I’m back! Kind of…I brought back a very special souvenir of my vacation – some sort of tropical crud that ended me up in the hospital last night – I kid you not – so I’m on doctor ordered bed rest for the next few days. But I would be remiss if I didn’t do a brief post to celebrated Cristiano’s fifth Ballon D’or! Well deserved! Continue reading
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!) Continue reading
Two of the greatest, both for us and Brazil and they completely adore each other. Continue reading
*Original Recipe, that is. Topping my “things I didn’t expect to see this week (or ever)” list is Ronaldo Lima taking part in the annual Burning Man festival. Apparently he had a hell of a time because he’s still posting pictures from his adventure. Continue reading
I love this great animation from Nike’s “Risk Everything” campaign featuring both Ronaldos (Original Recipe & Crispy), Neymar, Wayne Rooney, Zlatan, Timmy Howard, David Luiz, Iniesta and Franck Ribery. Especially the part with their “post-football” careers. I got some major giggle fits over that.
– Lozil
Who is Casanova flirting with now?!
I think he’s admiring Lady Edith’s bouncin’ behavin’ hair and headband. Smart boy! Work kept me away from here yet again today, so this is a catch up post.
Ugh. This is going to be a super quick update. I got home super late from work. The team got right back to training as we have a match with Elche on Wednesday. Iker and Sergio were back. The Baby looks almost ready. Whooo hooo! Benz & Angel trained inside. Gareth had tests which determined that his left thigh muscle was fatigued. He and Xabi worked on their recoveries. Continue reading
Lots of little bits and bobs tonight. Who do you think these two matching woobinses are? Hint: they are siblings and Spanish. Yeah, I know, real helpful! Answer after the jump. Continue reading
Our fabulous gentleman were accompanied by their lovely ladies to Zurich for the ceremony. I figured we could start with the arrival and red carpet shots before getting into the ceremony pictures. Continue reading
Look! Cris won an award – no surprise there. The Portuguese Sports Journalists Association (CNID) presented him with the 2011 Best Player Abroad Award for the sixth time. It’s gotta suck for any other player wanting to get a look in, eh? I had to post the pictures for the unintentionally hilarious shots chosen by RM. Continue reading
Of Headbands and Heartbreak... 