The real superstar of the Guinness Intl Champions Cup

Not Ronaldo, not Mourinho, not Juan Pablo Carrizo-- the MVP was more of a dark horse candidate.

It was:

That's right, it was beer. Excuse me--it was Guinness Black Lager. How can something that looks like coffee be refreshing? Let the man tell you, as Gin Wigmore, an artist whose music I enjoy but whose song "Black Sheep" I may avoid now, wails in the background.

The commercial and others like it aired about every commercial break during the inaugural contest, in case we forgot that the Guinness International Champions Cup was sponsored by Guinness. 

There's just something about black. 

Now excuse me while I refuse to ever drink it. 

(In other news, Real Madrid seems to have signed Miley Cyrus. I know, I know, the joke was old before it got started).

"Party in the USA!"