The Champions League Brings Out the Best Man Love

By: Ivanna Baller | November 6th, 2008

Champions League matches are always special, which is why players can sometimes go overboard when it comes to expressing their joy. Not that we mind at all.

Here are some of my favorite celebrations from the last two days.

After a two year absence, Juventus’ Cristian Molinaro and Marco Marchionni were really happy to return to the Champions League.

It was the missionary position for Juventus’ Nicola Legrottaglie and Giorgio Chiellini.

Clearly Juventus are a horny bunch. Tiago was carried off to someplace more private.

These celebrating Aalborg players didn’t notice they were asphyxiating one of their own.

Lyon’s Anthony Reveillere’s first ever Champions League goal made Fabio Grosso forget that Italians and the French were supposed to hate each other.

Technically this is not man love, but the anger between Steaua’s Pantelis Kapetanos and Lyon’s Cris sizzled all night.

The man love was so intense for Roma that coach Luciano Spalletti couldn’t resist joining in.

Basel were so thrilled with their goal at the Camp Nou that Eren Derdiyok was able to carry around two men.

Fiorentina’s Felipe Melo was prepared to reward Adrian Mutu for a job well done.

Sadly for LA Galaxy’s David Beckham, the only man love he got tonight was from Marc Anthony, who was probably just trying to make J. Lo jealous.

Category: Man-Love Hotness

Tags: Aalborg, Adrian Mutu, Anthony Reveillere, Basel, Cris, Cristian Molinaro, David Beckham, Eren Derdiyok, Fabio Grosso, Felipe Melo, Fiorentina, Giorgio Chiellini, juventus, LA Galaxy, Luciano Spalletti, Man-Love Hotness, Marco Marchionni, Nicola Legrottaglie, Pantelis Kapetanos, Roma, Steaua, Tiago

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• Lotte Cox |  November 6th, 2008 at 2:32 pm

  
  
  

  I’m honestly not sure if I’m more jealous of Mutu or Melo.

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• Laurie |  November 6th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

  
  
  

  Yeah, Lotte. That photo is kind of disturbing. But in a good way.

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• Laurie |  November 6th, 2008 at 3:24 pm

  
  
  

  And don’t forget this one from the OL-Steaua game.

  http://www.sport24.com/football/diaporamas/ldc-lyon-bucarest/juninho-et-vercoutre/

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• Jennifer |  November 6th, 2008 at 7:47 pm

  
  
  

  YES Laurie!! I was just about to mention it.
  I love how Kallstrom is squished up in there ♥

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• Marco P. |  November 6th, 2008 at 8:30 pm

  
  
  

  Awww no photos of ADP getting hugged?
  http://www.daylife.com/photo/05s8eEBaxS3aw/del_piero

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• Angharad |  November 6th, 2008 at 11:19 pm

  
  
  

  Alright, I loathe Juve like no other club, but Tiago getting carried off slung over someone’s shoulder? SERIOUSLY HOT.

  I suppose I can convince myself it is ok to have such feelings because Tiago once locked Juve’s president in the loo, and is therefore one of my heroes.

  (Also, Kim!!)

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• Johonna |  November 7th, 2008 at 7:45 pm

  
  
  

  Marco, sadly, Alessando del Piero may be a lot of things, but hot, he is not.

  And I think that the kiss is not going to come from Melo and Mutu, but from Kapetanos and Cris. That look SCREAMS snogging.

  As for Tiaggo… and to think, he wants out of Juve.

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• Laurie |  November 7th, 2008 at 8:40 pm

  
  
  

  Johonna, so THAT’s why they both got yellow!

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• Laurie |  November 7th, 2008 at 8:41 pm

  
  
  

  Also, re: the AaB picture. Not just asphyxiating, asphyxiating with nose in armpit.

  Sorry. Not hot.

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• Marco P. |  November 7th, 2008 at 9:06 pm

  
  
  

  Johonna, thousands of mid 90’s screaming teenage girls would have to disagree. ADP probably doesn’t have the same sex-appeal now (at 34 years of age and married) than he did was he was 20, but he’s certainly no Franck Ribery either.

  Just for you (after which I’ll quietly roll back to our WAGs friends… starting to feel uncomfortable with all this testosterone around):
  http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v113/southern_cross/LJ/del_piero_bw.jpg

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• Johonna |  November 8th, 2008 at 8:27 am

  
  
  

  Sorry Marco, still not there. Of course, that is just my opinion, and 34 and married has nothing to do with it.

  And, I know it is weird, but I have a bit of fondness for Franck.

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• Marco P. |  November 11th, 2008 at 4:58 pm

  
  
  

  You like Franck better than Del Piero?

  I rest my case…

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• Johonna |  November 13th, 2008 at 3:29 am

  
  
  

  He has that mysterious scar and looks like he just walked off a 12th century Frankish knight’s tomb. That is, he is interesting to look at. ADP is just sort of a bubble-gum pretty boy with bad sideburns. I can open up any International Male catalog and see that.

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