… from AS [2010-02-12].  You think AS and Marca ever fight over who gets access to a player on a certain date if they both want him on their cover the next day?

Anyway, Iker visited AS yesterday, and the article on his visit in honor of his 500th game starts off by saying that Iker is not a normal guy, because a normal guy, as good looking as the girls say Iker is and as rich as others whisper, would have gone wild with the fame and fortune.

And they must have been reading this blog, or other similar ones, because they tell us what Iker was wearing when he visited (por cierto, not bad at all this time), and that he smiled and said hi to everyone as he entered, ignoring “the women that were fainting.”

(Spanish sports reporting at its best!  That is really what the newspaper wrote).

Iker tells us that he remembers almost all of the 499 games, including the results.  He weighed 77 kilos when he started and now he’s 86 kilos.  And before, he wasn’t even able to kick the ball to the center of the field.  Plus, all this talk is making him feel old…

Iker was still part of the Juvenil A team when Madrid won la séptima, which he watched at home in Móstoles with his father.  And two years later, it was him helping Madrid to win la octava…  And since then, a lot of memories.  Iker says the comeback characterizing the Liga del Clavo Ardiendo cost them three years of life, and the game against Huelva in which Roberto Carlos scored the winning goal is unforgettable.

Also, Iker says that Roberto Carlos is the player who has kicked the ball the hardest against him, in the training sessions, and Adriano (Inter) in a game, that Etoo is the most dangerous forward and that Paco Buyo is the goalkeeper he admires the most.

Oh, and during the 499 games, Iker has made 1,838 saves and allowed 553 goals.  He’s currently 11th all time in terms of games played for Madrid.