Sigh. What a bunch of silly goofballs on our team. Love them. Los Blancos had their fourth training of the week and then were joined by some special guests.
Cutie!
Guapo!
Buddies!
Short shorts!
So 3/5 of boy band One Direction stopped by for a visit as they are performing in Madrid. Lord knows where Zayn & Harry were. The whole group are big footy fans and have visited a number of teams. After seeing these pictures, I bet El Pirata may be thanking his lucky stars for the first time that he went to QPR. His indie cred couldn’t survive this one.
Mou looks just THRILLED to be hanging out with 1D. Bet Matilde will be excited though.
The band ‘One Direction’ visited Real Madrid’s Football City
by Diego Jabalquinto
Three members of the band watched a training session and greeted the coaching staff and the players before having photos taken
The Whites’ fourth training session at Real Madrid’s Football City in preparation for the league match against Real Sociedad was watched by the band One Direction. The British music group are in Madrid as part of their European tour and three of the five members took the opportunity to see the training session and greet and chat with the Whites’ coaching staff and players and also played some football on one of the pitches, shooting at one of the goals.
Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson were the One Direction band members who visited the facilities at Real Madrid’s Football City to see the Whites’ training session. All three were dressed in shorts and first spoke with Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho, with whom they were photographed before he gave them each a Real Madrid shirt with their name on.
“We are in the middle of a European tour right now and we will be performing in Madrid. They told us that we had the opportunity to come to see the Real Madrid players and that is very exciting for us. It is amazing to see how they train and see so many such good players. We are big football fans and Real Madrid are one of the best teams on the planet”, said Niall, while Liam admitted:” Cristiano Ronaldo is my favourite player, he is one of the best in the world”.
At the end of the training session the three band members greeted and chatted with the players, with whom they had a great group photo taken. Niall, Liam and Louis also took some shots on goal with Cristiano Ronaldo, Modric, Kaka and Essien. Finally, the three One Direction members saw the facilities at Real Madrid’s Football City, about which Louis said: “They are great.”
Rhiannon Jones, Sergio & Cristiano also shared some shots from the pop stars’ visit.
Real Madrid’s player residence is almost done (no more concentracions at the Mirasierra Suites!). The rooms are fabulous. The team will be able to chill out between training with 3 floors of options for dining, swimming, learning in the classrooms, physiotherapy, etc.
How about that new crib, eh? Pretty freakin’ posh. It’s no Real Madrid Resort Island, but as a place to kick back and kill some time, it’s lush. Why bother to go home at all?
Here’s a few little bits & bobs…
Abiolita didn’t just hang with teen idols today – they paid a visit to 5 year old Alvaro Serrano Ruiz. Raul said Alvaro was his new friend and followed him on Twitter. Aw!
Meanwhile Alicia, Azahara and Alma took a dip in the pool.
Alvaro Arbeloa thanked Adidas for the customized Raul booties for his new bebe (who I can’t wait to see!)
Iker took a picture of his own shadow giving, of course, a thumbs up.
Mesut gave us a piccy of his adorable puppy Balboa.
Calleti shared a shot of a face-painted Paula.
And finally, Iria posted a lovely shot of wee baby Zoe playing on the slide with her adoring papi, DLo.
Are those tiny little cowboy boots I see? Ach, too delicious. She’s even got an itty bitty smile on her face. Love it.
That’s it for now. I’ll get something up tomorrow, of course, but it will be another hectic day. Please send some good vibes my way. Max the cat might be having surgery tomorrow morning and he’s an old man (17, possibly 18 – we’re not sure!) so it’s a bit of an issue to sedate him. Everyone keep their fingers crossed for us, okay?
Thanks,
Lozil
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Crossing fingers. Also, I see what you did there in the post title…
Yeah, couldn’t resist. 😉 Thanks for the good wishes.
Sending you and Max some {{hugs}} and healing energy!
Ozi & Balboa have the same eyes. So sweet.
That was my first thought as well! I love it.
Best wishes to your kitty! Hope everything goes perfectly.
Sending love and hugs for Max, what a grand age to achieve! Best wishes to him, he’s clearly a fighter xx
i really like the new crib!
It’s really nice. That indoor pool is awesome.
My kitties & I are sending good vibes to you & Max. ❤
In that second picture, Mesut REALLY reminds me of that Ridiculously Photogenic Guy meme:
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ridiculously-photogenic-guy-zeddie-little
Both so incredibly flaw-free!
PS, good luck to you and Max! 🙂
Cristiano to 1D: Let’s have a Hot Off: show me your thighs!
My fandom and my kid’s fandom got into a head-on collision here. Hope that makes me cooler in her eyes!
niall’s face as he’s meeting everyone, especially kaka, is so incredibly sweet. you can see he is legitimately excited to meet the players and doesn’t take it for granted for a second.
Niall is such a fan girl!!! I bet he jumped up and down with excitement when he got out of the training ground!
Louis propably tried to talk Cris into signing for United!
Liam is just so humble!
Harry would rather work on his tan at the w hotel in Barcelona……..
Niall is said to be a huge RM fan. But still he and Harry had Barca shirts on during their show in Barcelona the night before the RM training sesh. So I’m not convinced Niall is an RM fan.