Zidane wins Golden Ball award


http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/07/10/golden.ball/

:gavin::gavin::gavin::gavin: Allez.

well he doesn't because Klose won Golden Boot :gavin:

Good, he deserves it for headbutting that **** Materazzi.

Good, he deserves it for headbutting that **** Materazzi.


:D

my bad changed title, hahha

Should be winning the Golden Bald.

Bah, Cannavaro got screwed. Zidane won on merit(N)

FIFA don't like giving awards to defenders. Zidane was great in the latter stages but Canna's been solid throughout.

BRAVO ZIZOU :bob: :bob:

personally, i feel cannavaro deserved it :S

eh, congrats to him..

Good decision (Y)

congrats to one of the best players in this world cup:Bow:

2006 - Zinedine Zidane (Fra)/Canavaro
2002 - Oliver Kahn (Ger) :-puke:
1998 - Ronaldo (Bra) :Bow:
1994 - Romario (Bra)
1990 - Salvatore Schillaci (Ita)
1986 - Diego Maradona (Arg)
1982 - Paolo Rossi (Ita)

If I'm not wrong, until today, the winner shouln't had been send off in any game.

Obviously that has changed.

Personaly, I think yesterday he f*cked anything good he had done in the previous 2 or 3 matches.

I don't understant how someone that commited such an evident agression, can be considered the best player of the competition. Being the best player requires skill and mind, and obviously his mind didn't work very well yesterday.

He could receive some nomiantion for his career, but not for the WC. Cannavaro has been the best player of the WC

The decision was made at half-time in the Final, before the whole Headbutt incident.

Cannavaro should've won it.

Zidane can at most lick Cannavaro's shoes, if that, with his perfmances in this WC. He got his 5 minutes of fame in the knockout round, scored 2 PK and wat...

Man FIFA is ****in retarded..

i just can't believe this Fifa scum... :-puke:

i just can't believe this Fifa scum... :-puke:
Tell me, what's the point of having that incident in your signature?

The only regret Zidane has at this point is not aiming at Metarazzi's face resulting in a fractured skull.

Zidane G.O.A.T.??? There was Pele, Maradonna, now ascend Zidane, LONG LIVE THE KING!!!

The only regret Zidane has at this point is not aiming at Metarazzi's face resulting in a fractured skull.

Yeah, i mean i bet Cantona's still gutted he didnt rip that fan's skull out with that kick. Bet he cries himself to sleep about it.

Yes ZamundaMan, what a point you make...

congratulations to him, but I think Canna should've won it

2 player of the year awards, 2 champions leagues, 1 world cup, 1 euro, a handful of domestic titles with Juve and Madrid and numerous other honours. Took France on his own back to the finals this year, he could have shot Meterazzi in the head and still won best player of the world cup.

but seriously though this incident will not take away his achievements, it won't even taint them. Maradonna snorted lines before going on the field during his Napolii days, doesnt take away from his achievements.

he won it at half time lol .. fifa dont know what to do about it, hopefully they dont take it away from him.

FIFA took a very sentimental decision according to me. pirlo or cannavaro should have won it.

i just can't believe this Fifa scum... :-puke:


your sig is too big.

also, I was suprised to see Zizou win it, but I am glad he did. I thought Cannavaro deserved it more, but who cares. :p

Zidane is undeserved for this award. He had only one good game alone against brazil. In the group stages he sucked. One or maybe two good games doesn't deserve the golden ball. He won on reputation alone, just like in 2003 when he won the world player of the year.

Even though I am not an Italian fan, give the award to the rightful owner Cannavaro who was consistent throughout the tournament.

so FIFA didn't gave the best young player award to Ronaldo for his lack of fair-play and Zidane is the golden ball winner? :gavin:

so FIFA didn't gave the best young player award to Ronaldo for his lack of fair-play and Zidane is the golden ball winner? :gavin:


lol

Haha, Zizou. (H)

Zidane G.O.A.T.??? There was Pele, Maradonna, now ascend Zidane, LONG LIVE THE KING!!!
:rofl: :rofl: we will see in cuple of years if u know what i am talking about! :ewan:

It's funny how people denounce racism but also denounce reactions to racism, be it on the pitch, on the streets, or even on message boards. Zidane is human afterall.

Sir Isaac Newton wasn't wrong when he said "for every action there is a reaction, equal in magnitude and opposite in direction".

fully deserved too (H)

so FIFA didn't gave the best young player award to Ronaldo for his lack of fair-play and Zidane is the golden ball winner? :gavin:


thats my exact thoughts :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

the votes were in at HALF-TIME of the final match. learn to read guys.

