A belated welcome to little Guille! Nacho and Maria welcomed their third child and second son on March 29. Big sister Alejandra and big brother Nachito are checking out the new addition. More pictures after the jump including one with Guille and his papi. Continue reading
Prepping For Sevilla, A Farewell And A Birthday
17 JanWell, we’re through to the next round of the CDR, but honestly, the game was a snooze. Literally, for me. I fell asleep for the last 20 minutes. That’s not good. But we’re through and Isco got to play. Continue reading
A Four Wedding Weekend!
18 JunA whopping four Madrid players said “I do” this weekend around the globe: Danilo, Kovacic, Lucas and Morata. Continue reading
New Year & Holiday Fun
1 JanHope 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!) Continue reading
Back To Madrid, Accolades & Families
5 Aug
The team returned to Madrid after Wednesday’s win over Bayern Munich arriving home on Thursday. The game was fun but exhausted (the trip back seemed to take forever). Mygypsyspirit and I spent the following day recovering and hanging out. She left today so I’m getting back to work on things with a very quick catch up. Continue reading
More To Celebrate: A Wedding & Two Babies
30 MayLa Undecima wasn’t the only good thing that happened on Saturday – Nacho & Maria’s new baby arrived! They’ve only called him (I think it’s a him!) Mini Nacho so I’m guessing that they named him after his daddy – that would make him José Ignacio Fernández Cortes. Big sister Alejandra will now have a playmate. Congrats to the happy family.
But then there were two more surprises. First off, guess who got married? Continue reading
The FInal Final Pre-Sevilla Session & Happy Papi’s Day
19 MarOkay, the mothership was full of shit yesterday. Today was the final training session. Sigh. Continue reading
While You’re Waiting For The Match To Start…
17 Feb…have a mishmash of puppies, babies and selfies and not necessarily in that order. Continue reading
Sunday Recovery Session & Love Is All Around
14 FebThe team had a recovery session today. The starters stayed indoors with the exception of Toni came out for a bit of a run. Continue reading