Real Madrid's squad held their own FIFA 16 tournament

Real Madrid’s first-team squad settled scores the modern way: with their own FIFA 16 tournament, following in the footsteps of FC Barcelona’s intra-squad cup a month earlier.

Electronic Arts split the squad into two teams of four. One side lined up Varane, Jesé, Nacho, and Carvajal; the other countered with Cheryshev, Danilo, Casemiro, and Keylor Navas. Professional footballers playing their own video game likeness remains one of the genre’s most reliably charming formats — the video below is the proof.

EA ran the tournament as part of its FIFA 16 community push, which also collected player-made goal compilations from PC, PS4, and Xbox One uploads. That submission campaign has long since closed, but the videos it produced — this one included — are a fun time capsule of the title at its peak. If it sends you back for a match or two, FIFA 16 copies are still floating around.