Jose Mourinho laughs about Mario Balotelli’s reason for once missing a meeting with him

Jose Mourinho and Mario Balotelli had their run-ins during their time at Inter and though their relationship suffered for it at the time, it seems that Mourinho can laugh about it now that they’ve gone their separate ways.

In an interview with BT Sport’s Clare Balding, Mourinho tells the story of how Balotelli once skipped a meeting between the two of them so he could attend a Formula 1 event. Mario’s reason for doing this? According to Mourinho, Balotelli told him, “Meetings in your office I can have every day, but Formula 1 is only in Italy once a year.”

Well played, Mario. Well played.

Bristol Rovers player booked for kissing opponent

Bristol Rovers beat Gateshead 3-2 last weekend in a match that included one of the most unusual yellow cards of the season. Minutes after scoring Rovers’ second equalizer in the 68th minute, Lee Mansell went nose to nose with Gateshead’s JJ O’Donnell. But instead of escalating the situation to violence, Mansell kept the spirit of the season in mind and gave O’Donnell an unexpected pair of kisses.

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Jeremy Menez scores disallowed goal so good that the offside rule should’ve been abolished on the spot

Roma and Milan played out a 0-0 draw on Saturday and yet the match still included a wonderful goal. Jeremy Menez was ruled offside as he chased down a ball that appeared to be heading over the endline during the first half, but he decided to contort his body to get off a shot from the ridiculous angle anyway. And he only went and pulled it off.

It’s times like this when officials should just say, “You know what — that was awesome. The goal stands.”

Sergio Ramos claims Real Madrid are “God’s team,” Zlatan likely disagrees

Though Real Madrid might appear to be overwhelming favorites to beat San Lorenzo in the Club World Cup final, the South American champions seem to have divine intervention on their side. Ever since San Lorenzo supporter Jorge Bergoglio became Pope Francis, they can’t stop winning trophies. First they won Argentina’s Primeria Division, then they won Copa Libertadores for the first time in the club’s history.

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Tom Cleverley just wants a Roy Keane panic room for Christmas

Tom Cleverley looks over his shoulder during training. (Getty)
Tom Cleverley looks over his shoulder during training. (Getty)

According to The Sun, Aston Villa midfielder Tom Cleverley lived out everyone’s worst nightmare when an angry Roy Keane showed up at his house unannounced and rang the bell at his front gate for 15 minutes. Keane supposedly did this believing that Cleverley was the leak behind reports of dressing room unrest leading to Keane’s departure from Aston Villa as Paul Lambert’s assistant manager.

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