Social Media Roundup: How Real Madrid Players Are Doing Following Football Postponement

It started in classic fashion, with the dreaded Comunicado Oficial. ​

​​With it, Real Madrid confirmed that a player from their basketball team had tested positive for the coronavirus, and that the football team were under quarantine orders as a result, and our chances of watching the likes of Luka Modric and Toni Kroos in action over the next month suddenly became very slim.

Never one to shy away from the big moments, it fell to Madrid captain Sergio Ramos to deliver a rousing message to the fans, urging them to stay safe.

​​It was no surprise that Marcelo, a man of over 500 appearances for Los Merengues, followed suit, reposting the video in which he and Ramos tell supporters #YoMeQuedoEnCasa ('I'm staying at home') on his Instagram.

​​But what to do with all that free time? You're a very good person (or a liar) if your first thought was 'spend some time with your loved ones', much like Isco and Fede Valverde, the latter showing that he's more than just a walking reducer with a heartwarming Instagram post.

Vinícius Jr also reminded the public that there is no excuse for slacking during self-isolation, captioning his Instagram photo gallery with "#YoEntrenoEnCasa" ('I train at home'), which is probably a lot easier to say when you own an enormous home gym, whilst Karim Benzema humbly captioned his own quarantine workout video with #jesuisunelegende (no translation needed).

​​With no chance of a kickabout down the park, footballers were left to make do with the essentials, as former Man City wonderkid Brahim Díaz showed his followers that he was well-stocked up for the next few weeks.

​​Self-isolation is also an ideal time to try your hand at a new sport, but Thibaut Courtois caught us all off guard as he entered the world of Esports and took part in a virtual edition of the Australian Grand Prix, with McLaren's Lando Norris one of his opponents. 

With football players stuck inside for a while now, we can only assume that it's a matter of time until Wayne Rooney follows Courtois' example and starts live-streaming Runescape (Roonscape?)