I know Ghana is still smarting from their unfair loss to Uruguay. I sympathize. Germany’s Kicker magazine’s take on it: Luis Suarez has been the World Cup’s best goalkeeper. (In case you missed it, Suarez is the field player who blocked a Ghanaian goal with his hand in the 120th minute – the end of overtime – with the ultimate result of Uruguay winning on penalty kicks. Suarez is blocked from tonight’s match due to the red card he got for so flagrantly breaking the rules.)
And yet, I’m still looking forward to watching Uruguay play the Netherlands, for two excellent reasons: 1) Uruguay has played really attractive soccer from the very start, when they tied hapless France in the tournament’s second game. 2) Uruguay has some really attractive players.
So here, in the tradition of Female Desire Week, are a few pictures of my two favorites, Diego Forlan and Diego Lugano. Forlan is the key to Uruguay’s offense, while Lugano is the linchpin of their defense (and captain of the team). Forlan is extremely intense – look at those eyes! Lugano appears calm and unflappable under pressure. They are both a pleasure to watch, even without the close-ups.
Am I objectifying these guys? Sure, a little bit, insofar as desire always has a subject and an object. But there’s a difference between saying someone’s sexy and sexualizing them – that is, seeing them only in terms of their sex appeal. These guys are too good at the beautiful game for their talent to be wholly eclipsed by their beauty.
Diego Forlan:
And Diego Lugano:
All photos have been shamelessly swiped in the interest of making the world a bit less bleak. I’ve linked to the source where I found them. If anyone objects to my use, I’ll sadly but promptly remove the image.
For more World Cup yumminess, see litbrit’s collection (which is more ethnically diverse than my two Diegos) and the series at Jezebel (here’s a good discussion of why looking at these guys is a harmless pleasure; try here for some lovely legs).
Just for good measure, here’s the whole Uruguayan team – plus two:
Patron cat of Kittywampus (1985-2001)
The girls here like Lugano, Forlan, Lodeiro, Cavani, Fucile… in my opinion, the most attractive perosn is DeMicheli’s wife
Alex, by your posting info I assume “here” is Spain – or do you mean a different geographical unit? At any rate, I’m glad you’re enjoying!
Okay the third picture of Diego Forlan looks scary to me. That could be a good photo but the expression and maybe he’s a bit dehydrated it’s a little weird looking.
I like the last picture where two teammates are holding babies :3 are those their kids?
I don’t know for the fact that the babies are their offspring, but that would seem the logical conclusion.
Forlan is intense. I’ve been watching him enough to put photo #3 into context, but I can see your point, too!
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