Who won the Golden Boot and Golden Ball awards?

Golden Boot = Miroslav Klose (Germany)


Golden Ball = Zinadan Zidane (France)

Who won the Golden Boot and Golden Ball awards?
golden boot - klose


golden ball - zidane, and as good as he is, he didn't deserve it after his termper tantrum
Reply:Golden Boot: Klose


Golden Ball: Zidane
Reply:Zidane....outrageous if you ask me after the way he disgracefully exited the pitch and ended his career.





There's no arguing the man carried his team single handedly past brazil, but his role in the spanish game was HUGELY overblown.





There's no doubt in my mind that the true MVP of that tournament was Fabio Cannavaro and here's why:





1. He started the tournament in one of the toughest groups against a tough Ghanian team without his partner in the heart of the defence (Nesta) and held the team together under some pretty good pressure.





2. While the rest of the team looked stunned upon the US tying the game and De Rossi's expulsion he single handedly thwarted wave after wave of American attacks until the ref evened out the expulsions.





3. He anchored the Italian defence against a strangely superior Australian team and despite a vast difference in possession in favour of the Aussies, limited Buffon to one or two saves all match long. Again without Nesta.





4. See No. 3 but in context of the Germany Semi.





5. See No. 3 but in context of the final.





You wanna know how valuable how Cannavaro was to his team?





Ask Gianluigi Buffon. The man had to make about 2 saves a game and whose goal was impregnable during the run of play for 7 games, two of which went into extra time.





Ask Andrea Schevchenko who couldn't muster a single attack on Buffon's goal. Ukraine's chances were all off set peices.





Ask Thierry Henry who was given 1/8 of the net to shoot at on what appeared to be a clear break in the second half and then again when he was dispossed by a prone Cannavaro in the box late in the game.





Finally...Ask Mr. ZiZou. He'll tell you about the intensity of the matches, the competition, the trash talking, and they psychological warfare. And then he'll tell you about the requisite degree of mental toughness required to maintain your composure and professionalism so that you don't let down millions of fans who screamed, cried, and prayed for you.





CANNAVARO IS SUPERMAN!
Reply:I think Zidane won the Golden Ball.
Reply:Golden Shower - Zidane by all the pissed off french people





As for the other awards they are moot as the media votes obviously made a huge mistake.
Reply:Miroslav Klose of Germany won the golden boot


Zidane won the golden ball

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