So Potter Perez and amigos held a Christmas luncheon for the entire Real Madrid family (that includes their basketball players) earlier this week. There was a lot of mingling, laughing and plastic smiles (check out Jerzy Dudek above – does that face scream uneasiness or what?!) Anyway, cocktail was served and Perez also gave a speech to the whole room.
Of course, the best part was when he said this : “You will rest for a few days now and you will have time to think about next year, which will be tough. You must never forget that it is the Club’s Members who rule here. They accept defeat as long as you give your all on the pitch or on the court.”
Immediately, you can visualize the door flying open and a gust of cold wind filling the room! “It is the Club’s Members who Rule Here” will be the only line in Guti’s head as he prepares to fly to Ibiza for the 40,230th time this year.
Both Clarence Seedorf and Thiago Silva went to the San Raffaele hospital (above) yesterday to visit the Prime Minister – and he was apparently thrilled to see them. Damn, Gattuso would’ve been the perfect visitor! (“Primo Ministro, il naso sta cercando un po ’strana” he would’ve said, which translates to “Prime Minister, your nose is looking a little weird.”) Milan also celebrated their 110-year anniversary yesterday and everyone gathered at the Bagatti Valsecchi Palace to celebrate. Lovely!
Lastly, check out Raver Ramos posing as Aladdin for Spanish portal, Ana Rosa. They completely forgot to cast Alfio Basile as Ursula (The Little Mermaid), Hulk as Hulk… or Julio Baptista as… the beast. Then again, it’s 100% made up of Spanish celebrities so all is forgiven. Money from sales of calendar will go to social projects in Nicaragua. If you want a piece of June’s pin-up boy, then you know what to do!
Raver Ramos is in ecstatic pain, but let’s ignore that and examine the possibility of the return of Galacticos 2.0. Against Marseille last night, Los Blancos showed a glimpse of what Potter Perez’s careful planning has done… or has it? If you watched the second half of the game last night, you would have seen Benzema’s classy one-two with Kaka, who neatly directed the ball in Greaseano’s direction for him to score the final goal of the night. Amigas, it was like watching the Figo-Zidane era again. It’d better not be the circus preview.
Meanwhile, we can’t believe Kaka thinks Milan’s defeat to Zurich is actually good. “For us it was very good that they lost because we are first in the group with two games to come against Milan and qualifying and topping the group depends on us. It is very important to top the group,” he said. Damn, mano’s supposed to be neutral…
Of course, we’re all waiting for the next game at the Bernabeu when Milan face Madrid on October 21st.
This has nothing to do with Ramos The Raver but the promotional video for Sony’s Twilight Football tournament (again – nothing to do with that horrid film) propped up and reminded us – yet again – of the Madrid defender. Yes, ya’ll know he can do the flamenco for real… gurrl over here is a fine Spaniard, so please respect!
Anyway, the footballers in the video are showing off their amazing football/capoeira-like moves within a bullfighting ring. Yes… because that’s the whole beauty of futbol – you can play it anywhere, even with a Grizzly bear on the field. Still, the coolest part of this tournament is that it will take place in waterfalls, castles, deserts and glaciers as backdrops. The locations are designed to “provide a challenging terrain for players and a stunning backdrop for low light digital camera photography.” Muito legal!! So if you’re from Italy, France, the UK, Spain, Argentina and Australia… go catch one of the games!
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.
It’s only six hours away… and Ramos the Raver is ready to entertain you when Spain take on the USA in the semi-finals of the Confeds! Are you excited, futbolitas?
Anyway, FIFA commissioned a research with pretty interesting results on the Spaniards. Xavi’s passing success rate in the final third of the field came out tops at 80% and analysts confirmed that the Spain star has completed more passes in this key area than any other player at South Africa 2009. The squad has an “unrivalled passing accuracy of 78 per cent.” Even our Brazilian manos come in second at 71.8% per cent!
Uncle Del Bosque – obviously beaming with pride about this fact - reiterated what the statistics otherwise already proved.
