Álvaro’s motivation video in Southafrica 2010
This is the video Álvaro showed to his fellow team members before playing against Germany to motivate de national team in the World Cup of Southafrica:
Álvaro Sport Merit Medal of the Government of Aragón
The Government of Aragon has published today its decision to award the Sport Merit Medal to Alvaro due to his great career culminated with the title of World Champions in the FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010.
Although Álvaro was born in Salamanca, at the age of four years old, he came with all his family to Zaragoza (Aragon’s capital).
In the official website of the Government of Aragón they have said that they want to recognize ‘the personal achievement of an Aragon’s athlete formed in our base footbal teams, participating in the Aragonese and with a relevant background in Spanish and European soccer (…) being an example of effort and participation in the field of sport. ”
Congratulations Álvaro!
We have made History
Casillas, Reina, Valdés, Albiol, Arbeloa, Capdevila, Marchena, Piqué, Puyol, Sergio Ramos, Xabi Alonso, Sergio Busquets, Cesc Fábregas, Iniesta, Javier Martínez, Silva, Xavi, Navas, Mata, Pedrito, Llorente, Torres y Villa. This are the 23 of Del Bosque, this atre the names we’ll rememeber for years, this are the Champions!
Ceremony was a beautiful start of a magic night with the presence of Nelson Mandela and Shakira’s world known Waka-Waka. In the stadium, much more Holand supporters than Spanish.
The fixture started with an unsporting behaviour of Holand, despite of that, Sergio Ramos and Villa made several announcements. 117 minutes had to run till Iniesta, controlling a pass from Cesc in the center of the area, dropping the ball shooted cross the goal. Was the winning goal.
Fair play didn’t seem to be for Holand, never mind, spanish team knew how to play against it, with class and style, as always playing the ball.
And finally, after a month of unforgettable football, our number one, our captain, raised the World Cup.
Congratulations and thanks Álvaro!
Official picture of the Spanish National Team
This is the official picture of the Spanish Football Team made in the Spanish Federation “Ciudad del Fútbol” placed in Las Rozas of Madrid for the World Cup.
The 23 international football players posed with the coaching staff and the official shirt their going to ware in South Africa. Álvaro is playing with the dorsal 17, the day of his birthday.
Álvaro on the final list of the World Cup
Spain’s coach Vicente del Bosque, published the list of 23 football players which are going to South Africa. Álvaro, once more, is there to defend our country in the World Cup.
The list is as follows:
Goalkeepers:
* Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)
* José Manuel Reina (Liverpool)
* Victor Valdés (Barcelona)
Defenders:
* Joan Capdevila (Villarreal)
* Carles Puyol (Barcelona)
* Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)
* Raúl Albiol (Real Madrid)
* Álvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid)
* Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
* Carlos Marchena (Valencia)
Midfield player:
* Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)
* Xavi Alonso (Real Madrid)
* Xavi Hernández (Barcelona)
* Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)
* Cesc Fábregas (Arsenal)
* Javi Martínez (Athletic)
Forwards:
* Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
* David Villa (Barcelona)
* Pedro Rodríguez (Barcelona)
* Jesús Navas (Sevilla)
* David Silva (Valencia)
* Juan Manuel Mata (Valencia)
* Fernando Llorente (Athletic)
Russell Crowe visits Valdebebas
Russell Crowe visited yesterday Real Madrid in Valdebebas sport facilities after the team training session. The actor was in the Spanish capital promoting his new movie in which is going to play Robbin Hood.
To meet him was Álvaro, who acted as host due to his high knowledge of English after passing through Liverpool.
Here is the picture of Russell and Álvaro
Picture from www.realmadrid.com
Real Zaragoza 1- Real Madrid 2
It was an special match for Arbeloa, he returned home after leaving Real Zaragoza at the age of 18.
Before the fixture, Arbeloa started that his parents and friends life in Zaragoza, where is last game was before going to Liverpool. Due to it, the game had an special motivation for the player.
Real Madrid needed to win the three points if they wanted to keep their title hopes alive. Tow goals, one from Raul and the other achieved by Kaká, maintain the distance of one point between F.C. Barcelona. Colunga scored for the home team.
The first half began with no continuity in the game, although Real Madrid was dominating possession. Álvaro was, as always, convincing at the back of the field. In the 24th minute, he was penalized with yellow card.
At the end of the second half, Real Zaragoza battled back and the “White Team” continued pressing on till they broke the draw with Kakás goal (81th minute).
Now, time to think in the next match against Osasuna, a difficult team that’s trying to certificate their seat in the ‘Liga BBVA‘.
The fight for the “Liga BBVA” stills open
After a week that lives tow victories for Real Madrid (Tuesday against the Almería and Sunday against Valencia), the ones of Pellegrini still believe the league is possible and they rank just one point behind F.C. Barcelona.
They completed one of the best matches of the season dominating the first half rewarded with a goal of Higuaín in the 25th minute. The second goal arrived in the 78th achieved by Cristiano Ronaldo clousing out the 2-0 in the score.
Arbeloa was solid defensively and also got forward to good effect, laid one on a plate for Ronaldo in the second half, but he couldn’t convert.
He made impossible to players of the quality of David Villa and Silva, display their game. He shown the team spirit that made the Real Madrid win over Valencia.
The salmantino, in words to Agencia EFE last week, said “We can’t throw out the matches by saying everything is lost”.
From now, five finals are left:
Jornada 34 Real Zaragoza – Real Madrid
Jornada 35 Real Madrid – Osasuna
Jornada 36 Mallorca – Real Madrid
Jornada 37 Real Madrid – Athletic
Jornada 38 Málaga – Real Madrid
Alvaro Arbeloa to stop Lionel Messi
After the last Lionel Messi’s perfomance against Arsenal on Tuesday (the Argentinian player scored all 4 goals for his team) Spanish sports media keep talking about how difficult will be stop him on the main clash of the weekend.
Real Madrid faces FC Barcelona at the White’s coliseum in a match that will decide who will take the lead at “La Liga”. Real Madrid’s Coach, Manuel Pellegrini, will use Alvaro Arbeloa to try to stop the FC Barcelonas’s star.
Alvaro has thus far marked the Ballon d’Or winner four times and has done so with relative success, but he knows that it won’t be easy and that he will have to be focused since the very first minute of the game. This time there’s no room for error.
More info: Goal.com
Arbeloa at guillembalague.com
Last Friday Álvaro was interviewed by Guillem Balague on a report for Sky Sport’s Revista de la Liga. Arbeloa declared that the only move out from Liverpool he would have taken, was returning to his former club. That’s why he couldn’t miss the chance when Real Madrid called him. To read the interview complete click here
