The real issue with Mario Balotelli isn't his 'swag', abrasive nature or arrogance for that matter. The real issue with Mario these days is that he's turning into the Lady Gaga of football. Of course, the issue of kicking Scott Parker in the head yesterday (in City's 3-2 defeat of Spurs) isn't something that should surprise you at all.

The end of the year is here, and it's time for you to draw up your own Player XI list! Who has made your starting line-up? Here's Futbolita's Team of 2011, including our six substitutes (because you never know who could get injured from all that paella or partying!) We've also included the super Robin van Persie, Kun Aguero, and Nemanja Vidic in our team.

If you didn't see the Chelsea v Fulham match yesterday, it was a 1-1 tie. Amobi Okugo sums it up well on the twitter.

The Red Bulls continue to insist they will embrace another MLS team in the Big Apple. It's going to be lonely playing in front of 1,500 people in Harrison in 2014.

Alex Morgan is one of Scott French's best stories of 2011.

Happy Boxing Day! To start off this marvelous day, here's Mario Balotelli's specially designed Christmas cake complete with an evil looking Santa Claus (is that a knife on good ol' Noel Noel?!) You see, Manchester City came up with a pretty brilliant idea where they got players to compete for the title of 'Best Christmas Cake Decorator'.

It's Christmas week... la semana de Navidad! In the Premiership, however, life goes on for Kun Aguero and co', who scored in City's 3-0 victory over Aston Villa last night. Kun scored a brace, and the goal celebrations had everything except Dani Alves' brilliant Santa hat.

There was a rumour a few months ago that Kun Aguero was planning to tattoo his entire shoulder and back - well, he's still pretty clean there!/ via AP Photo

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Kun Aguero is a nice guy and all that, but none of you knew he could tie his hair up in a bun, did you? Jajaja, el sombrero se ve raro .

Feliz Martes! The FIFA Ballon d'Or preliminary list of 23 men has been finalised and although the final 3 names will be announced on December 5th, you have an entire month to gloss over this. There haven't been many surprises and we've highlighted whom we think will probably and predictably make the cut based on the votes and if it doesn't work out, they can still make this into a Ballon d'Or reality TV show!

I think nobody was expecting Manchester City to win 6-1 against their local rivals, Manchester United in today's derby in Manchester. It was a strange match, which at the score 3-1 for City, the Reds basically gave up and let Manchester City's awesome striking force with Kun Aguero, David Silva and Edin Dzeko, have a field day.

• Ah, did we get your Krispy attention?! It's going to be a super exciting football weekend with the Manchester derby tomorrow as well as Valencia/Bilbao and Real Madrid/ Malaga in Spain! Interestingly, Manchester City have only won once at Old Trafford since 1974 under Sven-Goran Eriksson in 2008 and Kun Aguero and the Polecats will be looking to change that tomorrow when they face the King of Donuts, David de Gea.

FELIZ MARTES!! The Champions League finally returns today and you'd better believe that Roberto Mancini loves David Silva as much as the Valencianos still do! There's nothing quite like some hair affection at a press conference and naturally, they picked David to face the Spanish media ahead of the City-Villarreal clash tonight.

Here's Kun Aguero and Tevez, clearly excited that the Champions League is finally upon us again! Everything about the competition except for the name 'Michel Platini' is incredibly thrilling anyway. At the top of everyone's minds today will inevitably be the Bayern Munich-Man City Group A fixture, where we can imagine City being favourites to pull off an upset victory.

VIVA VALENCIA! The city must be celebrating their 2-2 draw against Barcelona last night ("I told you so" messages from Valencian friends are on the way). Of course, the popular hero of the hour was deemed to be Cesc Fabregas for saving Barca but it's time to give credit where it's due to Los Che, who were 10 men down and stuck till the end.

Ducky's Note: Much like Torres' drought, BigFourZa has been suffering a lack of Chelsea contributions, putting the very name of our site at risk. Much like Torres' goal at OT, Sushajith has stepped up and broken the 27-month drought in BFZ's blue corner. Much like Torres' later miss in the same game.

The Guardian's Gallery is, by and large, brilliant. But every now and again, someone ascends to the levels of the masters before them. This is one such case, via the Kun Aguero lineage of recent.

Real genius, if only because Diego was chosen as the clothed one.

These are exciting times to be supporters of either Manchester United or Manchester City. The two Manchester clubs are currently slugging it out at the top of the Premiership. Whatever City can do with their expensively assembled superstars, United are outdoing them with their expensively acquired youngsters!

I had the TV on this morning over breakfast. They had one of those XFL (Xenophobe Football League) a.k.a. English Premier League talk shows.
. The presenters / pundits had a question of the day (for callers / viewers / etc. to answer to reply to them via e-mail, twitter and on facebook): . "Is Wayne Rooney now as Good as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo?

10.09.2011 - Kun Agüero volvió a dar la nota en Manchester City con un hat trick para la victoria (3-0) sobre el Wigan y mantener puntaje ideal en sus primeros cuatro partidos de la temporada en la Premier League (12/12) punteando junto al United.
El Kun abrió la cuenta a los 13 minutos (asistencia de David Silva) y agregó los otros tantos a los 63 y 69 minutos, después de que Carlos Tévez (ingresado desde el banco) errara un penal (´19).

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This week we feature a huge story from the Premier League the thrashings of Spurs and Arsenal, while we also... You can listen to these and other stories on our weekly podcast and can find explanations of key vocabulary in bold below.

What are you two TIPOS doing at a Manchester train station? COME BACK TO SPAIN!! / via Manchester City

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A few articles we have read and enjoyed this week...Including Arsene Wenger's frailties, Fantasy Football predictions, a piece on Kun Aguero and on Everton being left behind. Fifa ultimate team is SHIT! - A FIFA 12 demo will be released on 13th September, The full FIFA 12 game launches on 29th September.

