Beyond anything which Mario may or may not be doing...what an odd sequence to catch during a game, isn't it? Fans get caught doing things quite often, but not players seated in cushy boxes.

That said....Mario makes a coke can disappear. I think. Which is pretty nice. Though I imagine the higher ups would prefer he be watching the game.

Para estos momentos ya la gran mayoria supo de este fanatico que se brinco la barda,literalmente y se esposo a la porteria, y no fue Balotelli. ¿Qué mensaje queria dejar? no lo se,solo que causo impacto.

On October 11 last year in the provincial city of Pescara, Italy ended their qualifying campaign with a 3-0 win over Northern Ireland. It was the perfect ending as Italy finished top of their group. It was also just reward for coach Cesare Prandelli who managed to rebuild a strong Azzurri from the wreckage of the 2010 World Cup disaster.

Come era nell'aria così è stato. La stangata per "Super" Mario è arrivata. Balotelli è stato squalificato pr 4 giornate dalla Federcalcio inglese. Gi scontata una (ha saltato la sfida di Carling Cup con il Liverpool, terminata 2 a 2) dovr saltare altri tre turni per la "condotta violenta" nel match di Premier League vintoContinua a leggere .

Tempo fa Mario Balotelli, dopo un gol segnato allo United, aveva mostrato la maglietta ironica con scritto "why always me? (perchè sempre io?), in risposta alle critiche e alle polemiche dei media nei suoi confronti. Ora l'attaccante del Manchester City, decisivo con il suo rigore nella vittoria del City, a tempo scaduto, contro il Tottenham,Continua a leggere .

Say, if I followed you home, would you keep me? Or at least not mace me? And would it make any difference if I could give you Tuesday's news and notes? You don't have to answer now. Just, you know, think about it. And at least give me a bit of warning on the mace front, if that's not too much to ask.

Mario Balotelli never seems to stop making the headline as despite being Manchester City savior in previous match against Tottenham Hotspurs, Balotelli caught himself involved in another case on that game.

The Italian striker was caught stamping Spurs' midfielder, Scott Parker, on Sunday and now are facing a disciplinary act by the English FA, who already confirmed their stance, only waiting for the forward to respons.

The great irony here being that if it was Peter Crouch, it 100% would have gone inFootball, the great reducing force in all our lives. If Jermain Defoe had stretched for that Bale cross just a millisecond earlier, we'd all be headed to work this morning without that overbearing sense of melancholy that you're probably still feeling.

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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyGKr2S3J4k&feature=player_detailpage You simply can't keep that man out of the news. And whilst Balotelli's principal effect in Manchester City's game against Spurs was to gain and score the injury time winner from the penalty spot, Super Mario gained some of the controversy that seems to follow him around.

Manchester City went six points clear at the Barclays Premier League summit after a late penalty conversion from Mario Balotelli ensured a thrilling 3-2 win over a resilient Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad Stadium.

After a slow first half, the hosts came alive at the beginning of the second, with goals from Samir Nasri and Joleon Lescott creating a comfortable two-goal cushion.

Rapper Tinchy Stryder has designed a new Umbro T-shirt inspired by mercurial Manchester City and Italy striker Mario Balotelli – the Why Always Me tee. According to Umbro: We've worked...

Welcome to Offbeat Wednesday, where we cover the wacky side of football! Today, read about the Rooneys' mismatched outfits, Guti's bizarre return to Real Madrid, Mario Balotelli's ride and Irina Shayk's "cam-whoring" tendencies. All in a day's work, it seems!

It's Wayne's World.

Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli is ready to sideline his football career in order to become a DJ after cosying up with Hip-Hop DJ Tim Westwood at an event in Manchester. Ok, maybe kicking his already glowing football career into touch is a tad exaggerated, still, the Manchester City ace has splashed out on a [.

Philadelphia Union

Are the Union shopping Danny Mwanga, as was reported by Ives Galarcep on Wednesday? "For the record we are not shopping Danny Mwanga," Diego Gutierrez tells Kerith Gabriel. "A lot of teams are finding themselves in a tough spot in the market and are looking within the league to supplement.

Much of his life would be a fantastic comic book or children's book series on how not to behave as an adult. Which Mario so rarely appears to be.

But today he decided to go to school a random school since he needed to use the bathroom. Of course since it's Balotelli, you know he found one in the faculty room.

Yep, it's another zany Mario Balotelli story. This time everyone's favourite eccentric Italian striker has called into a school to empty his bladder. The Manchester City man made an impromptu visit to Xaverian College in Manchester at around 1.30pm this afternoon. He parked his white Bentley on the 1,800-pupil school's car park before walking inside [.

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A week after falling 3-0 to Manchester City in the league, a Liverpool side without two of their top players returned to face a City side missing three of their best for the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals.

Sam Haase likes football and he can't hold back the words anymore... From Maradona to astronomic wages; Sam slurges to you his one true love. I have grown up watching football almost my entire life I don't know any different -and for me it is quite simply the best sport in the world. The pace, [.

Yes, he has been at it again. Whilst walking around Manchester city centre the striker spotted Matt Sherington playing on a punchbag machine in a ten pin bowling alley. Realising Matt was wearing a United shirt, Mario immediately challenged him to a punch-off on the machine. However, despite taking a run up for a number [.

