BESOS! Check out Argentinean club's Velez Sarsfield's new jersey... which has kisses imprinted all over it! Interestingly, there is a cool concept behind this. To celebrate their love for the club, Velez fans were invited to kiss the jersey and have it published as part of the "My Love For Velez" campaign.

Welcome to the Friday Crackovia Club your weekly special on the best comedy sketch show from Spain! This week, watch as Mourinho instructs Pepe on how to make a correct 'Live TV' apology. It's a little stab at last week's Leo Messi hand-stepping saga which was followed by an emotionless apology from the defender.

There are many critics who love bickering about the downward spiral of Italian football but at least they have the equivalent of a glamorous Oscar night! Finally, Zlatan Ibrahimovic silenced his entire phone-book of haters last night and won the title of Serie A's 'Best Player in 2011′ while Edison Cavani's Udinese were announced 'Best Club'.

Real Madrid 4 Athletic Bilbao 1

Welcome to La Liga Lunes! As you may know, Mourinho's formidable Los Blancos defeated Bilbao 4-1 last night, despite Llorente's opening goal in the 13th minute. Unfortunately, the Portuguese was also at the receiving end of jeers from the Madridista crowd, who were allegedly annoyed that he wasn't able to pin down Barcelona earlier in the week.

It's Milan Derby weekend and if you're all like "Snoozefest time!"... STEP ASIDE, per favore! It's not about the derby but rather the culture surrounding it. All the Uncle Giovannis who are preparing their premium Neapolitan pasta sauces at this very moment will only serve it at 8pm tomorrow because that's how the Italianos roll!

Goals:
Simpson 28'
Bellamy 30'
Gerrard 45' (pen)
Shelvey 68'
Carroll 89'
Downing 90+4'
It should be illegal to complain when Liverpool score five, including firsts for Shelvey and Downing and a cameo from Carroll off the bench, no matter the opposition or merits of overall performance.

Newcastle defender Fabricio Coloccini has dismissed suggestions he is set to leave Newcastle in the January transfer window. Coloccini has been linked with Liverpool club many times over the last few months, but whether Liverpool actually needs defensive cover at the moment is arguable.The Argentinean is aware of Liverpool's alleged interest, but insists he's not thinking about a move:"One of the

Carlos Tevez The Argentinean forward has been heavily linked with a loan move to AC Milan this January. Having fallen out with Manchester City, he is currently on strike, back home in Argentina. Milan will look to secure him on a loan deal with an agreed fee to be paid in June; similar to the deal struck for Ibrahimovic in 2009.

Nothing screams "STUD!" more than this photo of Carlos Tevez and his fans at last week's Angel Cabrera (Argentinean golfer) Classic in Cordoba. While you were out shopping at Tesco's Express for Christmas last week, Tevez decided it'd be best to assume the role of a professional golfer.

Quiet rumours about a Tottenham move for Manchester City's Carlos Tevez have been appearing in the press since the start of the season and while there was a brief acceleration in the stories after the Argentinean's alleged refusal to come on as sub in Munich, most Spurs fans have rightly ignored them.

Goals:
Suarez 47'
Just good enough. The difference that taking just one of those oft-mentioned chances makes.
25 shots, eight on target, with the woodwork hit twice. 62% possession, 21 chances created. A handful of impressive, out-of-character saves by the opposition goalkeeper.

Reports are gathering momentum of a proposed move for Inter Milan's Argentinean striker Diego Milito and while the stories may go the way of many suggested links, the pieces of the jigsaw do seem to fit at least.

Milito has been at Inter since 2009 and became an instant hero with the home fans in a spectacular debut season that culminated in him scoring both goals in their Champions League final win over Bayern Munich.

Liverpool's 1-0 defeat against Fulham leaves the club five points adrift of fourth place, and it's now looking like an uphill battle for Champions League football next season. Kenny Dalglish's team has put together a great unbeaten run over the last two months, but as we saw again last night, some of Kenny's decisions are mystifying to say the least, and they continue to cost the club valuable points.

Despite scoring against Chelsea in his last game, Maxi Rodrigues has been dropped by Kenny Dalglish for the Fulham game, which marks the third time this season the Argentinean has been dumped on the bench after scoring.
Here is the team:
Reina, Johnson, Skrtel, Agger, Enrique, Henderson, Spearing, Adam, Bellamy, Carroll, Suarez.

