley away from home.