The boys do it again....This time we meet AC Milan !!

We had so much fun in NYC that year. Yeah we met most of the Real Madrid team. When we got back to Buffalo, we were like heros. The funny thing is that 2 years later in 2004, we heard the Champions World Tour was coming to the U.S. AC Milan vs. Chelsea was going down in Philly at the new Lincoln Financial Field. We all looked at each other like "could we do it again?" Would we get lucky this time around. So I hit up my "sources"....yeah right.. for info on where they were going to stay. No luck. We then decided to just go cold turkey and camp out, ask questions, prank hotels , ie. do whatever it takes to check these boys out. For about 4 hours we tried everything until, we caught a break. I won't disclose how we did it (you never know...we might use this technique in the future...) We found out where AC Milan was staying. At that point there hotel was booked. That didnt stop us. We just went to their hotel...Ritz Carlton, pretended we were guests and just chilled out in the lobby. They came in so secretly there wasn't that many people around. So we just took pictures with them. This time we had a digital camera and a camcorder. This is what we took.....

This is us and Superstar Hernan Crespo of Argentina










This is Italian International Alessandro Nesta currently with Ac Milan and a core part of the Italian defense that won the world cup.









This is Kaladze
currently with AC Milan










Shevchenko ... now with Chelsea FC










Who can ignore Brazillian Superstar CAFU !!











Coach of AC Milan












Hernan Crespo again

 

Nesta again....

 

 

 

Crespo













Serginho currently with AC Milan. He was such a nice guy.












Shot of the actual game.... We had killer seats !!!












And last but not least the Italian legend heart of Italy and AC Milan ....MALDINI !!!

Trip to NYC to see Realmadrid FC vs. AS Roma (exhibition) in Giants Stadium

On August 8, 2002, me and three of my closest friends went to NYC to attend an international soccer exhibition at Giants Stadium in NJ. The game drew a crowd of 70, 635. It was a match honoring Real Madrid's 100th anniversary, and was a benefit to the global AIDS cause. Even Kofi Annan was there. The game's result was a scoreless tie. It was an exciting game which I know Real Madrid played 7 world cup starters. The kool thing is that I found out where both clubs were staying, beleive me this was top secret, but I had my ways. So we managed to book at the Hilton in Manhatton , thats where Real Madrid was staying. As Roma was just across the street at the Sheraton. We got a very pricy suite, but when you're one floor below Real Madrid and you can split the cost 4 ways between buddies, who cares. We got some picts when they arrived. Since we didnt have a digital camera I had to take a digital shot of regular pictures we took. Thats why they don't look really nice on this blog. Anyways, After the game its was more calm and we managed to spend some quality time talking and chilling with the players. Here are some of the pictures...

This is us hanging out in front of the REAL MADRID bus, at this point we knew we were going to have a pretty kool time.









This is me and my friend Foz, the player is Spanish international Celades , currently he plays for Real Zaragoza

This is me and Argentinan international Cambiasso. He currently plays for Inter Milan









This is me and Fernando Hierro, Spain's all time most famous defender.

This is Iker Casillas, Spanish starting goalie and currently the goalie for Real Madrid









This is England International Steve McManaman. This guy is one sweet player. Look up his stats on the net.

Portugese superstar Luis Figo....









Spanish superstar Morientes who now playes for Liverpool FC... This guy is a goal scoring machine..









And last but not least the prize gem of my photo album.... me and and the man...Zinedine Zidane...