Awards All Around!

Los Blancos really cleaned up at FIFA’s The Best Awards again this year! The ceremony took place in London.

A Trophy, A Training & More

Another trophy! I love how this season has started. Los Blancos beat Fiorentina 2-1 to grab the Santiago Bernabeu trophy.

Best Of The Best

Well, I got home from work at 10 PM so that tells you what kind of day I just had. But you know who had a good day? These guys! (And a few more not in the picture). It was FIFA’s Best awards in Zurich.

Ballon d’Or Winners: In Case You’ve Lived Under A Rock

See how the lion gazes at his prey…

The Ballon d’Or snooze fest has come and gone and I have a quick recap of all of the winners after the jump.

The Daily Drool – Epic Bromance Month – DIE MANNSCHAFT WEEK – Manuel Neuer & Thomas Müller

Duckie & Dorky: A perfect combo. These two bromance at Bayern and on Die Mannschaft (and often with Basti added) in good times and bad. (Suggested by watishista OodlesOfNoodles)

Training For Basel, Winning! & A FIFA FIFPro 2014 World XI Nod

Thighmaster

The team had a closed training yesterday but today we got a glimpse of their activities. (Training video) Castilla’s Álvaro Medrán joined in again. Sami & Pepe worked out indoors. Lukita worked on his recovery. Illarra returned to the group and Jese was with the gang as well.

Skydiving, Butt Cheek, and the Smiley Crew

I’ve got a bunch of random goodies for you, but let’s get the ugly out of the way first. Earlier this week, news broke that the Spanish Football Federation notified Real Madrid of a possible three-month ban for Castilla “official” head coach Santiago Sánchez Martín and “unofficial” head coach Zidane.

Kramer Learns More About the World Cup Final

Most us remember the nasty head injury suffered by German player Christoph Kramer during the World Cup final. Kramer, however, remembers nothing other than what he has been told. So during an interview on the tv show “das aktuelle Sportstudio” Saturday, Kramer’s German NT mates Philipp Lahm, Thomas Müller, and Manuel Neuer decided to have a little fun and let us in on some of the comments Kramer made during the game. Who knew Müller had a sense of humour?

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Goalkeeper High Jinks

During a recent league game, Liverpool Ladies goalkeeper Libby Stout decided to rush off her line à la Manuel Neuer. The move didn’t work out so well for her as it often does for him, as she ended up giving the ball away. Birmingham took advantage and nailed an open goal equalizer from 40-yards out. Brutal.

Golden Foot Voting

For those of you interested in voting for random football awards, you still can for the Golden Foot aka Best Player of the Year Award until August 31, 2014.