My Off the Pitch series takes a look at what football players do, well.. when they're off the pitch... :) It's anything that's noteworthy like endorsing products, being in magazine covers and.. oh I don't know, maybe being in a band? (we'll just see on what I can dig up :))
This post features Ricardo Kaka, Lionel Messi, Didier Drogba, Thierry Henry, Frank Lampard and Andrei Ashravin in the funny Pepsi commercials which, I think, came out last year in time for the World Cup.
haha, poor Messi J
Check out the "behind the scenes" in the making of one of the commercials.
Good thing I didn’t post this right away… breaking news, C, CRonaldo, who has been in doubt to play in this match, can make it after all.He, along with Kaka, Marcelo and, surprisingly, Higuain (who is coming off from a ling injury) will be playing in the 1st leg match against Tottenham.
Real Madrid seems to be the stronger team and they are playing in their home court.But Tottenham, have been great with their away games.
Being the more favored team to win in the quarters, I hope the los blancos don’t get too cocky. And for some reason, I’m for the underdogs win and move on to the semis.
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu(Real Madrid‘s home turf)
Will Lyon hold on to their record of never losing a match to Real Madrid?(I’m kinda hoping they would, Real is one of the best clubs in the world, so it’s a feat to never have lost to them).
I’m still curious if CR7’s team mates will celebrate with him if he scores a goal but with his health in question after suffering a hamstring injury in their domestic matches, so it’s not sure yet if he can play for this match.But Kaka will definitely be out for this game due to his knee injury as well as Sami Khedira with a thigh problem.
Here's my attempt in being an “expert”... Below are score combinations showing which team can qualify to the next round.
Lyon
Real Madrid
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
3
0
4
1
1
1
2
1
3
1
4
2
1
2
2
2
3
2
4
3
1
3
2
3
3
3
4
4
1
4
2
4
3
Highlighted in yellow means that that team will will proceed to the Quarter finals. Pink means the aggregate score as well as the number of away goals is a tie, so I dunno if they'll do extra time, shoot out or coin toss...
The last time they faced each in the Champions League was in last year’s Round of 16 stage.And Lyon ended up moving on to the next sage.I wonder how things will turn out this time with the Spanish giants under the helm of Jose Mourinho.Kaka is back from an injury but Gonzalo Higuain is not as lucky.The French side will also be without their striker Lisandro due to a hamstring injury during training.But don’t worry ladies, we can still ogle Yoan Gourcuff, he is just quite all right... quite all right indeed!
The Merengues (I know, I’m using my new “expertise” on team nicknames) are seen as the favorites in this match. They were one of my favorite teams, especially during the pre-galacticos era with Raul, Roberto Carlos, Hierro and a young Casillas.But now, I don’t know...I love, love Casillas and Ozil… not really a fan of Kaka... but I hate C. Ronaldo… if he weren’t on this team, I’d root for Real.
Behind every great man, is a woman.Or so they say.I have always been fascinated about the women who captured the hearts of football’s greatest players.So I decided to do a little digging into the women who are collectively called WAGs (Wives and Girlfriends of Football Players).
Trolling through the internet, I found out that there are a lot of sites that are devoted to women behind the footballer.Most of the sites rank them by hotness (the pics were soo NSFW, I was afraid someone would see my screen and think I was visiting some porn site!).Based from the sites I’ve visited, you’d think that to be a WAG, you either had to be a model (and I mean this term loosely as any type will do: fashion, glamour or Page 3), a beauty queen (doesn’t have to be a major pageant like Ms Universe), an actress (wanna-be, reality star or legit “actor”) or dancer/showgirl.
Looking thru all the sizzling photos with all their bountiful, um, assets provocatively displayed, they eventually began to resemble each other. Yes, they were all hot as hell, but it was rare to find a WAG who was decently clothed.So I decided to look for the “normal” WAGs.Normal meaning their current or previous job description did not includeposing with very little clothes on or have done a nudie calendar/photo shoot.
So here is my first post for my WAG series...
they kinda look like each other, don't they?
Full Name: Caroline Celico
Married to: Kaká (of Real Madrid and Brazil)
Birthday: July 26, 1987 (making her 23 years old today)
Date Married: December 23, 2005
Kids: Luca Celico Leite (son born June 10, 2008)
Last December 8 2010, Kaká announced on twitter that Celico was 4 months pregnant with their second child, a daughter.
friends of this stunner would say she is shy
Who is she?
Maybe because this Brazilian beauty didn’t pose nude or in barely there clothes, she was only ranked number 90 in some WAG list.But I bet if there’s a ranking for the nicest WAG, she would probably top the list.People who know her say she’s humble, sincere and classy.
This hottie is (surprise, surprise!) a pastor (well, okay, knowing the God-fearing Brazilian superstar Kaká, maybe this isn’t a shocking titbit).She was recently inducted as a pastor in their Evangelist denomination Renascer em Cristo or Reborn in Christ by its church founder Sônia Hernandes last 2009.
She stands 5 foot 6 inches
Her father is Celso Celico is a businessman and Christian Dior’s Brazil Representative while her mother, Rosangela Lyra Celico, is a famous socialite known for her church work and charities.She has a brother named Enrico.
She studied at St Paul’s School and graduated before marrying Kaká.
She is a devout Christian like her hubby and sometimes she sings with her church’s choir.She recently the released her first CD entitled, Carol Celico, with the songs available for free downloads in her site. Don’t worry, she is not a wanna-be singer as she created this project to spread a positive message to people.The CD has 12 songs and one of them was written by Kaká.
This fresh-faced cutie is very passionate about cooking
She can speak French, English, Spanish, Italian and certainly Portuguese.She is currently attending a university in Milan for a degree in fashion business.
How they met…
they were both Christians in the same church, Rebirth in Christ, when they met
She met Kaká when she was in high school in 2001 and he was already playing for Sao Paulo FC at this time.In 2002, they became really good friends and started dating.They did the whole long distance relationship thing when Kaká had to move to Italy in 2003 and she had to finish her studies.They would get to meet when Kaká would visit Brazil on short trips. Most articles I’ve read call them childhood sweethearts.I agree that Caroline would qualify in that statement, she being 13 when they met, but, uh, he was 19 (0.o) …I would say they had some sort of May-December romance going on.Don’t worry, she was legal when they married in 2005... well, barely as she was 18… If you’re interested, there’s a music video celebrating the couple's romance in youtube.
apparently, Kaka sang the song, I don't really know...
Trivia and other interesting tidbits:
Kaká was reportedly a virgin when he said "I do".Their wedding, at the Reborn in ChristChurch in Sao Paulo, was attended by Cafu, Ronaldo, Adriano, Dida, Julio Baptista and Carlos Alberto Parreira.
It took a while for the couple to conceive as Carol has polycystic ovaries.
with their son, Luca
On a way different note, Renascer em Cristo or Rebirth in Christ, the couple’s church is never far from controversy. Their church leader, Sônia Hernandes, was imprisoned in 2007 for smuggling cash into the USA.Currently the Brazilian government is looking for her for tax evasion charges. Kaká was even questioned by authorities for an alleged 2M Brazilian Reals donation to the church in 2007.
If you know how to read Spanish, Caroline has a blog (or is that Portuguese?Is there a difference?).
For those who were hoping to see the NSFW pics I mentioned and read through my post up to this point, as a reward, you can see all the top 10 or top 13 or top 100 Football WAGs and their NSFW pics by can clicking here (careful when you check this one, soo NSFW), here, here and here (there are still many more sites, but I leave that up to you to search for them =P)
Here are photos of Kaká and Luca as they're just too cute not to post:
