Norway’s controlled play bests Nigeria’s passion in Group A action

You may have doubted me when I said Norway was more than “the player who shall not be named.” They are. You may have doubted me when I said I love the pain involved with watching Nigeria. I am pained.

Ready For Sevilla In The CDR, More Awards & A Goodbye For Now

Man, this week is flying by. It’s already time for us to meet Sevilla tomorrow.

Pepe & Cris Back At Training

The days of sunning one’s self in exotic locales are over. No more turning the color of John Boehner in Ibiza (I’m side eyeing you, Cris). Back to work, gentlemen.

Wednesday Training & More Interviews

Preparations continue – the time until the final seems to be dragging and speeding up if that’s even possible.

Sunday Recovery Session & Love Is All Around

The team had a recovery session today. The starters stayed indoors with the exception of Toni came out for a bit of a run.

Ready For Espanyol, Ban Update & More

The team held their final training session before facing Espanyol tomorrow. Pepe again stayed indoors while G-Money continued working on his recovery.

Thursday Training & More

The team continued preparing for the match vs. Rayo Vallecano on Sunday.

James Joins The Group, International Duty, Sese Speaks & Bebe Iker

Great news!James returned to training with the group today. Very encouraging!

Ready For Elche & Mazel Tov, Martin!

The team had their final practice before they will travel to face Elche at the Martínez Valero stadium tomorrow.

A Working Birthday & More

Turning 30 is no excuse to shirk for Cristiano. He joined Dani, Fabio, Chicharito, Lucas Silva and Illarra on the pitch along with Iker, Keylor and Pacheco for training. The rest of the team worked indoors.