On the evening of May 17, the Bernabéu hosted a grand awards celebration!
The final league match had kicked off at exactly four in the afternoon and continued until nightfall, after which the festivities truly began.
Only after everyone at Real Madrid had finished celebrating the title did the awards ceremony officially begin.
Captain Casillas and Team Vice-Captain Ramos went onstage together to accept the awards on Real Madrid's behalf. At the same time, the club's internal awards for the season were presented. Modrić won Season's Best Player, Di Maria received the Most Improved Player award, and the Best Newcomer award went to the injured youngster Jesé.
Modrić won because Yang Yang had voluntarily withdrawn from the Season's Best Player selection. He had started doing so in his third year after joining Real Madrid because he did not want to monopolize the award within the team. That would have been unfair to the other players.
The bonus for winning the club's Season's Best Player award was insignificant to Yang Yang, but it was substantial to the other players. His decision to step aside was therefore more a way of helping his teammates fulfill their ambitions.
Everyone knew perfectly well that if Yang Yang had truly competed, he would have won every year.
At the climax of the ceremony, all the Real Madrid players carried the La Liga and Copa del Rey trophies around the Bernabéu Stadium, displaying the two titles they had won this season to all the Real Madrid fans.
However, at the end of the ceremony, Real Madrid did not follow tradition and carry the trophies to Cibeles Square. The Real Madrid fans in Madrid were not surprised, because the club had announced long ago that there would be no title parade that night.
"We'll hold the title