Off the Ball

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Off the Ball never rests in its mission to scratch around the underbelly of professional football to find the most bizarre, humorous and inexplicable stories. This week there is another Messi around; some German fans take matters into their own hands; Facebook causes issues in Ghana; Mario Balotelli makes an unexpected entrance at an Inter press conference and Miss Southampton may have one of her own thanks to a headline writer at the south coast club's matchday programme.