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Gerlonso overloading each other with compliments in November 2004.
Xabi about Stevie:
Gerrard is a spectacular player and he provides charisma for the team with his play, and is so important for the supporters. He plays in midfield but gives so much support to the attack also. He is a powerful player that could triumph at any club. Gerrard, in the Spanish league, would give exhibitions of his quality in every match. Liverpool have felt the absence of Gerrard, and England also. For the football the best news is his rapid return to fitness.
Stevie about Xabi:
I watch a lot of Spanish football on television and I cannot understand why Xabi is not one of the first names on their teamsheet. Obviously they have a lot of good midfielders in the likes of Baraja and Albelda, but Xabi is the best of them all. Everyone can see that he is a talented footballer. He can pass it long or short, is technically gifted and very rarely gives the ball away. But what has impressed me is his attitude and professionalism for such a young lad. He’s only 22 but he eats, sleeps and drinks football. He’s very similar to Jamie Carragher in that respect.
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(via sxtl)
Hahahahah, oh Stevie <3
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In Rotterdam (The Netherlands). Two beautiful sets of eyes.
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After Dirk Kuyt scored a goal against Tottenham. Don’t know why I thought it would be a good idea to make a collage with 30 pictures :D, but I just remember when I first saw this moment I thought you could see something intimate being communicated between them.
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Again someone else (Bellamy) scores, but Gerlonso decide to take a little moment for themselves. Tut, tut :D
Xabi’s hand! Not in public, boy! ;)
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(via orangetrees, 2hot)
This is all kinds of hilarious.
Laughing so fucking hard.
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I don’t remember where I found the original, so I’ll just link both of the sites I think it came from (chances are that both sites have the same pic)
http://jesus-navas.tumblr.com/
http://fuckyeahjesusnavas.tumblr.com/
:) Clarification: I DID in fact make the picture, I’m just linking the sites where I found the template.
Seriously died.
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Xabi was the appointed one. Cool as you like. Xabi took control, collected the ball from Carra and placed it on the spot. Talk about pressure. ‘Put that ball in the net, please Xabi,’ I prayed. Xabi hit it hard and low. I started leaping into the air to celebrate. Shit! Dida saved it. Well that’s us fucked. Yet the ball was loose. Xabi reacted quickest. Always the top pro, the Spaniard followed up, and his finish was exquisite. He smashed it in, left foot. Get in! Take that, Dida! Take that, Milan! Where’s the smirk, now?
God, I was relieved for Xabi. If Liverpool had returned home having lost 3-2 and having missed a penalty, that could have been a massive turning point in Xabi’s life. How would Liverpool’s fans have reacted? As a character, Xabi is strong, and he could have got over it, but I’m glad a good man and a great player didn’t need to find out. I wouldn’t want a missed penalty in a European Cup Final on my cv.
Relief, joy, every emotion was there as we chased after Xabi. It was a piley-on, Xabi disappearing under shouting, laughing, uncontrollable team-mates. What a turnaround!— Steven Gerrard talking about Xabi’s penalty in the CL final in his autobiography. (via fygerlonso) -
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As you probably know, Stevie, since he became captain, is a pretty mellow player. It’s a different story off the pitch maybe (:D), but on the pitch he’s not very violent and he’s not usually the type of captain who goes running over everytime there’s something going on with one of his teammates. On a couple of occasions he has lost his cool though and they somehow seem to involve Xabi in some way. In the video above, it’s obvious. Bowyer from Newcastle gives Xabi a nasty tackle and a lot of Liverpool players come over, but Stevie decides to choke him! Aye aye, Stevie. He’s very lucky to get away with it, a player was just banned for 27 matches for doing similar to a ref.
One of my all time fav Stevie moments.