“La Selección relies heavily on its attackers, and our solution was to select midfielders who could both defend and create openings. Luckily for us, players like Xabi Alonso, Xavi, David Silva and Andres Iniesta are among the best in the world in this role.”
It’s our 1000th post and it’s time to celebrate, Raver Ramos style!!! We’d like to take this chance to thank all of you for visiting, referring us in your blogs, twitter and sites and telling all your lindo amigos and amigas about Futbolita. If it weren’t for you, we’d probably be with Grandma Juande and Nereida’s cat. Today, we’re also excited to discover a growing community of Latin football aficionados out there who love the game as much as we enjoy screaming at Foreignchester United fans. Rafael da Silva’s still there so everything’s cool between us OK? Except that he’s not picking up our phone calls. For real.
Again, beijos a todos vocês! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
["Hombre! That man over there pulled my hair" - Sergio Ramos. "Mine too!" - Iker]
“Villa is s a guy who (is) guaranteed to (score) but the other day we had our doubts. He is an important man for us, but we do not want to harm Valencia. It’s not that we are displeased with anybody, but we have to refresh the team for Wednesday,” he said.
Is it us or is Del Bosque making excuses? Spain were lucky to pull off a 1-0 victory on Saturday and he knows they need a better comeback ahora. Dropping Villa is too easy…
Los Blancos smashed six goals past Real Betis last night with doubles from both the Pixie, Huntelaar and record king, Raul. The other goals were courtesy of Sergio Ramos, Oliveira and the Pied Piper of Hamlin, Gonzalo Higuain.
Ah, Raul seems to be getting better with age. And Huntelaaaaaar is an exciting prospect to look out for!
Overall, it was good game for Madrid who are now seven points adrift of Barcelona. It’ll certainly be an interesting Wednesday night Champions League meeting against Liverpool.
“The team have grown as a whole,” said Grandma Juande Ramos after the 6-1 win. “All the players are talented, but they must use it to help the team. All the players have improved and the team is benefiting.”
Well, it’s very rare to see Sergio Ramos score in any game since he’s hardly an attacker, but the flamenco dancer did just that last night. He canceled out Osasuna’s first goal against Real Madrid, which they eventually won 3-1 courtesy of goals from Pied Piper of Hamelin Higuain and Robben. So Real are on a high now with their fourth straight win in the La Liga.
Said your new friend (oh, come on!), Real’s president Vicente Boluda : “The team has been through a lot this week because of what happened, but it also knew how to overcome. I hope we can continue picking up wins and finish the season confidently.”
Boluda is making everyone eat that “Calderon put you in the dark, I will show you the light” bullshit. Don’t do it, guys!!
And yes, we’ve been having nightmares of that photo Boluda took with Grandma Juande posted a few days ago. They look like they’re having an illicit affair.
The other Ramos at Real Madrid, Senior Sergio, was asked what he thought about his team’s chances at winning this weekend’s el clasico. But he remained wary – much like his expression in the photograph above.
“A clear victory is very good for us against Barcelona. The result gave us confidence. Matches against Barça are always special. All matches are important, but this draws more attention,” he said. Si Senor! Tell us something we don’t already know?!
About Juande, he said : “Juande was very well received by the team. He is a great coach, with great prestige and experience.”
Great Prestige? Well, that’s new. As we all know, it’s very difficult to please the madristas unless Juande manages to come off with a Nou Camp victory on Saturday.
My connection is screwed up today, so our Picture of the Day is going to have to be an oldie.
I do not understand what’s going on in this picture – it looks like a Tug-of-War match that’s going nowhere. Sergio Ramos is gunning for a Herbal Essences hair contract in this pic, we swear.
WE’RE IN THE FINALS!
WHAT A MATCH. Fabulous Fabregas came in and totally changed the pace of the game when Aragones fielded him. Spain’s strength throughout the tournament has been their slick passing (omg have you seen that). And they’ve continued this run. It’s like magic. Ramos was constantly running up and down the flanks, pulling a Real-Madrid-Brasil Roberto Carlos in his prime years. David Silva and Marcos Senna were at right place at the right time. Casillas did some of the most incredulous saves I have ever seen in my frickin’ history of watching him play. You know all that matters is that Spain deserve to be where they are right now. They were always good on paper, but luck has never been on our side.
