The possibilities are more or less infinite.
Will Balotelli score a hat trick and reveal a unique t-shirt message from under his team shirt each time?
Will Balotelli be awarded a penalty, thus setting up a mind game with Joe Hart that fairly impersonates the old "immovable force vs. irresistible object" dilemma?
With apologies, I will pass on that whole line of inquiry. Mario Balotelli has as much relevance to Manchester City these days as Craig Bellamy does.
To me, the real story is the insanity of playing in Hong Kong on Saturday and in Germany on Wednesday. My body clock gets thrown out of whack if "The Mentalist" is shown an hour late.
