If not for this merciless tongue ulcer we’re suffering from today, we’d be screaming “POR FIN YA ES VIERNES!” into the gardener’s ears. Unfortunately, like the sulky Giampaolo on the far end of the photo above, there’s nothing to rave about. Unless you’re a certain Italian stallion named Marco Boriello, who did the right thing by makin’ that move to Roma. There was absolutely no way he was going to stick around the Milanello dressing room playing chess with Pippo Inzaghi next season.

(Photo via O Dia)

Since so many of you are asking, here’s a photo of Douchie of the year, Pato and his new girlfriend, photographed in San Marcos, Italy! It was his birthday yesterday, so both of them took the gondola and stayed at a hotel which costs $3000 for two nights. Kaching! Galliani footed the bill, obviously.

And as we wait around for the weekly Panico na TV and CQC shows to return to our screens, here’s a completely irrelevant and hilarious video of the zany Sabrina Sato interviewing the fetus from another world, Justin Bieber. This one will make your day, we assure you!

via O DIA, EGO, Correire dello sport

One half of IkerBonero, Sara, is the new spokeswoman for "Pantene" in Spain! / via Hola

“There was only one person (on the Barcelona team) who wanted to get rid of me. I have never had problems with any coach before during my career. But suddenly I had a thousand problems and I had no communication with ‘the Philosopher’. No communication whatsoever. I don’t know what his problem was,” said Ibra.

Ibra, you must first show that you want to play before you start putting the blame on the coach. What’s going to happen at Milan? Who’s going to play the role of “Let’s Support The Strikers”? There’s Pato and Robinho now!

Meet Dani Alves, your new Barcelona tour guide. Do not be alarmed by all that bling he’s wearing on his ears, even though it puts the whole Samba parade to shame. Anyway, it’s been two years since he last arrived from Sevilla, but cara is still in love with the Catalan city and wants YOU and your wallet to know that it’s possible to eat out everyday of the year.

“When I moved here, people told me it was possible to eat in different restaurants 365 times per year. I did not believe it. But after you get used to it, you realize it’s true. Today I (searched) for a restaurant in my GPS and you could see that symbol with a fork and knife,” he said in an interview, laughing. Oh Dani, were we supposed to look for a symbol indicating the zoo instead?

“When I got here, I did a “city tour” to know the main points. I really enjoyed it. For example, I visited Holy Family Church, Parque Guell, which has several works by Gaudi (architect). It’s also nice to go to Montjuic, where is the Olympic Village in 1992. My grade for the city is 9.5 because 10 is always perfect, and people always have some complaints. But Barcelona, to live and go for holidays, is the best place in the world,” added Alves.

Oh dear, it seems that MouMou the Mastermind, has been reading too much of his son, Jose Jr’s, Harry Potter books and getting discount coupons from the movie’s themepark. How did he manage to conjure up this statement? It’s pretty ridiculous and brilliant in itself.

“I am a coach, not Harry Potter. He is a magician. Magic is fiction and I live for football, which is real. I’ve only been in Madrid for two months. Do you know how many training sessions I have had with everyone together, including the new signings? Not even 10. My profile as a coach is different to what it has been in recent years. If things go badly I have to leave. I would have one of the best clubs in the world waiting for me.”

via Reuters, Globoesporte

Benzema : "Imma drink my juice now Sami. The whole bottle's mine. Don't bother asking Mesut. " / via Gettyimages

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So the boys of Corinthians joined their fans and celebrity friends in yesterday’s centenary celebrations! More than 130,000 people packed the Vale do Anhangabaú, Sao Paulo’s equivalent of the Hyde Park region (or slightly better, amicis?) Que legal! In the midsts of all the celebrations and Lula-loving, somebody forgot to call Pele. How dare they!

According to the Brazilian media, many fans who packed the place “suffered a lot, were overwhelmed by the crowd and tried to break into the press area, but the police acted quickly and prevented them from doing more.”

“This is a wonderful party, just gotta thank you,” said Ronaldo Lima to the adoring crowd. “I will not say too much or I may cry,” he added, singing a congratulatory song for the club.

via Globoesporte

THE DEAL IS DONE. Milan have officially transformed into Brasil FC (now where is Ibracadabra going to fit in?) and all they need now is for Kaka to return and complete the rest of the picture! For our own reasons (he-he), he’d better stay at Real for at least one more season.

“AC Milan communicates it has acquired the player Robinho, outright from Manchester City. The Brazilian has signed a contract with the Rossoneri club for four years,” read a statement which was undoubtedly written by Berlusconi’s annoyed secretary.

Right now, you know that the zany producers of “Chiambretti Night” are also probably scrambling to get Robinho on the show. It’d be the best welcome gift ever!

via AP

NO JOKE. This guy has collected over 500 Corinthians jerseys in his lifetime. Can you measure up?!! / via Globoesporte

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Huntelaar and Raul in one season! What’s all this Überraschung der Deutschen?!! Schalke fans must surely be brimming from ear to ear with this Huntelaar coup. Even better, The Hunted said that :“It is true I never wanted to leave Milan but that changed when Zlatan Ibrahimovic came from Barcelona.” Oooo, prepare the popcorn NOW amicis.

Individually, these two just can’t be compared to each other. In our humble opinion, Huntelaar was plain overrated while Raul the Great One left a legacy behind. Don’t say a mean word… King Juan Carlos‘ aides are standing by the door now!

Here’s Elano,  sporting his favourite “deer in headlights” look for the cameras! If you had approached him with some hotdog buns, we swear he’d have thrown you a different look.

Anyway, mano was seen attending a game from the World Basketball Championships yesterday. The tournament is now taking place in Istanbul, where Elano plays for Galatasaray. Alex also attended the games, refuting claims that the club president wants him to leave Galatasaray’s rivals, Fenerbahçe.

Oi Slash! Is that you trying to creep up to Chicharito? Sheesh, the kid is signing autographs… the least you could do was to rip out your electric guitar and do a solo right there and then. Ok, enough of all estas bromas. Chicharito attended a Nike Mexico event to promote their new “Tiempo Legend” boots yesterday where he signed autographs for all his fans. Ya’ll better appreciate!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKexlBT0MMg

via Skysports, Globoesporte, Nike Futbol

Looking fine today, are we? / via Kakafans.net

So obviously, Uncle Fester Galliani masterminded the whole Ibra to Milan transfer, and the man himself arrived last night at the Milan-Lecce game. Basically, the oldies in the team like SuperPippo said “NO, GRAZIE!” to their new teammate by doing well in that 4-0 victory. The other three goals came from the Brasileiros, e claro! Two from Pato and his Badass face, and one from Thiago Silva (or as our amiga says, “T.I. Silva”). So why do they need Ibra, again?!

And apparently, the Interistis don’t really care about Ibra going back to the ‘other team’. But you’ll only know the truth when the Milan derby takes place and everybody starts burning the stadium seats again and/or sending empty pasta packets to Moratti’s office, which will make him really pissed.

via Reuters/AFP