Moody striker would like spot-kick responsibilty When Inter Milan's Mario Balotelli won a penalty five minutes into their match against Palermo last night, he obviously felt that was justification for him taking it. Samuel Eto'o disagreed, pulled rank and placed the ball on the spot. Balotelli continued to stand next to the ball demanding to take the [.

Mario Balotelli once again got himself in trouble during Tuesday's 1-1 Champions League draw between Inter and Rubin Kazan by earning two yellow cards and getting sent off in the 60th minute. This drew the ire of his manager and Inter fans, who are quickly tiring of Balotelli's continuing stream of youthful indiscretions.

Despite a massive ego, 'Ibracadabra' has heaped praise on fellow controversial striker Mario Balotelli. Inter have made the headlines lately for all the wrong reasons, but the Nerazzurri have stuck together, praising one another for their abilities over the past few days. The latest example being Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has exulted under-fire teenager Mario Balotelli.

What The Papers Say Gazzetta dello Sport - Friday January 16th Kaka-City: There's substance - The Brazilian's father and agent is ready to meet with the English club and Milan admit there are talks Pato: If I were Kaka, I would stay here Balotelli wins over Mourinho and Inter Juve, Giovinco is a puzzle - He is again shut out by the old guard and asks for a chance Gourcuff's father: He will

Mario Balotelli has hinted he would be interested in a move to West Ham. The Inter Milan wonderkid was linked with a switch to the Hammers in January. He has sinced failed to nail down a starting spot and admits he is frustrated at the San Siro. Balotelli played under West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola when he was [.

After the 0-0 draw with Serbia in the opening match, the game against hosts Sweden was very important, as a loss or a draw would've put Italy's chances of getting out of the group in lots of trouble. Fortunately, the Azzurrini stood up to the task, winning 2-1 and putting them in a strong position to advance to the semi-final.

El Espanyol no cesa en su intento por hacerse con un delantero de garantías en este mercado de invierno, algo que se antoja urgente en el club blanquiazul, ya que es, junto al Recre, el equipo con el peor ataque de la Liga. El nuevo técnico 'perico', Mauricio Pochettino, ya ha pedido a la directiva [.

Se acabaron las especulaciones en Montjuic. El Espanyol ya ha conseguido cerrar los que parece que serán sus únicos fichajes del mercado de invierno. Iván Alonso, delantero uruguayo del Murcia, y Óscar Ahumada, centrocampista argentino de River Plate, serán los dos futbolistas que reforzarán el plantel de Mauricio Pochettino.

Morning/afternoon/evening/night to whoever you are from wherever you are reading. If I were you I would head for that red cross in the corner of your browser because quite frankly, there is bugger all going on at the moment.

I think it goes to show just how quiet things are when all four of Newsnow's top stories are "Wenger talks about Balotelli".

You know how Mario Balotelli is supremely talented but a little immature? Well last night we saw both sides again. In the opening minutes of Inter vs Palermo, Balotelli worked some magic in the box and was pulled down for a penalty. A penalty Balotelli wanted to take. So much so that he stood over the [.

Jose Mourinho is a little frustrated with Mario Balotelli. The young striker came on for Patrick Vieira at halftime of Sunday's 1-1 draw with Roma and after the match, Jose wasn't exactly complimentary about his performance:

"Balotelli was terrible today, close to zero. He didn't move, didn't work and did not help the team with [Dejan] Stankovic injured and [Wesley] Sneijder incredibly tired.

I stumbled upon this article that describes Ghana national team coach Milovan Rajevac's new pursuit of Italian striker Mario Balotelli. Balotelli, an Inter Milan forward, is widely regarded as one of the top young talents in the world. Having been born in Italy to Ghanaian nationals, Mario is eligible to play for both national teams.

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Its Official folks. Arsenal are in a state of mini-crisis. 3 defeats in a row, the last two being 3-0 hammerings courtesy the Blues & the Sky-Blues. Injuries to Van Persie, Bendtner, Walcott & indifferent form of both Eduardo and Vela, has meant Arsenal are playing all their games with practically no strike ammo.

