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!)

World Cup 2014: Argentina Ships It!

I was just about to go to sleep when I saw this little bit from the Daily Mail. Argentina’s roommate list was leaked and it’s got some famous bromantic pairs represented.

A Xabi Break, Aliens, Hello Santi Claus! & More

It’s nice to finally be home from work! Since I kinda blew it earlier and tomorrow’s Drool published inadvertently (since deleted), I’d like to make it up to you by giving you a little Xabi break. Just sit there and contemplate his perfection for a bit before heading into the rest of the post. (Photo via SocialRMadrid)

Invasion Of The Booty (I’d Like To Be Snatchin’)

Watishista and Napoli fan extraordinare Maria Rosaria sent me this picture of Pipita roaming the streets of my fair city. What a nice thing to wake up to!

Thursday Training, Someone Is Still Carrying The Torch & Someone’s Got His Groove Back

Carlo will have none of your sass, thank you very much.

The internationals are making their way back to Madrid and those left behind trained their charming butts off.

Meanwhile Back At The Ranch (Or Y’Know, Valdebebas) & International Duty

Aw! It looks like Chori is missing having one of his bromance partners around! So what’s a boy to do when both his men are off on international duty? Team up with the other point in that bromantic quartet, Calleti!

Catching Up With France, Germany, Portugal, Argentina, Brazil And More

Karim got his chesticles workin’ in that jersey while posing for a picture with Les Bleus. Jellyace, remind me – didn’t we name them? I could swear I dubbed them “Asterix and Obelix” at one point.  Anyhow, here’s some Karim action.

The Bromantic Plot Thickens, Looking In At Spain, Portugal And Germany

Pipa continues spreading himself around like he’s Bobby Brown circa 1988 and yeah, I’m judging. However, he’s back with his original boo, Eze Garay, who tweeted this shot. Albiol nattered on all day about basketball on Twitter, studiously ignoring the drama. Arbeloa was not to be found. I may have to, ahem, pull Pipita aside tomorrow and talk to him sternly. A spanking may be in order!

Tormata Arrives, Higuaray And A Bit Of Germany

The team had a closed training this morning at the stadium in St. Gallen, but a few pictures of Tormata have made it into circulation. 

The Daily Drool: Champions League Group C: Ezequiel Garay

Because I miss Eze’s shy smile (and I bet Pipita does too!), I thought he’d be the perfect choice to represent Benfica. I hope this lovely center back gets more playing time than he did with us. Eze has represented Argentina at the U20, U23 and senior team levels.