It takes a real man to stand up in the face of pressure and for Rafael van der Vaart, the lucky stars were on his side last night! Tipo scored Madrid’s decisive (and winning goal) against Sevilla in the 90th minute. He received a yellow card moments later for removing his shirt but the way he celebrated his goal speaks volumes about his desire to contribute to the Madridistas! Tanta pasión, ¿no? Chances haven’t been on Rafael’s side as of late, but could this be divine intervention for our Sunday Señor?
Also, Sylvie had better laid a nice steak for him on the table….
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So the only name you should be chanting today is Cacau! (and Senor Pep, of course). Cacau is a Brazilian-born German national team player (ah, a concorrência!) who scored four goals in Stuttgart’s 5-1 win last night against Cologne. This man is on a roll… so surely, he deserves the Sunday Señor title of the week!
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It’s the little things that count most these days for Juventus and in yesterday’s encounter against Livorno, they needed defender Nicola Legrottagli to save their ASSinis! And look, our Sunday Señor this week even pulled up a holier-than-thou shirt after scoring which translates to “Jesus is the Truth”. No surprise here… Nicola is known to be one of the more religious Italian footballers who is anti-homosexuality (like Cannavaro) and whose favourite book is the Holy Bible. Could Nicola be the Kaka of the Serie A? Quick, Francesco Coco asked for a rehabilitation slot!
Here’s a bonus of Nicola looking bored at a DSquared Fashion show in Milan. The models don’t wear anything at those shows so it’s safe to say that he’s in disagreement!
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Parabens to Alvaro Negredo who has had a great, great week with Sevilla! And thanks to his solitary goal against Almeria last night, he helped Los palanganas climb out of a run of 4-match defeats. Now now, it was an easy goal but don’t forget that he also scored against Deportivo in the midweek Copa del Ray clash.
Looking at Alvaro, he looks like he should be in a telenovela playing the role of a suave boyfriend, but Gracias a Dios we have him in football! And if he keeps this up, Uncle Del Bosque will have many reasons to stop playing FIFA 10 and finally get down to that list (no, not the grocery list- it’s the crucial striker list!). Anyway, here’s a cute photo of the Negrado brothers smiling for the cameras. Is that Jason Mraz in the middle?
Who is Racing Santander’s Sergio Canales? And why should you care about him? Because he scored two goals against Sevilla, is one of Spanish football’s hot prospects…. and is only 18. Before you scream jail bait and Bobojan, we urge you to watch tipo’s double against the Palanganas below. His phone must be ringing non-stop with calls from shady agents today (“Salve, Sergio! We are from Berlusconi’s office – would you like to come to AC Milan?”) But of course… he is our Sunday Señor after all!
Here’s Sergio with Racing fans looking pretty amable!
You could argue that the World Club Cup stage belonged to the Messiah after that fitting extra-time goal last night, but futbolitas, without that moment of brilliance from Pedro, Barca could’ve well handed victory on a plate to Estudiantes. If anyone deserves to be lauded for showcasing Barca’s ability to turn a game around, it’s Senor Rodríguez. He anticipated that ball superbly – and that amount of initiative can only be described as IMPRESIONANTE! Deberíamos enviar a nuestros hijos a La Masia (haah!)
By the way, Pedro is the only player in history to score in six different club competitions during a single season. He has now scored in the La Liga, Copa del Rey, UEFA Champions League, European Super Cup, Spanish Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. What else can you say but ¡bien hecho!
So Werder Bremen thrashed Freiburg 6-0 last night in the Bundesliga (See, they don’t even need Diego aka Survivor Contestant No. 91255 these days). As for Hugo Almeida, we’ve not heard from him for a while so it was finally nice to see the Portuguese striker helping himself to a double.
Also, did you know that Almeida is lovely family man who he doesn’t travel anywhere without a photo of his two daughters, Marianna and Matilde? His wife, Andreia added that he doesn’t go anywhere without his “mobile phone, computer and PSP” either. Ah, isso é muito típico ... She added that the ‘most difficult time’ for the family was when Hugo had to go play at the Euro 2008.
“Once, he forgot his phone in Viseu and I had to go all the way there to collect it for him,” Andreia recalled. Now now, isn’t that what a mulher is for? We’re off to find a broom now….
And it’s L for Laura Guimarães! Nilmar scored a beauty of a header in Brazil’s 1-0 victory over England yesterday (let’s not talk about that Fabulouso penalty shall we, the sky fell down when that happened!) and aptly dedicated the goal to his wife! Awww … Que romântico… trazer para fora as velas! (bring out the candles).
Yes, the photo explains it all! Mauro Camoranesi scored a molto veloce double in Juve’s 5-2 thumping of Atalanta last night. Say what you will about his hair, but this dude still has it. Inviamo i fiori (we send flowers) to this Senor!
Belleza! Napoli’s Marek Hamsik and The Pied Piper of Higuain both netted in unexpected braces to steer their teams to a neat victory last night. Both of them deserve our Sunday Senor cap for this week… especially Hamsik who scored the decisive winner against Juventus. Maaaaaravilloso!
On second thought, Grandpa Sepp should introduce those drinking straws they have for the Formula 1 drivers. It will help in emergency ManPile Goal Celebrations, where suffocation is dangerously possible.
