Mario Balotelli faces a minimum of 5 matches banned for promoting what he thought was an anti-racist message on Instagram this week. Any normal person would read this in the way it was meant, an innocent mistake by someone whose first language is not English. His hatred of racism has got him in trouble in the past, so how on earth would you think this was a comment FOR racism???

Let's get this petition signed and forwarded to the FA to reconsider their decision, and just mark this down as a genuine mistake, with a 'think before you post' ticking off.

This sort of disproportionate sentencing must stop, when the highest ranks within FIFA are deemed (allegedly) suspect themselves!!!

Please, please, please, sign this!!!

PS, I'm a Saints fan, but this doesn't stop me from being completely outraged by this decision!!!!!