On the 27th of July, Real Madrid played a friendly against Hertha BSC, which was the main reason for meeting up in Berlin! Well, the main reason was meeting up, but the existence of the friendly during that week made us decide the date. XD And speaking of date, Jules totally insisted that our meeting was a date, so there. XD
Anyway. The stadium is rather nice - I especially like the fact that it's open on one side - and we had relatively good seats! In the middle of Hertha fans, of course, but as far as I noticed there was only a tiny section of Real Madrid fans anyway. And most of those fans, as we figured out, weren't even from Spain. The cars on the stadium parking lot mostly came from Eastern Europe. And, as expected, there were tons of "Ronaldos". Thankfully, Jules and I were bringing some variety: Jules was wearing a Miguel Torres jersey, and i was wearing a Casillas jersey. Ha!
The match was great, too! I appreciated the fact that Mou practically gave minutes to the entire squad. My personal highlight was seeing José Callejón - he'd brought me lots of points in last season's fantasy football when he was still playing for Espanyol, so I felt grateful. XD Oh, and Real Madrid won, which is always a good thing (well, unless they're playing against Athletic). :D
july_v took about a gazillion pictures of Antonio Adán, who came on in the second half, but there was enough space on my memory card for several other pictures so this picspam won't get boring. ;)
Oh when the whites go marching in... Ahem.
Iker is chatting to the refs, Álvaro is scratching himself, Xabi is posing... ;)
Ricardo Carvalho is flashing his groin but Fabio Coentrão and Marcelo aren't impressed.
Álvaro is flashing is arse. I am impressed. :D
Pepe is gesturing at you. Be very afraid.
A minute's silence - no clue for whom, though.
Iker is fixing his armband.
Karim Benzema and Mesut Özil are posing in the centre circle.
Another gratuitous view of Álvaro's very fine back.
And... action!
Marcelo and Álvaro clearly know what to do.
Pepe obviously wants to tell you that the hand of God is watching over you. Or something. Doesn't stop Xabi from posing.
Álvaro checking out Marcelo's bubble butt.
Iker Casillas approves.
José Callejón for myself and Karim Benzema for
distira. ;)
The first of oh so many Adán pics. Not that there's anything wrong with a shitload of Adán pics, he is clearly looking mighty fine. ;)
Meanwhile, Iker is getting comfortable on the bench.
Adán parade! :D
Carvalho is afraid of the ball.
This was also the final score. :D
Xabi bending over. I approve! XD
Hello, guys!
Very nice, Antonio.
Striptease!!!
Hope you enjoyed the pics! ;)