Iker showed up clean-shaven (very clean shaven, there’s not even any of that usual stubble!!!) for today’s training session.  We found out the reason later: he was promoting a brand of electric razors, so I guess it wasn’t really his decision.  Anyway, as I say every time he shows up without the beard, he looks so young!!!  And like the Iker I remember.  More pictures here.

I want to touch his face!!  Anyway, he also talked about the team situation (the locker room is like a family), and the only interesting thing was what he said about Cristiano: “he’s a fantastic person and a great teammate… he’s not egotistic.”

At least that’s what the Madrid web site reported Iker as saying.  In other media reports, Iker apparently defended his girlfriend by confirming that Cristiano is in fact “egotistic but in a good way.”  Interesting, no?  I’m a bit divided on this – while I understand Iker’s need to back his girlfriend up, I also feel that it’s very, very important to always support your teammates, and saying something like this, which can be taken out of context (like Sara’s statements were), is dangerous.

Iker also spoke about what Marca had reported today about the hour of the training sessions: “the míster decides the schedule, but normally we train at 11 and during the summer, when it gets hot, at 10.  No one has asked for the training sessions to start later.”  He also came out supporting the concentraciones, saying that Mourinho is only trying to do what’s best for the team, and how could Madrid’s players complain about such a thing like that, being such privileged people.  ¡Muy bien Iker!

The outfit wasn’t bad either!  The top half was very nice!  Watch a video here.