Big deal. Kahn won the the thing last time round, and was hands down the best keeper in WC2002 but made a couple of very costly blunders in the final. Ronaldo was a revelation for Brazil in 94 but couldn't produce anything when it mattered most against France.

Cannavaro was exeptional throughout the whole tournament, but I don't think he was as inspirational to his team as Zidane was to France, Zidane was a leader both on and off the pitch, he scored 3 goals and got 2 assists in the last 4 knockout games, he carried the team to the final despite that clown Domenech constantly holding them back. If you had any doubts as to how instrumental Zidane was to his team's hopes, you only needed to see the dejected looks on all the French player's faces after he got sent off, its hard to imagine the Italians reacting the same way if Cannavaro walked off. I agree that Zidane royaly messed things up at the end but don't take away from him what he's achieved in the 6.5 previous games, and 15 years of football before that.

Krypton, you make a good point. Cannavaro was simply excellent throughout, mistake free. But a defender is always going to have bias against him in an award like this.

He made a mistake, he may not have been the best person for it, but ALLEZ! all the same

2006 - Zinedine Zidane (Fra)/Canavaro
2002 - Oliver Kahn (Ger) :-puke:
1998 - Ronaldo (Bra) :Bow:
1994 - Romario (Bra)
1990 - Salvatore Schillaci (Ita)
1986 - Diego Maradona (Arg)
1982 - Paolo Rossi (Ita)



How can you say Kahn didn't deserve the win in 2002? He carried the team in 2002. I feel Cannavaro should of won it.

Cannavaro got robbed.

It's funny how people denounce racism but also denounce reactions to racism, be it on the pitch, on the streets, or even on message boards.
Excellent observance

2 player of the year awards, 2 champions leagues, 1 world cup, 1 euro, a handful of domestic titles with Juve and Madrid and numerous other honours. Took France on his own back to the finals this year, he could have shot Meterazzi in the head and still won best player of the world cup.

but seriously though this incident will not take away his achievements, it won't even taint them. Maradonna snorted lines before going on the field during his Napolii days, doesnt take away from his achievements.


Couldn't have said it better myself..

cannavaro wtf

zidane only played good in the quarter and semi while cannavaro was a wall in all of italy's games

To me its like this; would Italy still make it to the final without Cannavaro, i believe there's a very good chance they would. Could France do the same with no Zizou, i think almost certainly not.

it was the superb defensive organization that took France to the final, not f*cking Zidane.

To me its like this; would Italy still make it to the final without Cannavaro, i believe there's a very good chance they would. Could France do the same with no Zizou, i think almost certainly not.

Mate you're supporting the old same habit: an attacking player is always considered more decisive than a defender. To me it's absolutely nonsense. In particular talking about this WC tournament: Cannavaro's saves most of the times were more important than a goal or an assist. Italian defence in fact was the best of the tournament. :jap:

ridiculous. he got it because he is retiring. we all know it.

zidane was great for like 2 or 3 games. cannavaro was brilliant for 7. go figure.

atleast no one will remember him as the player of the tournament. they will just remember as the man who got sent off for headbutting a player in the WC Final.

zidane is a legend, he is a great player, but on top of the headbutt, this really makes me dislike him more.

Cannavaro is the true legend.

I can not blame Zinedine for that action. I am sure that he had hell of a reason to do that. Though, it is faith. When you see what he did through his career, you will notice that he was at the right place at the right time, and when it was most important.
He did just that in this final, but this time, it was time to go.

He made us happy for twelve glorious years, we had a privilege to enjoy every single move of one of the glorious athletes in history of sport. What he took from himself to prove that he is one of the best, if not the best footballer, now must repay to his children and family.

I can not thank enough to Zinedine Zidane.

no way he deserves it....

Here is how the voting breaks down.

Golden Ball: Zidane (2,012 points)
Silver Ball: Fabio Cannavaro (1,977)
Bronze Ball: Andrea Pirlo (715)

Cannavaro didn't lose by much if that is any consolation.

alongside his three World Player of the Year awards and his La Liga and Serie A titles, Zidane's career will be forever remembered for a moment of madness on the world's biggest stage.
The 34-year-old Frenchman steps down from his position as the greatest player of his generation

But Sunday was still a final reminder of the human frailty of a player who so often looked like he was from another planet :Bow:

zinADIn ziDASne...