Mario Balotelli ist und bleibt der Traum für die englische Boulevardpresse. Selbst wenn er mal nicht direkt selber was angestellt hat, gibt es immer etwas über ihn zu berichten. Selbst in der Musikwelt ist er inzwischen vertreten, auch wenn nicht ganz freiwillig. Der englische Rapper Tinchy Stryder hat sich Mario Balotelli angenommen und ein Lied [.

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 Boxing Day in the United Kingdom. My gift to the loyal, hardy, salt-of-the-earth readers of this little blog? A picture of Mario Balotelli. Think that should suffice, considering it's a holiday period and I really don't feel like sitting in front of my keyboard and trying to form sentences or come up with lame, strained egg nog jokes.

Remember how yesterday we wrote about our friend that we're aiming to initiate into the cult of football? (No? Read this real quick.)

Well, we emailed that link to him not only did he read the post, when we asked if he clicked through and read the three links we posted (one each for Messi, Balotelli, Dempsey) he replied via email (and gave us permission to blockquote):

i just read them all.

It wasn't so long ago that pundits and fans alike were questioning whether Mario Balotelli had what it takes to succeed in English football.

His doubters were plentiful and vociferous, with many criticising his perceived lack of maturity. However, one by one Balotelli has silenced his critics as he continues to lay waste to defences across the Premier League.

Just 48 hours before scoring against Chelsea Manchester City star Mario Balotelli received an almighty scare when Manchester United fans attacked him whilst driving in his white Maserati! The incident occurred on Saturday when Balotelli was driving his rather standout Maserati Gran Turismo through the streets of Manchester alongside girlfriend Raffaella Fico.

Not too bad a game at the Bridge today. Good fare I say.

Bench? Please.

Yeah, that was fucking awesome. Anyone else in need of a new set of vocal chords after that final 30 or so minutes? I sound like Emma Stone right now, and that's not sweet. Not at all.

What a year 2011 was for Football! We have had fireworks, management fallouts, enthralling top-of-the-table encounters, relegation scraps and transfer embargos to drive any football fan round the twist. So without wetting your appetite any further, here is In The Stands' top ten football moments of 2011.

Thursday becomes Fergsday 1) Thursday nights become big again. It is a certain scenario that we will have each of the current big four (yes I know, I have replaced Liverpool with City) live on our screen over a period of three nights midweek. 2) For those worried about the effect on England's UEFA coefficient, [.

Tomorrow's encounter at the Etihad stadium will prove to be one of Manchester City's most important in its recent history, needing a win against an already-through Bayern Munich side as winners of Group A. Eyes in Manchester will also been on the Villarreal-Napoli tie where a Napoli win would eliminate the Citizens from the competition.

Mario Balotelli gets a lot of flak due to his precocious talent for doing stupid shit, and deservedly so. A week in England can't properly conclude without one of his behavioral issues hitting the headlines.

And then there's Luis Suarez, whose ability to somehow find the headlines is becoming no less prolific, if his misbehaviors happen less in a bathroom and more on an actual pitch.

The cold shoulder It would be difficult to create a goal that could be more Mario Balotelli than Manchester City's fourth goal against Norwich in their 5-1 victory yesterday. Build up: Mario is seen swaggering around the area, arms by his side, seemingly with no intention of getting involved in the game Prelude: Ball finds [.

In case you haven't seen this clip of Mario Balotelli scaring the socks off one of Man City's club personnel, here you go! Poor woman must've had the shock of her life... but we can't stop laughing. Is that bad? We have a feeling some of the ladies working at City are the subject of an unfair amount of pranks, but it still makes for fantastic TV!

There are multiple story lines that could be woven into a discussion on Napoli's win over Manchester City in the Champions League on Tuesday. The partenopei, an average club paying average wages to a relatively small squad, defeated the oil-sheik's wealthy play toys. On a broader level, the team from the inferior Serie A beat the club from the best league in the world to take second.

There are multiple story lines that could be woven into a discussion on Napoli's win over Manchester City in the Champions League on Tuesday. The partenopei, an average club paying average wages to a relatively small squad, defeated the oil-sheik's wealthy play toys. On a broader level, the team from the inferior Serie A beat the club from the best league in the world to take second.

Cavani's precise headed goal from a corner.
Edinson Cavani punished Manchester City in the penultimate round of Champions League group stage games, scoring a double in the Italian side's 2-1 victory. As Bayern Munich sealed the first place of the group mathematically, now Manchester City must hope that Villarreal (last placed in the group with zero points) can hold Napoli at bay while Mancini's men try and defeat Bayern Munich.

Super Mario Balotelli tiene problemas, bastantes problemas, tantos que ya no se sabe si hace las cosas a proposito; la nueva es que ahora salio con la camiseta equivocada, se puso la versión vieja de la camiseta italiana.
El delantero del Manchester City salió a jugar el segundo tiempo del partido amistoso contra la selección uruguaya con el modelo anterior de la playera .

By Chris Wright

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge.

If you are ever planning a party, don't invite Uruguay. They famously scuppered Brazil's World Cup festivities back in 1950. And, on a much more minor scale, they burst the balloons blown up for the match to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Italian unification in Rome. It brought the Azzurri back down to earth after a victory over one of the hosts of next year's European Nations a few days.

If you are ever planning a party, don't invite Uruguay. They famously scuppered Brazil's World Cup festivities back in 1950. And, on a much more minor scale, they burst the balloons blown up for the match to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Italian unification in Rome. It brought the Azzurri back down to earth after a victory over one of the hosts of next year's European Nations a few days.