We meet Germany in the finals, and we’re going to need a whole lot more than just luck. They will always be the best team in Europe, with the best football. You’d better believe the Spanish play the best in that continent.
Yes, I did it. I ditched the second half of Germany-Turkey to finish up some work. That’s some boring shit right there… where’s the excitement we got from the quarter-finals? Or maybe it’s just an unfair hatred towards the Germans. They are really cunts.
Thanks to procrastination, I am not at the stage I’d like to be right now. Also, RecycloFashion got invited to give a talk next Friday at a cool event called Pecha Kucha and there’s free beer (not that I care), so we’re preparing the slides now. Except that the format’s straying away from your conventional 6p and we’re going to make it image intensive. Do come and say ola! Also, there’s an eco-launch this Friday we’re supposed to attend and the dress code is ‘Design Chic’. Interesting… so you can come with a vintage stool over your head and everyone’s going to smile at you and say that it looks completely natural.
Work on the fashion show has started officially, after a month and a half of throwing ideas around. The school wants us to do one as well except the people handling the event we’re featuring in are complete idiots with their utter unprofessionalism etc.
I don’t want Spain to get killed off by Russia. Arshavin, you look like you can be Russia’s Next Top High Fashion Model. Please go and live that dream. All that guy needs is a shitload of face powder and he can be the face of Dior Homme. VIVA LA ESPANA. And Ramos better defend to his death tomorrow.
Helloooooooooo there.
Spain were the better team. We played the best football I’ve seen so far in this tournament. Yes, even better than Portugal. It’s almost as if Valeron and Raul were back in the squad, except our midfield engine now consists of a certain boy whiz named Fabregas, Brazilian Marcos Senna and another occasionally overly-ambitious lad named David Silva. Casillas has matured way beyond his age. He is clearly the goalkeeper of our generation and handles the ever-heavy ‘el capitano’ responsibility now, which is what everyone in Real Madrid fondly used to call Hierro and Raul. Alas, we have broken the June 22 curse.
Luca Toni was once again, a joke. Every time the ball slipped past Puyol or Ramos, he hardly posed a threat. I wonder why he’s even in the starting line-up, seeing how that moustache makes him look like a gourmet chef. Seeing Pirlo cry was pretty sad though. After all, he is a Milan player and part of the Rossoneri. But I trust Kaka to do the consoling and invite him over for tea and scones while they talk about their sons. I must say, however, that Torres was pretty quiet last night and I realise now, that if he puts on a bit of blush, he can potentially look like a court jester. Also, if you add colourful bands to his hair while he keeps his wrist band on, he will be transformed instantaneously into a raver. One hell of a sexy one. Oooh yeah!
Anyway, we’ll be meeting Russia and the annoying cunt Hiddink in the semis. That asshole will surely be up to his dirty tactics again and I’m sure he’ll make the fans defend too if they had to. The ref had better not be the one we got in Korea… who disallowed a total of four legitimate goals Spain scored .Clearly, there was no offside in Morientes case but the money South Korea paid him must’ve been a hefty sum. Enough for him to probably retire and get a house in Hollywood Hills, right next to Hugh Hefner.
While I’m at it, the Turkey-Croatia game was a fast-paced spectacle to watch as well. There was never a dull moment even when it came to extra time…and the Turks managed to numb the entire Croats attack, which is something even Brazil had difficulty doing. They had only themselves to blame, however, but no one could see the equaliser coming… from a good 35 yards! That was like Kaka’s opening goal (one shall never forget things like this) at Germany. What a goal! The commentator sounded like he was about to have a heart attack.. bless his soul.
Here’s a great picture.
And I should be writing other things now but post-match commentary is always necessary in the case of football. It’s good practise, from what I have been told. Ha-ha. Except I just need to work on the biased views. Also, the school wants us to do a fashion show and the concept document is pretty amusing. Last but not least, I am going to write a book on how to combat insane-football-hours and launch it in South Africa. Contributors are welcome for all 12 chapters.
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