Ah, it’s been a while since we last heard from zio-hermano. Yeah, Amauri’s just one of those who prefers to let his feet do the talking (maybe not for Dunga) so it was nice to see him score in the bianconeri’s 1-1 draw against Fiorentina, yesterday. Well, it would’ve been nice to see Felipe Meloooo getting on the score sheet too but alas, he just recovered from an injury and wanted to give his former side a break. For now, enjoy Iaquinta’s well-timed assist that led to Senor Amauri’s goal. Robinhood twins!
The Pied Piper of Higuain may have opened the scoring for Los Albicelestes but it was Martin Palermo’s close-range effort that secured a crucial win 2-1 win over Peru last night. The Dona actually dived into the wet grass – on his stomach – in celebration. Lighten up, uncle. You don’t want the empanados to be flattened. He’s lucky that the Rain Gods approved of Palermo – except that the Boca man’s goal was ten years into the making.
“The victory gives us new life,” said The Dona. “It was a very dramatic finish. Now we go to Uruguay to play for a place in the World Cup.” And because ya’ll are in love with him, here you go…
Sorry folks, no Sunday Senor today because none of them made quite an impact as the Santos female squad last night. And with Marta and Cristiane in the same team, uma vitória é garantida! Our favorite mulher in futbol, Cristiane, struck twice in Santos’ Copa Libertadores opening game to earn a 3-1 win over White Star for her side. The goals effectively killed off their opponents, who were unable to put any pressure on them and had to resort to defending instead. [Watch here!]
Ah, Maxi! Nothing like a solid last-minute goal from Jose Manuel Jurado’s cross to rescue your team from a loss to Valencia … Atletico’s coach Abel Resino has been under tremendous pressure lately and a loss would have dealt a blow to the Rojiblancos. So it was great to have good ol’ Maxi stepping up to the plate and capitalizing on Jose Manuel Jurado’s cross from close range to make it 2-2. A sizzler from the Sunday Senor, indeed! Meanwhile, just cos’ Coti is awesome, watch his music video featuring cameos from Maxi and Diego Forlan HERE.
For all those midweek allegations of stamping on Robin van Persie and diving (among other things) Eduardo should be sent back to his comfortable London home with a hot pot of soup cooked by old friend, Gilberto Silva. But who doesn’t like controversy, these days? It’s how we roll, tipos! And the lovely thing about el futbol is that things have the tendency to calm down after a great goal (with or without the help of Vermaelen, mind you). So say BEMVINDO to Eduardo, your Sunday Senor this week…!
Inter’s favourite Betrayer of Humanity (ha-ha) scored the opening goal against Getafe last night – and set up the Messiah’s second in the 78th minute.
“I am very pleased to have scored two goals, but the most important thing is to reach the rhythm,” he said. “I am not at a hundred percent yet, but I am getting there.” He also acknowledged the all-important role of his teammates.
“(Iniesta and Messi) make it easy for you. They open spaces up and defences do not know which one to mark.”
Bien évidemment… this makes the Ibracadabra our Sunday Senor!
Don’t you love it when strikers deliver as promised? It’s what you’ll get if you listen to David Villa! In La seleccion’s triumphant 5-0 victory over Belgium last night, he reminded the world of his prowess by scoring a double – despite a missed penalty in the first half. So you’d better sit up because Villa’s is in the house. Also, we’re guessing his thumb-sucking celebration is in honour of Olaya, his new daughter who was born on August 18. The Proud Papá indeed!
What would Madrid have done without Lassana Diarra?!! It’s easy to look at their stars of course, but our Sunday Senor of the week is one of their less-known players who scored the winning goal for Madrid in their 3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna last night. While everyone else is hailing the Greaseano for scoring on his official debut, it was Lass who netted in a low 25-yard shot past Daniel Aranzubia. Buen trabajo!!!
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El Duck struck twice yesterday to give Milan a win in their league opener against Siena. And with that, ombre is our first Sunday Señor of the start of the 09/10 season. Now now, let’s all sit down and roast beans by the fire!
“We have won which is good, because we seemed to have forgotten how to,” he said. “We had a great game and I have to thank my teammates for all the chances they made for me.”
Unforch, Siena’s players were unhappy with Pato’s apparent “showboating” yesterday and their midfielder, Simone Vergassola did not bother to conceal his annoyance. “Pato can play how he likes, but he must not make fun of us and do these little tricks. He showed a lack of respect and I clearly said that to [Marco] Borriello, Ronaldinho and [Alessandro] Nesta,” he said.
“Pato did this gesture with his hands, waving us on to try and get the ball off him. That didn’t seem very professional to me.”
It was the same gesture he did while snorkeling underwater with Sthef .. among the coral reefs and sea urchins! Simone needs a Siesta!
Awwww, why are they all crying?! That’s not a very nice way to welcome Nilmar, isn’t it?
Anyway, doesn’t cara look fineeeeee in the Villarreal kit? Maybe we’re so used to seeing him in the Brazilian colours, so yellow is practically second nature to him. The striker was officially unveiled to the fans and media yesterday, after signing a five-season contract with the yellow submarines.
“Negotiations are always complicated but I always had great desire to play in Spain because (they play) football like the Brazilians and have great technique,” he said.
“I am full of pride and responsibility. I know I have to score goals and help the team.”
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