Teen waitress had 18-month affair with Balotelli when he was dating Raffaella

London, Aug 2 (ANI): Mario Balotelli's mystery woman, who was spotted holding hands with the footie star at the Euro 2012 championships just weeks after he split from pregnant girlfriend Raffaella Fico, has come forward to reveal the secrets of their 18-month affair.

Dahiana Rojas, a 19-year-old waitress from Genoa, Italy, explained her romance with the footballer first began 18 months ago, when he pulled alongside her in a red Ferrari and asked her out on a date.

"It was like being in a film. I thought it was better if he called me so I gave him my number and he called me that evening," the Daily Mail quoted her as saying.

After the pair spent an evening together at a local nightclub, their relationship gathered pace, with the couple enjoying secret late-night meetings and a series of "sweet" text messages.

But it wasn't until a few weeks later when Rojas saw a picture of Balotelli and his then-girlfriend Raffaella at a theme park that she realised he was a taken man.

A number of months later, the teenage beauty heard from the sportsman out of the blue, and the pair spent the night together before Balotelli jetted off to the Euro 2012 championships with the rest of the Italian football squad.

However, it would appear the playboy sports star couldn't get Rojas out of his head - and after asking her mother's permission, flew her out to Krakow to stay with him, where they were pictured together by Italian website Gazetta Dello Sport.

"He is not the bad boy he is described as, he is gentle, humble, attentive, he is an ideal boyfriend. Between the sheets he is not bad either, he is not a whirling devil but sweet and tender," she said.

"He does have a habit of losing his head and you never know if what he is saying is true or if he is winding you up," she added.

After returning from her romantic break, the waitress discovered she had lost her job at a local restaurant, and was shocked to discover that Fico was pregnant.

"He never uttered a word about her - it was as if she didn't exist in his life. When I found out from the papers that Raffaella was pregnant I was shocked.

"I sent him a text straight away on his British mobile to see if it was true. I asked him to be honest but he didn't even reply. He didn't have the courage. He was not man enough," she said.

Despite not having heard from the star since the end of the Euro 2012 finals when he jetted off to Ibiza with a group of pals, Rojas has not ruled out reigniting their romance.

"I am ready to get back with him - my suitcases are packed but he has to prove to me that he is not taking me for a ride," she said. (ANI)