Now it's time for your requisite story about Sergio "Kun" Agüero and Manchester City, who around 4:48 Eastern Time on Monday was arguably the biggest thing to ever happen to England. Ever. Winston Churchill? Pfft. Did he ever score two goals against Swansea City? Didn't think so. In essence, Agüero's Premier League debut was so life-affirming people across Manchester -- nay, around the world -

Rare am I for the Premiership during the week, but yesterday's game between Manchester City and Swansea City had an appealing feel of, oh I don't know, torture and execution about it heading in. And who doesn't like a good bludgeoning?

The mighty Welshmen held on for as long as they could, at least until halftime, before succumbing to Edin Dzeko's lanky-legged goal-scoring ways ruined their Cinderella parade.

What a fantastic hit by new Manchester City signing Sergio Aguero. He scored 2 goals and picked up an assist in just 30 minutes of action off the bench in yesterday's 4-0 win over Swansea. The new Carlos Tevez? ... Continue reading →

It was his debut for Man City, and Maradona's 'yerno' did not waste his time scoring a brace in last night's 4-0 win over Swansea. It's weird not seeing him in Atleti colours, but we're guessing Kun had been seeing blue (cough *Chelsea*) the whole of last season anyway.

15.08.2011 - Finalmente, después de dudas y reuniones, se largó la Premier League, goleó (4-0) el Manchester City (en el Ethiad Stadium vs Swanseay) y debutó el Kun Aguero.
Entró en el minuto 57 (por DeJong) y a los 10 minutos hizo el primero (2-0). Tres minutos después asistió a David Silva para el 3-0 (´70).

Yesterday we released our first 5 Premier League team-by-team season previews, looking at Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn, Bolton and Chelsea. Today, we're back with our second installment. These are lengthier posts that examine each team's ‘real life' chances, predict their starting ... Continue reading →

This team got relegated last year.

• Like Miami drapes in the 80's. (Football Fashion)
• The right man. (The Carvalho Peninsula)
• Deciphering the lingo. (Surreal Football)
• Les Bleus get a varsity jacket. (Freshness Mag)
• Possible denial at work. (Serie Aaaargh)
• Atletico fans, possibly feeling scorned.

So it's settled then after months of speculation and his open letter to fans and Atletico's President, Kun Aguero is a Manchester City player! The deal is said to be worth (close to) £35million, which is a record for the club (even more than Robinho's!) Pero quién puede decir algo?

28.07.2011 - Apareció otro oferente para pagar los € 45 millones que pedía el Atlético Madrid y finalmente Sergio Kun Agüero cumplió su deseo expresado (por 1º vez) el pasado 23 de mayo (65 días) de no volver a vestirse de colchonero.
Acompañado de Hernán Reguera (representante), Agüero aterrizó en Heathrow (Londres) y un par de horas después anunció vía twitter estar "feliz de estar en este club y esta ciudad": Manchester City.

One of the longest running transfer sagas of the last few years is finally over. Sergio "Kun" Aguero is officially a Manchester City player as of today. How does "son-in-law-of-Maradona" fit into the Citeh squad and more importantly your fantasy team? Here's the rundown: The Player He is undoubtedly talented.

Being away for two weeks during some work for our new portal, Futbolita.TV does not mean that we won't be here for you during preseason. We're back and we can't wait to kick this season off!

Hot off the Spanish press (from the newspaper with reporters who are willing to hold your arms as you are walking on unstable grass conditions: El Mundo Deportivo) is the news that Kun Aguero's transfer to Man City will be finalized by Wednesday!

Argentina is out of the 2011 Copa America after losing 5-4 on penalties to Uruguay following a 1-1 draw after 120 minutes.

Diego Perez's early goal was cancelled out by Gonzalo Higuain in an action-packed first half, but despite chances from both ends, neither side could break the deadlock, ensuring a nerve-wracking shootout to end proceedings.

The opening match of the 2011 Copa America wasn't the spectacle we were hoping for. On a cold night in La Plata, with the pitch not in perfect condition, Argentina battled Bolivia to a 1-1 draw. But perhaps the most interesting aspect of the opening match were the goals that were scored.

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At Arsenal next season?

Arsene Wenger has been a long time admirer of the former Lyon striker now at Real.

"His movement is always intelligent, he is able to combine well with other players to make a difference, and also make individual strikes. So, in my opinion, he is one of the best in the world.

Liedson does kung-fu.

• Champions League's best goals. (The Spoiler)
• The Polish vortex. (Back Page Football)
• The season's end email. (Avoiding The Drop)
• Welcome to the machine. (Futfanatico)
• Prolific South Americans in Europe. (The Best Eleven)
• Appreciating architecture.

El momento es ahora.... and Kun Aguero has finally decided that it's time for him to leave Atletico Madrid for a bigger team. Meanwhile, we're pretty sure Maradona helped him to write his exit statement. These drama kings are all the same!

As Spurs face up to the reality that the 2011/12 season will not include a return to the UEFA Champions League, supporters are left to rue the failure of Harry Redknapp to lure a top striker to the club in the January transfer window. It certainly wasn't for lack of trying as Fernando Llorente, Diego Forlan, Kun Aguero and Guiseppe Rossi were all targeted for a switch to White Hart Lane to beef up Spurs assault on both the domestic and European front.

Los compañeros del Atlético de Madrid de Sergio Aguero opinaron sobre su pagina oficial: sergioaguero.com y lo hicieron como grandes críticos.
No solo eso, Assuncao y Ujfalusi se declararon fanáticos del grupo de cumbia La Champion Liga, banda de cabecera del yerno de Diego Armando Maradona y padre de Benjamín.