SERGIO ROMERO: THE REPLACEMENT GOALKEEPER DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB!

[jenni_blog]

Sergio Romero was fantastic last night. (LOL. I mean in goal. I wouldn't know about anything else. XD) Becoming the No. 1 goalkeeper because of an injury to Osky Ustari, he did a damn fine job. Quite perfect, in fact, along with the stunning Argentine defense, in order to stop an onslaught of attacks from a very good Nigerian squad.

SERGIO ROMERO - SHOTSTOPPER EXTRAORDINAIRE!





That's him at the back, going to hug Nicolas Pareja.



Here he is on the podium with Lionel Messi.



He is the shirtless one in this celebration pic. (Now I know who took their shirt off. I glimpsed it at the end of the game.XD)



Blocking a shot.



Keeping the ball out again.



Celebrating.



Joking with the Brazilians.



With his height (6' 3-1/2") he can reach above the manpile. LOL.



His hair! LOL.



Getting his share of the hugs.

Comments

[sunshinelucy.livejournal.com]

Sergio played such a great game (well, great games)! I'm really impressed with him... and he's so nice to look at *kisses*
He's exactly a week younger than I am, lol.
I can't get over how tall he is! I mean, every guy in my family is over 6 feet, but next to Messi, Sergio is crazy tall.
I love his dark socks up to the middle of his thigh, lol. At first I was like "I wonder if he realizes how weird he looks?" but it grew on me.
I definitely feel the crush happening, and that first picture is so awesome!

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

LOL. I think Romero is 6' 3-1/2" tall, and Messi must be only 5' 3". The shortest player is Diego Buonanotte, who I know is only 5' 1" because I watch River Plate all the time and they've mentioned that a few times. And Messi looks only a couple of inches taller than him, and about a foot shorter than Romero. I guess I could check out his profile on Wiki.

A lot of the players seem to wear their socks to cover their knees this year. But what caused me to blink a couple of times was the fact his shirt is purple and his socks are blue! I wonder why he did that?