3pm ET, live in the US on espn2. Yep, espn2 is actually airing a Monday game!
Last four head-to-head:
5-2 Liverpool (a) 05.09.11
1-0 Liverpool (h) 01.26.11
0-0 (h) 04.11.10
2-3 Fulham (a) 10.31.09
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 2-0 Chelsea (a); 1-1 City (a); 2-1 Chelsea (a)
Fulham: 0-1 Twente (a); 1-1 Arsenal (a); 0-0 Sunderland (a)
Goalscorers (league):
Liverpool: Suarez 4; Adam, Carroll 2; Bellamy, Gerrard, Henderson, Johnson, Maxi, Skrtel 1
Fulham: Dempsey, Johnson, Zamora 3; Dembele, Murphy, Ruiz 1
Referee: Kevin Friend
Guess at a line-up:
Reina
Johnson Skrtel Agger Enrique
Henderson Spearing Adam Downing
Carroll Suarez
They're all uneducated guesses until we see what Dalglish has in mind, but regardless of Lucas' undeniable importance, I don't expect Liverpool to change tack that much with the Brazilian out for the season.

Maxi Rodrigues scored his second goal in nine days against Chelsea on Tuesday night as Liverpool recorded a comfortable win at Stamford Bridge, yet despite his fantastic record over the last nine starts, the Argentinean still struggles to get into the team.
Let's look at the facts: In the last 9 starts, Maxi has scored 10 goals and provided 1 assist.

Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva has been in fine form this season, and although he is not renowned for his attacking ability (!), the Brazilian admires and appreciates attacking play, and this was evident when he recently revealed his five favourite South American players.
Unsurprisingly, Lucas selected four Brazilians in his top five!

Why you've got to work extra hard to be sent off for swearing

Playing against Mauricio Taricco was enough to make a saint swear. We used to kick lumps out of each other back in the old days. But bad language was back on the agenda for the veteran Argentinean, now at Brighton, last weekend when he was sent off (pictured) for swearing at Peter Walton.

'No surprise at Maxi impact'

Steve Clarke believes Maxi Rodriguez's impressive Chelsea display was just rewards for the Argentinean's professionalism in training.

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Both of Liverpool's goals against Chelsea were fantastic, strikes which have an excellent chance of showing up on various best-of-season lists. The first showed the benefits of pressing from the front and quick pass and move football, the second direct football at its finest: a cross-field diagonal opening up acres of space for an attacking full-back bombing forward.

Maxi Rodriguez was in blistering form for Liverpool at the tail-end of last season, scoring 7 goals in 3 games, including two hat-tricks in a row. That clearly wasn't enough to move him higher in the first-team pecking order though, and this season, the Argentinean has struggled to get into Kenny Dalglish's first eleven.

Real Salt Lake stunned the Seattle Sounders 3-0 in the first leg of the MLS Cup Playoffs.

Real Salt Lake immediately took control of the match, keeping Sounders goalkeeper Kasey Keller occupied in the early moments of the game. Keller was able to keep Real Salt Lake at bay for a majority of the first half, but forward Alvaro Saborío eventually broke through in the 41st minute, tapping a pass into Seattle's post.

Less than a week after some pundits and other critics have questioned Lionel Messi's form, the little Argentinean responded in emphatic form. Messi had failed to score in the last three matches yet he registered a hat-trick as he guided Barca to an impressive 5-0 win.

The hat-trick not only silenced the critics but also propelled Messi to second place on the Catalan club's all-time scoring list behind Cesar Rodriguez.

Granada vs FC Barcelona

Today's away match at the Los Carmenes stadium is a perfect opportunity for Lionel Messi to get his first away goal in La Liga since the start of the season. The Argentinean scored in away games in the Champions League and the Spanish Supercopa, so a goal versus newly promoted Granada would do him justice in La Liga.

Did anyone else notice that Kevin Prince-Boateng scored a hat-trick for Milan at the weekend? Hmm. That was an odd sentence. Equally puzzling were Harry Redknapp's claims that he'd definitely take Carlos Tevez on loan in January, if such an opportunity were to arise. I bet you would, sunbeam. The kicker for his current employers- and I'm sure they'll love this- is that they'd once again be required to foot a substantial amount of the Argentinean's running costs.

