Marca Discovers the ‘nicknames’ in the Real Madrid dressing room.
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Iker: Captain Xabi: Señor-Mister Canales: Niño
Peter Lion: Tomato Arbeloa: Robocop Granero Bohemian
Marcelo: Loco Di María: Angelito Benzema: Monsieur
Adebayor: Avatar Özil: Nemo.. NEMO Carvalho: Grandpa
CR7: Machine
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Una Madridista: Gonzalo Higuaín – the Real… interview
The third player to sit in the hot seat in RMTV’s studio was Gonzalo Higuaín. The best part of the interview for me was when they moved past all the football talk (I love Pipita, but he was a bit repetitive with all the talk about how he suffered and how he hopes to be back as soon as possible) and we got to hear about how he forgot his agent one time in his car, how he bought a guitar just for show and how much he loves his mother’s pizzas.
And… Xabi’s next! His interview will be out tomorrow. Should we start taking bets on what his song will be? Note: I will probably translate Xabi’s interview for you all, because I’m sure he has a lot of interesting and intelligent things to say, but after that I can’t make any more promises because I simply don’t have time, and these interviews are long.
By the way, if you watched the interview, you’ll notice that Gonzalo’s favorite phrases are: “sinceramente…,” “la verdad es que…” and “yo creo que…”
“The Climb,” by Miley Cyrus, is a song that talks about achieving a dream, of effort… and it’s Gonzalo Higuaín’s favorite song.
[Cringing for Gonzalo.]
That’s true, I heard it a couple of weeks ago, I read the translation in Spanish and I identified with it because it talks about climbing over obstacles. I’m sure that I identify a lot with it because from the time that I came to this club, that’s what I had to do, overcome obstacles to get to where I am today. I hope that I will continue to grow like this with each year, and to achieve the objectives with Real Madrid, which is what I want.
Have you had to overcome many obstacles to become an idol at the Santiago Bernabéu?
Yes, there were a lot, and some that made me suffer more than others. But with the support of my family, of my friends, the club, the fans, which were all important to me, I could move forward. That’s why I’m proud of where I am now. But one shouldn’t be content with this and should want to continue growing and improving with each day.
Gonzalo Higuaín’s dream right now is to play once more wearing the shirt of Real Madrid.
Yes, without a doubt. Thanks to God I’ve achieved several of my dreams already and sincerely, this is the next one, to return to the field wearing this shirt and to enjoy football again. Football is what gives me life. I hope that this can happen as soon as possible.
How do you imagine that day to be like? You’ve confessed to me that you want it to be at the Bernabéu.
Without a doubt. Every footballer dreams of returning from an injury in his stadium, to have his fans receive him. I hope it can be like that, and that’s why we’re working hard, with double shifts every day, and I’m the first one who wants to be back there. I’m very grateful for how the club has treated me, for the physios, for those who help in the rehab, for my teammates, for everything. When I go to the stadium and people there tell me that I’m going to play again, it encourages me.
What is the nicest thing that fans have said to you at the Bernabéu?
To be sincere, it’s difficult to choose just one thing, because I’ve received a lot of affection from the fans, from my team and from other persons. That makes me happy because it means that we’re doing the right thing and I’m growing. The person is foremost, not the footballer, and that’s how I want people to judge me. It’s difficult to choose. I’m very grateful because I haven’t received a single bad comment, which makes me very happy, and I hope to be able to return this affection out on the field.
We all dream of this day, when Gonzalo Higuaín returns to the field and receives an ovation as he subs in for a teammate. Have you thought of what you will feel in this moment?A person dreams a lot about these things. The other day, someone told me that the process of rehabilitation goes faster if you have an objective. This objective, this dream of when you will return, how you will score, how you will celebrate, how your people will receive you, helps to cheer you up spiritually, psychologically and physically. I’m very content with how things are going, but we have to take things a day at a time, which is the most important thing right now.
what if Die Mannschaft was a band?
lead vocals: Bastian Schweinsteiger
lead guitar / backing vocals: Mario Goméz
second guitar: Arne Friedrich
acoustic guitar: Philipp Lahm
bass guitar: Miroslav Klose
drums: Manuel Neuer
keyboards / rap vocals: Mesut Özil
additional vocals: Per Mertesacker
turntables: Holger Badstuber
debut album:
manager: Joachim Löw
roadie: Thomas Müller
groupie: Lukas Podolski
etc~~
Jude: I’m not here to be part of your games so you get people coming up to you in the after party and say how witty you are or how charming you are…
RDJ: Or both.
Jude: Shut up.
