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Talk about rain on your parade. Real Madrid stars Gareth Bale and Luka Modric had their La Liga title celebrations dampened on Sunday when they discovered that the champions are not presented with their trophy until months have passed. Their teammate Cristiano Ronaldo, however, was not surprised at the lack of organisation among Spain's footballing officialdom. Zinedine Zidane's Madrid held off challengers Barcelona and sealed a first title in five years with a 2-0 final day win at Malaga on Sunday evening and, during celebrations on the pitch at La Rosaleda afterwards, cameras from Spanish TV programme "El Dia Despues" caught Bale and Modric wondering where the trophy was. "La Liga present the trophy after next season has started," they were informed by Madrid's press office Juan Camilo Andrade. "We will celebrate here and go inside and that's it." Moments later Bale is standing beside Ronaldo and smiles as he passes on the news: "There's no trophy!" The Portugal captain, who after eight years in Spain looked less than impressed with how things are done there, replies: "It's a f---ing joke," Last season's champions Barcelona finally received their trophy in late October, during the official La Liga gala prize-winning ceremony for the previous campaign.
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