12.04.08 RAFAEL VAN DER VAART HAS PRIORITIES

Three days ago I featured Sylvie van der Vaart (hotness here), wife of Real Madrid star Rafael, for the first time on With Leather.  Today we get the news — a year after the fact — that Rafa once got himself suspended so that he could attend Sylvie’s birthday party.  From Bild via Dirty Tackle:

His former manager claims that in the 28th league game of the 2007/2008 season, Hamburg lost at home to Duisburg. Before the match had begun, Stevens said to his assistant: “Van der Vaart will deliberately pick up a fifth yellow card. His wife is celebrating her 30th birthday and he wants to be there.”

Stevens was right. Van der Vaart kicked the ball away after the referee had blown the whistle and duly earnt a yellow card. Three days later the team played Hertha BSC in Berlin – without superstar Rafael – where they drew 0-0. And there was one happy WAG, Sylvie van der Vaart, who got to celebrate her birthday with her husband.

Van der Vaart?  More like van der SMART!  Am I right?  Because sex with her would be better than playing soc– that’s okay, I’ll leave.