Euro 2012 Day 21 Semi Final 2

Germany 1 Italy 2

They’d been moaning about him,

they’d been groaning about him.

On the football chat shows,

they’d been phoning about him

but Balotelli came up trumps

and left the Germans in the dumps

in Warsaw.

They’d been suspicious about him,

they’d been seditious about him,

vicious, repetitious,

superstitious about him

but Balotelli scored a brace

and got the critics off his case

in Warsaw.

In Warsaw, we ignored Italian sermons.

We said they had a softish underbelly.

In Warsaw we all came to praise the Germans

and ended up admiring Balotelli.

They’d been bitchin’ about him,

nervous twitchin’ about him,

married couples had been rowing

in the kitchen about him

but Balotelli got a double,

put the Germans deep in trouble

in Warsaw.

They’d been malevolent towards him,

not benevolent towards him.

Hostility had certainly

been prevalent towards him

but Balotelli cut the mustard,

got the Germans hot and flustered

in Warsaw.

In Warsaw, the Italians scaled the Eiger,

roped together by Signor Prandelli.

Down the slope rolled Őzil and Schweinsteiger,

gaping at a posing Balotelli.

They’d written pages about him,

flown into rages about him,

maintained that there was something

quite contagious about him

but Balotelli scored two crackers,

squarely silenced his attackers

and didn’t end up at the centre

of a most unseemly fracas

in Warsaw.