We're very sure anyone who has fallen down the pecking order at a club will seize a golden chance to promote their own clothing line. Lo que una camisa fea, hombre! Anyway, the Argentinean apparently went to Roberto Mancini's house last night to 'talk things out', but it ended up with him trying to get the coach to apologise and admit he did not want to start Tevez.

Arsene Wenger is reportedly keen on signing £8million Anderlecht midfielder Lucas Biglia in the January transfer window.

There are claims this morning that the 25-year-old Argentinean has been on Arsenal's radar since the summer. Biglia left Independiente for Europe in 2006 and he is under contract at Anderlecht until 2015.

Brazil nuts over Tevezgate, plus afro KO for Goodman

Alan Brazil's reaction to Tevezgate on Talksport? Easy. The Argentinean was described as "a disgrace" who "should never play in British football again". Alan Brazil's reaction when a caller pointed out that Brazil's own autobiography contains him admitting he once refused to come on as a sub for Tottenham while feuding with his manager?

Tevez is a rotter, so City should let him rot

Carlos Tevez has picked a fight with the wrong manager and the wrong club. The Argentinean may have thought he was being clever when he refused to come off the bench in Munich. But he's not as clever as even he looks. Presumably Tevez or whoever is advising him so badly thought refusing to play against Bayern would have one of two effects.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Revolution broke the curse tonight against FC Dallas, carrying a first-half lead all the way through and seeing it out to pick up their first win since July, and their first at home since May. The captain Shalrie Joseph and Rajko Lekic scored en route to the 2-0 victory.

This summer transfer window has been fairly generic. We've seen Fabregas go to Barcelona, Atletico Madrid lose De Gea, Aguero and Forlan, along with a myriad of other deals which we all expected and knew were going to happen. There have been very few big surprises regarding signings, and instead we mostly got what we were waiting for as football/soccer fans.

Liverpool have been linked to Lazio striker Mauro Zarate in the last few days, there is even a rumor going around on twitter that we have had a bid accepted.

So we thought we would look at who our latest transfer target is.

Zarate is a 24yr old Argentinean who currently plays for Lazio.

According to Emiliano Insua's Twitter post, the Argentinean left-back has...

Gotta love that look on Greaseano's face right there "Got the memo guys, Messi wins by default!" (while the Argentinean peered on). Whatever the case, he only secured 3 votes from UEFA'S Media panel for the inaugural UEFA Best Player Award while Messi secured the majority (39).

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. Milton Caraglio's first two MLS goals put the New England Revolution up 2-0 at halftime, but the New York Red Bulls would have their say in the second half, finding the back of the net twice to leave Foxborough with a 2-2 draw. The draw extends the Revs winless streak to six games and New York's to seven.

Well, I am not much of a transfer speculation/discussion guy but today's game and a highly unrealistic transfer rumour about a Nasri-Tevez swap got me thinking.

First, let me just mention why I don't see any sense in the swap deal with Tevez. The Argentinean is a world-class player but I don't see him fitting into the Arsenal style.

When Emiliano Insua broke into the Liverpool side in 2008 he looked like a teenager with a big future ahead of him.
The Argentinean was raw but showed plenty of promise. Sadly that potential hasn't been realized.
Insua played 31 league games in 2009/10 but too often was the weak link opponents looked to exploit.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Sixteen-year-old Diego Fagundez scored his first professional goal and earned a penalty kick for the New England Revolution (4-10-9, 21 points) in his debut, but it was the visitors, Chivas USA (7-8-8, 29 points), who would leave with 3-2 victory.

Fagundez had a dream debut, but the Revs couldn't get a needed result.

Liverpool hijack Arsenal's Lucas Biglia bid

Liverpool are rivalling Arsenal for the signature of Argentinean midfielder Lucas Biglia as they prepare to let Lucas Leiva leave on loan.

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Some of the names currently being linked with a move to White Hart Lane are beginning to suggest an air of desperation and it's hard to believe that Mauro Zarate could possibly be the answer to our goal scoring issues.

Reports suggest that the Argentinean could be available for around £14m and while his current side Lazio aren't desperate to sell, Zarate has apparently fallen out of favour with the coaching staff and may be prepared to move on for regular first team action.