Uncle Mancini knows that Robinho’s form at Oil City is already looking like your leftover chicken from last Christmas. Even so, you were incredibly mean not to send him fresh flowers. So now, he’s turning his sights to Ibracadabra and Maicon instead!
Declared ManChin : “I always had a loyal relationship with Ibra. He is a world class player and any coach would like to have him in their team. Also, I would be delighted if I could count on Maicon.”
Well well, It’s pretty obvious that he wants to steal from Mourinho’s pool of favourites. Don’t you remember how Mou kept on going about how Ibra was the best in the world when he was at Inter last year? C’mon, we all know Ragdoll Crespo secretly cried himself to sleep over that every night!
Also, please don’t hit us with candy canes because we didn’t update about Curly Fries Da Silva’s goal. Obviously, the family gave him a new remote-controlled web cam over the hols and Rafael didn’t end up fighting with Fabio over who’ll be wearing the Futbolita shirt to the family barbecue! Marcar mais golos this year, tipo!
It must feel pretty damn good to be scoring a brace on Christmas weekend…. just ask Cescy! Elsewhere, Rafael Curly Fries Da Silva managed to earn himself yet another yellow card against Hull City (oi cara, parar de sonhar com vacas ok…) In contrast, the dude needs to stop thinking of that brand new webcam waiting beneath his Christmas tree.
Speaking of Cescy, we found a rather epic photo of the Spaniard trying to convince you that his eyes are indeed magical. So go on now – have a look (and that also applies to you, hombres! Don’t get all shy…)
No no, not Ronaldinho but Patinho! The award is officially called the “Golden Boy” award and is given out by Italian newspaper, Tuttosport. It recognizes the best U-21 player in the game, and Pato won most of the votes this year – beating out Balotelli, Bobojan and Ghana’s Adiyiah. Quite amazing, for esse cara who hasn’t been called up to the selecao in recent months!
Anyway, here Pato waxes lyrical about his interest to see Rafael da Silva clinch the next edition of the award (from one jovem to the next!) and his memories at Internacional, where he was pretty much a cracker. Which is a nicer word for “douche”, which we can’t bring ourselves to say.
“I see many familiar faces. I like Jovetic, who eliminated Liverpool in the Champions League with a double. I like Balotelli, I like (Bojan) Krkicand I like Adiyiah, a very fast striker who made my cry Brazil in Under-20 World Cup final in Cairo where his Ghana won on penalties,” said Pato. “But above all, I can say I have many friends and countrymen in the list of candidates. Beginning with the Benfica defender Sidnei: we arrived when we were 11 in the youth team of Internacional in Porto Alegre and spent six seasons together. Then Rodrigo Possebon, now at Sporting Braga on Manchester United – he comes from the same school. And as for Rafael da Silva, I root for him to become the next Golden Boy.”
So a sad day has come, and according to reliable sources in Argentina, Gianinna and Kun Aguero have officially parted ways. Kun has already packed his bags and left the family home following allegations that he cheated on his wife with a dancer. So it isn’t just Tiger Woods who should be avoiding the feminism society these days!
Anyway, gossip rags are saying that Kun is “not used to married life” and that the emotional discomfort he is facing at home has led to his dismal performances on the pitch. The main problem was he wasn’t comfortable idea of raising a family yet and while he initially showed good behavior, over time the relationship began to crumble and Gianinna often ‘questioned’ her husband’s frequent nights out.
For now, her intention is to stay a while longer with Benjie to save the relationship. But if it does not work out – according to people close to the family – Gianinna could return to Argentina with the child. By the way, what does The Dona have to say about all this and will blood be thicker than water in his team selection? (via La Nacion with thanks to Kickette).
On the eve of the star-studded World Cup Draw, Mickey Mouse’s Muse aka David Beckham remembers Nelson Mandela! What a great PR team he has… “When I was last here with England, I had the honour of meeting Nelson Mandela. That was the highlight of my career; to meet such a great man and a strong man and such a passionate man about sport and life will always stay with me.”
Lastly, your favourite pair of Brazilian gêmeos happened to arrive at the same time as their coach in a UNICEF benefit earlier this week. They tried to tell their older brother to drive slower but…it was too late, and they got out into the pavement at the same time! Look at Rafael’s face. Nós queremos beliscar-la!
via Gettyimages
Come on now, futbolitas… let’s gather around the fire and play a game! Which one of these lindo meninos is Rafael… and which one is Fabio? This one’s pretty easy and ya’ll know which twin we prefer but didn’t get to meet (hey, at least the other was equally sweet!).
Need more time? By the love of Kun, you need a lesson in Twin Identification agoraaa! [Ok, we'll give you 20 seconds....]
Ombre on the left looking slightly stern is Faaaaaaabio (ya’ll remember his LOL-worthy quote which evoked laughter from Rafael). Cutie grinning to the right is his twin bro. Whatever the case, they both have lovely hair and gostaria de penteá-lo.
A few weeks ago, we were out with a friend and spotted more than 11 “mini-Fabios” with the exact same hairstyle (albeit differences in height, age, weight etc). Interestingly though, none of them were Brazilian. Looks like the Da Silva love is spreading internationally. Adorável!
