Confederations Cup FINALE 2013 Special Edition Part2

Okay, as promised:

Ballingest (foot)Ballers Award

Manager

Fresh from winning his teams continental cup against the odds, this manager again showed massive amounts of courage in his squad selection, then even more bravery in how he set them up against Spain.
Despite the one sided score (which was due more to Alba going BeastMode than anything else) many reckon that this team gave the most impressive performance against the world champions since Italy in the EURO 2012 group stage.
All this with a squad with an average age of 23, missing loads of players through injury.
Impressive, right?
I give you:

Stephen Keshi of Nigeria

Certified footBaller

Player 

Now, I, and nearly every other football follower, am always going on about this guy. His poise. His technical prowess. His vision. Not unlike Berbatov or Cantona; His swagger. He's not exactly Ramires:

Maybe more like Scholes:

                                    

 He started off the tournament with a sick free kick, watched nonchalantly as his team slumped miserably without him after missing a game through injury.

Ended his Confed Cup with the most ICE-COLD penalty ever.

Yes, I'm talking about the wine conniseur himself:

Andrea Pirlo of Italy and Juventus

Don't need no sunglasses and chain. Cool enough already. And thats even without his beard. 

Team

I give this one to Tahiti. No, no, of course not. I like supporting the underdog and that but this blog is REAL. We always keep it real. 

So, this team has been under nuff pressure from day dot. They've dropped down the rankings faster than Suarez drops to the referee's ankles. Yet, they've managed to make the Final. 

Of course, I'm talking about Brazil.

The weight of a nation combined with the distraction of some nuts riotting hasn't managed to knock A Seleção out of their march to the final. 

The older folk (Yeh I'm looking at you dad) say they're nothing like the "Good old days" with Socrates and co. but I think the individual talent is quite nice. Neymar, Paulinho, Fred (somewhat suprisingly)...even Oscar has been okay. The defence has conceded a few but that's classic Brazil innit?

Ooooooon second thoughts, maybe they need to grow up...
 In spite of all this, whatever happens, I've found that whichever games they played in were live and gripping. Apart from maybe the Uruguay game. That one made me want to pour hot disinfectant into my eyes.

Ladies and Gentlemen....

Brazil Mens National Team

(foot)Ballers down to the very last man

So, to round up:

• Ballingest Manager Award Nigeria's Stephen Keshi (although the Nigerian FA don't seem to agree)
• Ballingest Player Award Italy and Juventus' Andrea Pirlo
• Ballingest Team Award  Brazil Mens National Team. I have to diffrentiate coz the Women are pretty (foot)Baller too:

 

Thank You, and Goodnight.