FC Internazionale are certainly the worst losers in whole Italy. Many times throughout history we have seen things fall apart after only one failure. A barrage of criticism followed, the media question all accomplishments and the team is cracking under pressure. Just remember last year when few failures in Serie A and also the elimination [.

(Ecco uno dei gesti che non è piaciuto alla Roma e a Francesco Totti. Seguiranno anche le linguacce)
Anche il capitano giallorosso interviene sulla vicenda che ha riguardato il giovane attaccante interista e non ha parole tenere per Mario Balotelli. La trasformazione del rigore, poi la mimica volta a zittire la curva giallorossa, e infine le linguacce, mentre tornava verso il centro campo.

All goals and video highlights from the Inter Milan v Palermo Serie A game on April 11, 2009. Great comeback from Palermo. Inter lead 2-0 at the break, but Palermo fought back to draw the game at the San Siro. Final score :- Inter Milan 2-2 Palermo Goal scorers :- ( Mario Balotelli 15′, Zlatan Ibrahimovic [.

Mario Balotelli is an excellent football player, with such a talent that we are ready to forgive him a lot of things. Young player that dodged his destiny and thanks to human kindness escaped from misery certainly has no rights to be arrogant with anyone.

Playing under Mourinho is a chance to learn the basic rules of professional football, as Portuguese coach is resolved to subject the wild character to the needs of the team and make him swallow his pride but we are not sure this will be an easy task.

Juventus expected praise for their 10-man fightback against Internazionale, instead the club is being castigated for the abusive chants its support directed at Mario Balotelli.
Racist chants overshadow Juventus's stirring comeback against Inter
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Since arriving in Italy, The Now Average One has made it a point to annoy all comers with his well-worn ways. Top of the list has been Juventus, who have borne the brunt of his vitriol. And you'd expect, after the bianconeri fans were accused of racism against Mario Balotelli this past weekend, Jose to [.

Its nitty gritty time in the Serie A and Fiorentina can seal Roma's fate with a win tomorrow Evening. Their are legitimate worries for tomorrow's encounter.Even Rome's mayor Gianni Alemanno has pleaded for calmer heads to prevail in the pre- game run up and the post game hoopla despite who wins and looses.

Juventus fans will have to sit the next one out for racist remarks. An Italian sports judge upheld a ruling that will make Juventus play their next Series A home game without the normal cheering fans.

Fans are being punished for the onslaught of racist remarks dished out by the Juventus fans to Inter Milan striker Mario Balotelli.

The racist taunts that Mario Balotelli seems to attract occurs obviously because of his colour but his success against other clubs, gives it an added edge.

He has made Inter's rivals pay and those fans are not pleased that it is a man of colour that their country gave citizenship to who is doing damage.

(Inter-Siena 1-0. Cambiasso)
(2-0. Balotelli)
(3-0. Ibrahimovic)
INTER (4-3-2-1) - Julio Cesar (78' Orlandoni); Zanetti, Cordoba, Samuel, Chivu; Stankovic, Cambiasso, Muntari; Figo (62' Santon), Balotelli (74' Mancini); Ibrahimovic. All.: Josè Mourinho.

Inter striker celebrates title victory with new barnet Inter Milan's Mario Balotelli celebrated his side clinching its 17th Scudetto victory by commissioning a special Inter Milan number 17-themed doormat for his head. It is quite something. I'm still hoping beyond hope that Wayne Rooney might fashion his last four remaining hairs into a number 18 for the [.

This guy has put up with more crap than any 18 year old these days should.
The young Italian stud was recently training with the U-21 national team in Rome. It didn't take long for AS Roma supporters to hurl bananas at the teenager along with their racist insults.
If you remember, Juventus had a play in an empty stadium earlier this year due to racism toward Balotelli.

