Welcome To The World Gaia Carvalho Alves!

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37 semanas 🍼 #babyGaia

A post shared by Caio Alves (@caio_alves12) on Jan 4, 2019 at 7:41am PST

We have always kept up with Marcelo’s in laws Caio & Yasmin here – they are just lovely! So it’s wonderful to report that they welcomed their second daughter Gaia on January 17th. Big sister Cloe, Tio Marcelo and Tia Clarice (who are Gaia’s godparents) were all on hand to greet the little woobins. Prepare for cuteness!

Thursday Training & Enzo The Magnificent!

Preparation for Saturday’s game vs. Villareal continued. 

And You Get A Contract Extension, And You Get A Contract Extension And You Get A…

…”partial tear of the adductor muscle tendon in your right leg.” Okay that SUCKS. Animo Mateo! Bring your lovely self back to us soon.  Let’s hope there are no more injuries to our boys.

But some good stuff happened as well. We started off our Champions League crown defense with a 3-0 win over APOEL. And then there was the matter of some contract extensions that make me, for one, very happy.

Catching Up With The Guys In LA

Lots of stuff has happened in the past 5 days. Sese has joined the gang, there has been birthdays and visitors and lots and lots of training. Here’s a brief recap (and hopefully my life will slow down a bit this week so that I can keep up easier.

A Four Wedding Weekend!

A whopping four Madrid players said “I do” this weekend around the globe: Danilo, Kovacic, Lucas and Morata.

Two Days Till El Derbi Madrileño!

I can’t believe it’s only 2 days until we face Atleti. The team began their preparation after yesterday’s victory vs. Leganés.

New Year & Holiday Fun

Hope everyone had a lovely New Year’s Eve and have been enjoying the day today. As promised, a bumper crop of what various ‘ballers have been doing on their holidays. There have been engagements, baby announcements, singing in the mirror while dressed in a towel (Cristiano), blue gradient shoes (Sergio), celebrating on a camel (Mateo & Lukita) and a rather ungracious joke about a rival (Toni Kroos, being a bit rude, IMHO).  Let’s dig in! (It’s long so be prepared!)

Catching Up Pre-Derby

Well. much like most of our internationals, I’m baaaaack! I survived my work conference with little to no health issues. I really wish I could say the same for our team!

Happy Halloween!

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😂😂😂😂😝😜😂

A post shared by Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) on Oct 19, 2016 at 11:13am PDT

Although he posted it early, I can’t help but feel this is Cristiano’s costume and in my mind, it’s clear who he is this Halloween…

Bits & Bobs: Prancing Pony, Baby Steps And Da Chiffon

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Miramos adelante. / We look forward. #VamosEspaña

A post shared by Sergio Ramos (@sergioramos) on Oct 8, 2016 at 2:18pm PDT

In order to cope with the dread of tonight’s Presidential debate, I thought a little bits & bobs post might be in order. And what makes us cheerier than a prancing Pony?