They don’t stand among our favorite teams but we had a blast covering Man United when they travelled to Malaysia for their Far East tour. All our preconceptions of them were wrong and they’re all really nice hombres- everyone from the folks in their entourage to the players!
We spoke to Anderson, Fabio, Nani, Rooney, Tosic, Evra, Carrick and even Sir Alex, Kiko Macheda and Paul Scholes briefly.
Rather excitingly, we met one half of our fav Brazilian twin-defenders, Fabio! And among other things, we told him he had sexy hair (thanks to Mari and Sabrina Sato for the inspiration). He chuckled – eyes twinkling – and said, “Obrigado!” By the way, the boy is left-handed and has soft hands. Sadly for us, Rafael wasn’t around for us to hang with so we gave Fabio the Futbolita camisa instead. “Ah, futbolita. Muito prazer!” Fabio said, taking the shirt with a smile. Charming!
We also met Nani - who believe it or not – is the friendliest hombre around and exudes NO douchebag behaviour whatsoever! Halfway throughout our convo, he said to me : “You speak good Portuguese, did you study it?” I replied, “Yes!” and Nani said, “Yes, you speak it well. Very good.” Then he added that he was bored in the hotel and there was nothing much for the players to do following the Jakarta bomb blasts and tight security. So I had to ask : “Do you guys feel sad that Cristiano is gone?” and he replied : “Well, we are getting used to it.” Tosic – who was next to him – told us he didn’t like the weather there.
Photo by Priscilla Liu
Sim, futbolitaaaas! We met United’s Brazilian full-back Fabio da Silva (too bad Rafael wasn’t in Malaysia) as part of United’s Asian tour and told him how we loved his sexy hair. We also spoke to Anderson, Nani, Rooney, Tosic, Evra, Carrick and even Sir Alex. It was a blast… and we’ll have more on this in the next few days so look out for it. Tchau!
Ok, Cescy is getting nervous and it’s raining. Still, if you are like us and refuse to listen to 99% of the people around you, you can still appreciate Arsenal ahead of tonight’s clash against Foreignchester United. At least they have a solid, impressive youth strategy that Real Madrid do not.
“To play football well, you have to be happy to play. It’s not because you say to players that if you don’t do this or that, you will die. That doesn’t make them better players,” said Monsieur Wenger.
“No matter what happens (tonight), I believe this team will make a big impact in the game and that is what we want to continue to develop.”
Fantastique! With that, we eagerly welcome you to tonight’s Champions League semi-final with a picture special. There’s a bonus of Hair Grease and Rafael da Silva (olá, querida!) too. We know, we couldn’t help it.
If that’s not Pillowface on Rafael da Silva, we don’t know what is. Anyway, one half of our favourite Brazilian twins has signed a contract extension that will see him at Foreignchester United till 2013. No word on his married bro yet, but they’ll probably be playing jersey-swapping games once Fabio gets his extension.
“It has been an exciting time for me and I want to be part of this for a long time so to get an extension is unbelievable,” he said.
Oh Rafael, we beg you not to join the DoucheBag trio that is Ronaldo-Anderson-Nani! Do us all a favour, por favor.
We love The Guardian’s interview with United twins Fabio and Rafael da Silva. Gotta love their sense of humor and the fact that they also alike. Muito adorável! Here are some excerpts…
Fabio: Yeah I got married six months ago, I’m serious like that, I like being at home [Rafael shakes head and laughs]. She’s called Barbara and is 17 years old. We got married so that she could come here.
Rafael: I’m less introverted than him, and it’s always been like that. Here I don’t go out but in Brazil I do.
Who are the biggest jokers at the club?
Fabio: Rio and Patrice. Once, Anderson came to training in his slippers and they set fire to his slippers and tipped cream out all over them.
What do you think of Robinho taking the bus to the Trafford Centre?
Fabio: Well Brazilians are like that. ‘Do you want to go there?’ ‘Let’s take the bus then’. Come on. I doubt that people would stop and stare at him, they wouldn’t believe it was him. The English players wouldn’t do the same but yeah I’d take the bus too.
Best friend?
Both: Rodrigo Possebon.
English or Brazilian food?
Both: Brazilian
You know the tricky situation about playing for Brazil or Portugal? Of course you do eh, Deco?!
Well, it looks like Man United’s Brazilian twins Rafael and Fabio da Silva are being faced with the same ‘problem’. Both have played for the U-15 and U-17 Brazilian selecao but also hold Portuguese passports which makes them eligible to play for Carlos Queiroz’s side. And the coach hasn’t been able to hide his enthusiasm for them.
“Carlos likes me and Rafael and calls me all the time. He really wants us to play for Portugal but I don’t know,” Fabio told the News of the World. “Every kid dreams of wearing the yellow and green.”
While the source of that quote is questionable, we have to agree with Fabio. Brazil needs fresh talents for the future and the inevitable 2014 World Cup hosted in their home country. Me, you and your brother know that it’s a ‘must-win’ championship for them – we don’t want a repeat of the 1950 final against Uruguay now, do we?
So why lose the likes of these twins to Portugal? Do something Dunga! AGORA!
Comentários