He's always going to be my hero regardless of the incident or not. Zidane was the first player I saw when I started watching football. I caught the replay of an amazing goal he scored while I was flipping channels and I decided to keep it on and watch. That one moment launched me into the crazed player and fan I am today. I think he deserves that ball for putting his team on his back and carrying them into the finals. Without him Les Bleus wouldn't have made it that far. I'll miss you Zizou.

that is the same way i feel about francesco totti. but alot of people now view him as a disgraceful player after his euro 2004 disgraceful exit. these guys are human, they make stupid mistakes that you and me would make. difference is, they are expected to keep a cool head.

we will see in cuple of years if u know what i am talking about

he is already one of the greatest of all time. He is up there with Maradonna no doubt. Just check in his trophy cabinet. And its all in modern football. IF, he lifted the world cup last night it wouldn't be a point to argue. But, he is human like all of us. I'm sure the nipple pinching, shirt grabbing, taunting, and general jackassness would get to any of us. We just have the luxury of not having the whole world looking at our every move.

so FIFA didn't gave the best young player award to Ronaldo for his lack of fair-play and Zidane is the golden ball winner? :gavin:
well said.


for me, cannavaro should have won the golden ball, and buffon the silver.

I can not blame Zinedine for that action. I am sure that he had hell of a reason to do that. Though, it is faith. When you see what he did through his career, you will notice that he was at the right place at the right time, and when it was most important.
He did just that in this final, but this time, it was time to go.

He made us happy for twelve glorious years, we had a privilege to enjoy every single move of one of the glorious athletes in history of sport. What he took from himself to prove that he is one of the best, if not the best footballer, now must repay to his children and family.

I can not thank enough to Zinedine Zidane.

That's the true ugliness of the situation... He absolutely blessed the fields he played on his with his grace and uncanny skill, but his final moment is a disguisting moment, everyone knows the expression,"I just can't get my words to explain it" is the best way to put it... This may actually bring him out of retirement with Real to fix his image a bit...

cannavaro got robbed indeed; what a ******* joke; they gave zidane the award out of pitty; these freaking awards are turning out like the oscars

Zidane is a legend and deserves it but shame about the headbutt

I can not blame Zinedine for that action. I am sure that he had hell of a reason to do that. .

you gotta be kidding me mate; have you ever play real soccer your selfe; do you know all the **** is said between rivals ; zidane suposed to be proffesional; i dont care if materazzi said he had pictures of zidanes mamma; you just dont do that; ask your selfe this; do you think france had won those penaltys shots if he was there. then ask your selfe if zidane was proffesional or not.

Yeah, the award was voted on by journalists, and it had to be completed before the clash with the assasin.

well said.


Well said my @ss.

If that little prick Ronaldo could save his play-acting for only the last game of wc, he might have got the best young player award as well.

Cannavaro was robbed..not that he'd care in the least

alongside his three World Player of the Year awards and his La Liga and Serie A titles, Zidane's career will be forever remembered for a moment of madness on the world's biggest stage.
The 34-year-old Frenchman steps down from his position as the greatest player of his generation

But Sunday was still a final reminder of the human frailty of a player who so often looked like he was from another planet :Bow:

i think they taked zidane because, he plays offensive. and offensive players do more entertaiment things for the watchers than defensive. ;)

Cannavaro was robbed..not that he'd care in the least

hahaha, exactly. i think he will be sleeping comfortably with the world cup. (H)

east or west zidane is the best

vive zidane!!!
zizou is the man!!!

i just hope that those who knew zidane-the-artist, and zidane the man who is always ready to help the charity causes won´t only remember him as someone who losed is mind in the world cup final.

allez les bleus!!!

hahaha, exactly. i think he will be sleeping comfortably with the world cup. (H)

yeah, you're right!

as a french fan i'd preferred to win the world cup than one of my favourite players win the best player title... and i am sure that zizou too. :nape:

anyway... congratulations! (believe me it's hard for me to write this) :S

ALLEZ LES BLEUS!!!

well, it's inevitable now...i mean, it's specially the ones who enjoy Zidane the Legend that will remember his tragic ending..



when i say tragic, i say fantastic, coz materazzi's an a-hole..

I've read today that there is a possibillity Zidane must give back the golden ball because of his behaviour in the finals. That's what Blatter said today :o
Is that guy out of his mind or smth, what a clown :boohoo:
They should kick his ass out of Fifa, no one wants him there anyway :rolleyes:
Zidane will give a pressconference tonight at the French Canal+ and he will tell all about the incident then btw..

what a shambles, clearly Louis Saha was by far the best at the wc :jambo: