Sunday Recovery Session & Love Is All Around

The team had a recovery session today. The starters stayed indoors with the exception of Toni came out for a bit of a run.

Thanks For The Nightmares, Juve!

Don’t know about you but I find clowns hella creepy. Juve decided to traumatize us all by not only having creepy clowns in their new kit unveiling video but also by setting aforementioned clowns’ faces on fire. Even the presence of Claudio “Behold my bedroom eyes and chiseled cheekbones” Marchisio doesn’t make this any less horrifying. Gee thanks, Juve! As if I needed another reason for insomnia. At least Morata, Llorente and Gigi weren’t involved. I don’t need to equate Buffllmo with nightmares. That would be a big ol’ BuffllNO. ::shudder::

– Lozil

Morata Sings and Scores

I’ll see the Morata-Buffon-Llorente threesome offered previously, and raise ya’ll a singing and scoring Morata! The singing was part of his Twitter chat, #AskMorata, which took place this past Thursday. His singing starts around the 0:36 second mark.

Updated: Match Post: Real Madrid vs. Juventus

Champions League Match Day 3 sees us take on Juventus at home. I will be so torn as my beloved Gigi Buffon and Andrea Pirlo take on our boys (not to mention Claudio Marchisio and Fernando Llorente). But it should be a really good match. Feel free to comment here pre, during and post match.

A Little International Picture Dump

Since things are quiet in Real Madrid Land, I thought I’d drop a few pictures of international duty. Maisougio will post La Roja pictures separately. 

Thursday Late Night Bits & Bobs

How does this always happen? I get home from work late, eat dinner and then sit down to post – poof! – it’s close to 11 PM. I give up. Here’s a quick rundown.

First, congrats to Nacho who yesterday extended his contract with Real Madrid for an additional 4 years.

La Roja Official Pictures

La Roja had their official pictures taken, which is always a cause for dread. As a rule, these things never seem to turn out all that well. Some are not so bad and some are downright hideous.  Here’s some close ups…

Mmmm, Italy

Now, I grew up supporting Italy and they are always in my heart. Gigi Buffon is one man who has always made me weak at the knees. I mean, look at him. Yum. Anyhow, it’s been a long time since Italy got any love on this blog so here’s a bit of mama mia! hotness.

The Daily Drool: Claudio Marchisio

The exquisite Claudio Marchisio was request of wa-tishista! Yvette, who as you can see, has wonderful taste. The 25 year old has spent his entire career (aside from a one season loan to Empoli) with Italian Serie A club Juventus as a midfielder. He started with the Italian National Team U-20 squad in 2006 and moved up to the senior team in 2009 and represented his country in the 2010 World Cup.