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Thursday, July 06, 2006

2006 World Cup Golden Ball Nominees

FIFA has releaed the list of the 10 players who have been short-listed for the Golden Ball Award presented to the tournament’s most outstanding player. It comes as no surprise that the list is comprised largely of players from the two finalists. Zinedine Zidane, who was beaten out for the award in 1998 by Brazil’s Ronaldo, is on the short list this year. The nominations are: Fabio Cannavaro (Italy),
Maniche (Portugal),
Michael Ballack (Germany),
Andrea Pirlo (Italy),
Gianluca Zambrotta (Italy),
Thierry Henry (France),
Gianluigi Buffon (Italy),
Patrick Vieira (France),
Miroslav Klose (Germany),
Zinedine Zidane (France).
You have to think that with no single dominant player this year the award will go to a player on Sunday’s winning side, especially since voting will remain open until after the end of the final. The winner will be announced the morning after the final.

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