It seems that there has been an upsurge of animals taking to the field of play in recent weeks, almost as though the animal kingdom has suddenly got wind of the game of professional football and they want in on all the fun. This loveable mutt saunters into the action during a Copa Libertadores encounter and is carefully handled by a player before being escorted from the ground and given a life time ban and some dog biscuits.
Roberto Mancini has praised Mario Balotelli following his team’s crushing 5-0 victory over Sunderland. The wayward striker failed to get on the scoresheet, but his performance impressed the City boss who hopes it is a sign of things to come.
‘Mario was perfect today,’ Mancini told reporters. ‘It wasn’t important he didn’t score today. He worked for the team, he ran all day, he was perfect. He must continue this.’
There have been strains on the relationship between the two as a result of the erratic behaviour of the Italian striker who has made headlines for all the wrong reasons since his arrival at Eastlands.
Recent controversies have included a fine for lobbing darts at a youth team player, an incident in which Balotelli’s sports car was smashed in and a red card in the Europa League last 16-clash with Dinamo Kiev.
Mancini has admitted that Balotelli’s behaviour has been unacceptable since his
After weeks of protesting against austerity measures being forced upon the Greek people it seemed only a matter of time before such action spilt over into the world of football. Well this weekend Panathinaikos fans were angered by a recent bout of poor form and decided to go on the offensive but their actions seemed to primarily involve picking up things and throwing them in random directions or simply kicking the odd football very hard. It is worth noting that Panathinaikos are actually only two points from top. Note also how all the players run speedily for the tunnel but Djibril Cisse trots along happily, which is fair enough as the Frenchman is after all the runaway top scorer in the Greek League.
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