The English side have added some creativity to their squad by taking Jimenez on-loan. According to Sky Sport 24, the loan of Inter playmaker Luis Jimenez to West Ham has been completed. The Chilean rarely featured under coach Jose Mourinho this season, only making six appearances in Serie A while complaining about his lack of opportunities, but [.

The Italy U-21 side went into their last group game with 4 points and only needed a draw to advance to the semi-final, but a win would assure first place in the group. Italy were without Mario Balotelli, who was serving his one-match ban and there was watching from the stands. Casiraghi "officially" put out a 4-3-3 with Ignazio Abate in Balotelli's place, but it was in fact a 4-4-2 with De Ceglie and Abate on the flanks and Sebastian Giovinco supporting Robert Acquafresca.

As the Azzurri floundered and failed in South Africa, it was left to the Azzurrini to provide the...
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Inter Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has claimed Chelsea want to sign him. Ibrahimovic's future at Inter has been the subject of intense speculation all summer with Real Madrid and Manchester United both linked with the Swedish international. Inter are determined to keep hold of their star striker with president Massimo Moratti adamant Ibrahimovic is going nowhere.

Gallery, Images, Photos & Pictures of Inter Milan v AC Milan World Football Challenge Championship, the 26th of July, 2009. Teams/Clubs: Inter Milan, AC Milan Players/People: Diego Milito, Sulley Muntari, Paolo Orlandoni, Ronaldinho, Onguchi Onyewu, Esteban Cambiasso, Mario Balotelli, Leonardo, Julio Cesar, Gianmarco Zigoni, Cristian Chivu.

Mario Balotelli is a very good player but he is a real plonker most of the time. Balotelli probably thinks he is the best player in the world and is puzzled as to why nobody else can see it. Jose Mourinho refused to give him the number 10 jersey and Super Mario responded by slacking at training sessions.

Inter has won the second match of the day 1-0 over city rivals AC Milan. Young Mario Balotelli was...
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Inter striker Mario Balotelli could have been playing for the opposition in next week's clash against Barcelona, according to El Mundo Deportivo.

The Spanish paper claims 'Super Mario' was on the verge of joining the Blaugrana three years ago, when he was playing for Serie C side Lumezzane in 2006.

Mexes : "Balotelli dude, DO NOT touch my hair man!" Balotelli : "Oh get a life" / via Gettyimages

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The Italy U-21's continued their very disappointing qualifying campaign with another loss, this time away to Hungary. The Azzurrini needed a win to get back on track, but now qualification is getting more and more difficult. The Hungarians won 2-0, with goals coming from Nemeth and Koman (both players played on the Hungarian side that knocked the Italy U-20's out of the U-20 World Cup last month).

Yep, we're at it again:

• Club America and Landon Donovan? What?
  
• Wenger expects to make a January splash.
  
• Perhaps to get an RVP insurance plan.
  
• Yaya staying at Barca, or going?
  
• Gunners warned off Chamakh.
  
• Drogba no longer cares about Italy.

With the January transfer market still weeks away, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger started to rubbish transfer rumours published by the media, declaring the Gunners will not sign Italian striker Mario Balotelli. The Frenchman said: We are not ...

Something to read while you enjoy San Lorenzo's Gaston Aguirre's scoring an emphatically volleyed own goal. Brilliant batch of photo + haiku combos (Futfanatico) Top 10 Fabios in world football (Bleacher Report) Nunio Claro: Get out of his way (The Spoiler) Black Stars wooing Mario Balotelli? (Ghana WCB) Kelly Smith 1-0 Drink & Depression (Daily Mail) Fox Soccer Channel: Now with [.

El Espanyol pretende hacerse con los servicios de un delantero en este mercado de invierno y, tras la imposibilidad de hacer el frente al fichaje de Hugo Almeida, atacante luso del Werder Bremen, el siguiente nombre sobre la mesa es el de Mario Balotelli, ariete italiano del Inter de Milán. Balotelli, internacional sub-21 con la azzurra, [.

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