The Double As, as they were meant to be. Ah, it fills me with such sadness! Alvaro posted this with the caption (excuse the approximate translation: “Do not strive to make your presence noticed but your absence felt. Yours is going to be felt a lot. I wish all the best to the 5! See you soon, brother!” and then he added ” In bocca al lupo!!” which is Italian for ‘best of luck‘ WAH!
Way to destroy me, Alvaro, just…thanks. Now I’ve got Hall & Oates in stuck in my head and I’m about to go down a 70s soft rock YouTube rabbit hole, thereby losing the rest of the evening. Much appreciated, ta. Here’s another one for your Chori Canciones mix tape if you really insist on wallowing in the your misery. Now aren’t you sorry about that bromance break you guys took? You thought you had forever, didn’t you? What? Stop crying, Alvaro, I’m sorry! I didn’t mean it! Here’s some Haagen Daz and Kleenex. C’mon honey, let it all out…
Oh dear, what’s going to happen if the bid that Napoli made for Pipita really goes through? Chori will have scored both Pipa & Calletti. Did anyone really expect Arbeloa to end up the Karim Benzema of this bromantic quadrangle when it all started? Because I certainly didn’t.
Oh and just to make life more sad, here’s Calleti in his Napoli kit. ::SOB::
Also raising a bit of a concern was Jorgelina posting a picture (she rarely uses Instagram) of Angel with the caption (Google Translated) “Whether or not the owner, you know that every minute you give the best of you, because you love your job, because you love football! Proud of you sweetie! Your princess and your queen always with you! In good times and bad many more!”
There were rumors earlier this summer about Angel going (and Fabio as well), possibly back to Benfica. I guess we’ll have to wait and see where the chips fall. I can’t wait for this transfer window to be over. Too stressful.
Ugh, how about some happier stuff? Bebes, puppies, vacation shots, etc. I need something that doesn’t make me want to weep.
I love these pictures of Gigi, wife Alena and their boys with a friend. I can’t believe how big the kids are! I also got a kick out of fashion choices. I live for this shit.
And finally, wonderful fantastic news! Fabrice Muamba and his wife Shauna became the parents of a baby boy that they named Matthew Josiah. 4 year old Josh is excited to be a big brother.
I’m delighted with this beautiful family and happy to see them going from strength to strength.
Watishista forzasusan shared a story with me last month and I didn’t get it on the blog right away but the news of baby Matthew reminded me. Luca Toni & his girlfriend of over a decade, Marta Cecchetto suffered a tragedy last June when their first child, a boy, was stillborn. I am very happy to report that they became parents of a healthy baby girl who they named Bianca on June 20th.
Hmmmm, Baby Boy Albiol must have been born by now (what with Alicia posting a picture of her huge tummy and saying “Last day” and Alvaro wishing the best to “the 5” – I wonder when we’ll get a look at him and find out what his name is? If it’s Alvaro or Gonzalo, I’ll laugh my arse off.
– Lozil
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You have no idea how much happiness you brought to my life with Luca Toni and Marta Ceccheto’s baby good news 🙂 Thank you so much 🙂
I’m so sorry it took me a month to get on here! I feel terrible. Emails get pushed down in my inbox if I don’t post right away and it takes some time for me to weed stuff out.
Man, álvaro’s post made me tear up a little bit… This can’t be right, being so emotionally invested about people i’ve never seen; can’t help it though 🙂
About Napoli: ENOUGH you hear me?
This is shallow but I am very excited to see how Luiz’s nose turns out. If he gets hotter, with that talent, personality and body… He is too much.
Okay, so I’m not all that attracted to him because he reminds me of a little brother type. But I saw his body and had to look a few times. I adore him and I was a little surprised by the body… Damn
i wasn’t really into him at first, for the little brother reason, but he’s hiding a serious body under there and that can not be ignored. and his apartment is a real life version of the apartment from the movie “big” – that’s super charming.
Yeah, I thought we will have A&A bromance forever…and damn, I need a camera like the one Mata have. And his ability to take such beatiful pictures!
Alvaro makes me cry 😦
And now that Iker’s biological clock has quieted I am amazed at how loudly David Luiz’s is ticking… Jeez!
I love Fabrice Muamba and family!
I’m still in significant denial about the end of my favorite bromance. Do you think there are any Italian groupies that will help me with my Albiol and Calleti fix? My Spanish is passable, but my Italian is non-existent!
That Commodore song with Lionel Richie singing is the perfect backdrop for a slideshow of the Double As, with them running on the pitch in slow motion. Ahhhh….What has Napoli done?!?