Probably the most exciting news of all for the Milan tifosi is the fact that Gangsta Gattuso has extended his contract till 2012! Forget Man City, he’s going to stay and fight. And obviously, the general consensus is that everyone is excited… except Mark Hughes of course. “In this way, with a few lines on paper, all insecurities and doubts are swept away because some loves are stronger even with (other) concerns,” wrote the folks over at AC Milan, following the signing of the contract. Yes, this is truly an opera.
So the Green Point City stadium located in the heart of Cape Town is now open for business! This is where one of the semi-final matches of the World Cup will be played at and it has a capacity of 68,000. Well, it looks a tad bit like the Bernabeu – although we aren’t really experts on stadium architecture, we hope to see Puyol or Fabulousooo there next June. They’d better be there, we’re loading up our water guns already.
So Pepe has been sidelined for six months due to a torn cruciate ligament in his knee. He will undergo surgery next week and the recovery process is expected to be a very dull and long one. After all, it’s Real Madrid and in six months, you can travel to the moon and back, fall out of favour with Raul, persuade Billy Joel sing with Gago and release a blockbuster film about Potter Perez’s legacy featuring Bruce Willis. Hey, but at least everybody loves Pepe. Check out the messages for him : -
Marcelo: “You know how much I love you, brother. You will return soon because you are strong and because this team misses you. Just wait to see how quickly you’ll be up and running again.”
Casillas: “Pepe, we love you very much. All are thoughts are with you. You are a great player and person. This team will fight for you. Get well soon.”
Cristiano Ronaldo: “Stay strong, Pepe. Come back soon. We love you a lot.”
Ramos: “We are here for you, brother. The greats always come back, and you are one of them. We hope to see you soon. Strength and patience.”
Alonso’s gone all “Damn gurrrl, you’re marking me to death” in that photo but of course, everyone knows that if you shut him, Diarra (and probably Greasy Babe) down, you effectively pull out the life line that is Real Madrid’s attacking midfield. A few of you may think they play as if they’re training with clowns at Ciudad Real Madrid in Valdebebas but we assure you that it’s only a matter of time, and the only clown on the field is probably one of Potter Perez’s experiments.
Anyway, the Greaseano is back for real and this time, his irrepressible pride got in his way again – so he just had to score a brace against Marseille! Damn, cara, you just couldn’t give the ball to Higuain, could you? Gabriel Heinze (remember him?) tried his best to contain Greaseano but everyone knows that’s not possible. “I hit the ball well today, but it has nothing to do with the fact that the Champions League ball is different to that in La Liga. My touch was good. I’m happy with the two goals,” he declared.
Albiol netted in the other goal for Real and celebrated with a big smile on his face. Unfortunately, we weren’t treated to another one of the classic Raul/Morientes Meet Again sequences, which would’ve been sweet otherwise.
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Nereida may think otherwise, but ya’ll can see that Greaseano still packs a punch! Ha-ha-ha.
Anyway, the Madridistas managed a 3-0 win yesterday against DC United with a double from the Pied Piper of Higuain. Arjen Robben slotted in the third thanks to a timely assist from Pepe. Yes, you remember Pepe – the well disciplined bloke who got excited and suffered a six-match ban last season.
Well, at least Grey-eyed Pellegrini’s 4-5-1 formation worked for Xabi Alonso, who was responsible for feeding the ball across centre line. Surprisingly, Greaseano and Kaka both swapped positions but were unable to link up with Sneijder and Albiol.
On a sidenote, the Kaka-Greaseano combi is driving us wild at the moment!!! “I’m happy to be here, and happy to be alongside my favourite player Cristiano Ronaldo. Every time I see him, it reminds me of that beautiful goal he scored in the 2007-08 Champions League final. So I am looking forward to winning all three competitions with him and the rest of the team,” said Kaka.
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Well… we don’t have anything to say about Pepe, except for his bag. Where did he get it from and more importantly, has he (already) been picking up fashion tips from BabyGrease?
Interestingly, on the football side, Madrid’s latest “coup” Alvaro Arbeloa has surpassed Pepe and Sergio Ramos to officially become the club’s “now the highest rated defender at the Bernabeu with an overall FTBL rating of 108.86 points.” Ironic, since Arbeloa started his career at Real!
As it stands, Manbag Pepe has 97.14 points while Sergio Ramos has 93.02 points.
Greaseano : “Uh, you know, like, when we were, like, checking the luggage, like, Karim totally checked my biceps out. Lyk zooomg ~ right.”
Pepe : “He was? The fuck?”
Ok, question : What’s with the twin polos?
Is that supposed to be some kind of cool pose, Queiroz? He’s trying so hard to fit in with the I-Love-90s-Pop-Music squad of his but it ain’t working, tio!
Anyway, Portugal will play Albania this weekend and all the players know the importance of the game. “If we don’t beat Albania, we will miss the World Cup,” declared Greaseano himself. And if he doesn’t stop tanning, he’ll become his own WAG.
El capitano did it last month and now, it’s Iker Casillas’ turn! He paid a visit to the boys at the Real Madrid academy yesterday.
It’s always nice to see everyone getting excited and eager to learn from one of their own. Casillas, after all is an impressive product of the Madrid youth team. They don’t send 99.9% of their players away to other clubs after all.
Anyway, Casillas is one of the many at Real Madrid who’re furious with Pepe and his fantastic career move.
“You cannot do things like he did when you are wearing a Real Madrid shirt,” the goalkeeper said after the game. Casillas could be seen telling Pepe ‘you’re crazy‘ before making sure that he walked off the pitch so that the game could continue.
If you haven’t seen Pepe’s nasty tackle in Madrid’s game against Getafe on Tuesday, quickly snap out of it amigos! It’s unbelievable.
Anyway, the Brazilian-born Portugal national has admitted that he is saddened by the incident and “does not want to come back and play football.” He’s been banned for six games.
“These are the worst days of my life,” he said. “I did not recognize what was happening at that time. I lost control for a few minutes. The worst punishment is what I’m getting now.”
Pepe is clearly shaken by the incident because he added :”If I see that I have no way of returning to play football, I’ll go and do something else.”
Hmm, what could he possibly do?
Any BoBojan twins out there? How about Pepe’s long lost hermano? Well, Marca has unveiled their La Liga lookalikes and even Rubén Baraja wasn’t spared! If we had to choose, the Nistelrooy twins win.
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