Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Whatever happened to the golden ball?

if anyone knows the story the frog prince? where the frog retrieves the princess's golden ball when it falls to the bottom of the lake, then she does not keep her promise and take the frog home. the frog goes anyway, and the king says he is allowed in the palace. the princess gets angry and throws the frog against a wall, where he melts and becomes a handsome prince, who marries the princess.


the golden ball, which had utmost importance in the beginning of the story, the princess's most prized possesion! where is it now? it has been forgotten.


if anyone has any ideas about this?

Whatever happened to the golden ball?
Its next to the other one in David Beckhams pants.
Reply:I think that after the prince and princess married it all went wrong!





Having been a frog for so long his small amphibian Brain didn't understand the In's and outs of running a kingdom and as the princess was such a spoilt little cow she coerced him into squandering the coffers.





Once this had occurred she eventually remembered the golden ball stuck in the bottom of the cupboard hidden under a pile of shoes. She duly sold this on to a pirate for an only slightly less than fair price.





The pirates name was Captain Jack Sparrow (and we all know what happened to him!)





My suggestion is: it is now somewhere lurking in Davey Jones locker waiting for a frog to come along and find it ;-)
Reply:He was playing for Barcelona but move to the LA Galaxy i think
Reply:I think this story depicts a man who prefers his woman to be macho and beat the daylights out of him.


Never heard of this one before, but all men are frogs and once pushy need a good belt that flattens them against the wall.


One day I might meet a man rather than a frog.
Reply:Wouldn't it still be with the Princess??? He retrieved it and the Kind allowed him in so he obviously kept his end of the bargain....


What is that little bearing-like golden ball earring for dudes called?

If you've ever played Bully for PS2, on one of the loading pictures the dude has that earring on the left ear and its like a little gold ball thats like....3 mm diameter. Cuz i wanna get my ear pierced but i dont want nething too flashy or gangstizzle. ..so ifu no whut dats called dat would be pretty rad.

What is that little bearing-like golden ball earring for dudes called?
Probably just a gold stud.


Do you think Zidane will still get the golden ball after his headbutting incident?

What he did today was brutal but I believe that he deserves it. He played well throughout the tournament and it would be good to at least retire with some pride!

Do you think Zidane will still get the golden ball after his headbutting incident?
I think so. He was the player who literally carried his team through the rough patches. I think he wanted to show that he was willing to do everything for his team, so no one could fault him for that incident. It would have been terrible if he felt that he didn't do everything in his ability during the game.
Reply:if winning the award was important to him, then he should have kept himself in check. he ruined his chances because of his unsportsmanlike conduct. giving him an award inspite of his behavior is like sending an unruly child to his room where all of his toys are.
Reply:no .. there were many players who played better and cleaner !!
Reply:i believe that too but what he just did makes me think twice if he is gonna get the golden ball.
Reply:He is a good player, but after that incident I don't think they will reward him...he showed bad sportsmanship and that's not what real players are made of.
Reply:Albeit undeserved, he received it.
Reply:no
Reply:no since he went to the locker room, and didn't come out for the closing ceremony.
Reply:I think that Zizou's chances of winning the golden ball award is now over after that serious headbutting incident. But Fabio Cannavaro on the other hand is definately a formidable contender. He has been solid in defence and a vital figure in helping Italy win its recently achieved fourth wold cup title! Forza Italia! I am backing Cannavaro to win!
Reply:buffon will get it
Reply:I agree. I hope Cannavaro/ Buffon gets it. They've been amazing throughout the tournament.
Reply:If he was willing to do EVERYTHING for his team, he would have played on and helped score some goals, or even the penalties. But no, he had to headbutt an opponent and get himself sent off, disappointing his team who had relied on him. Even the coach said it all went bad after he got sent off, so everyone has the right to blame him for that.





And I hope Cannavaro wins the Golden Ball - amazing player with a clean record and completely good sportsmanship.
Reply:Obviously the other player finally got to him... he blew it big time at the big stage and that is what his careeer will be rembered by now.


Who do you think will win the Golden Ball at the World Cup this summer?

Oliver Kahn won last time because of his skill, so do you think it will be a goal scorer or a skilled player or a combination like ronaldinho?

Who do you think will win the Golden Ball at the World Cup this summer?
Nakamura!!!
Reply:can you say Ronaldinho? maybe Nedved, too.
Reply:I think the Golden Ball will be Thierry Henry. He has gone really far with Arsenal this season and is improving. He is one of the most feared strikers in the world. For France he is just as good and will win the Golden Bal lfor his amazing skill, the Golden Shoe for the most goals, and the team will get the World Cup.
Reply:I think Brazil is good this year but USA have a probability to win but any way we will know when the fifa end
Reply:It will be Shevchenko
Reply:It might be Frank Lampard. He is a good player and is very much under rated at the moment
Reply:Man with the golden dick.
Reply:I think that Frace will win this summer because they have a good team.
Reply:i think that ronaldinho
Reply:Well, it won't be a repeat performance for Kahn since he has lost his starting job to the equally geriatric (and equally talented) Lehmann. Ronaldinho is the safe pick since he has picked up a pair of Best Player awards in the last couple of years, but I would look for the award to go to one of the beneficiaries of Ronaldinho's presence: Adriano

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Who agrees that Fabio Cannavaro should of got the Golden Ball Award?

I don't understand how they could of given The Golden Ball Award to Zidane.


Can someone explain.

Who agrees that Fabio Cannavaro should of got the Golden Ball Award?
I agree that Cannavaro deserved the Golden Ball... He was brilliant and consistent throughout the entire tournament and lead the champions to perfection!!! Zidane played well despite his lapse in better judgement -- I'm not attacking him I'm just saying that a player of his calibre should have been the bigger man and walk away, headbutting Materazzi isn't really worth the effort -- but I think Cannavaro was just that little bit better!!!
Reply:Fabio Cannavaro should deserve the the Golden Ball instead of Zinedine Zidane.
Reply:cause zindane is the best player any 1'll see he is so skillfull player and any 1 konw that he deserve the golden ball cause he is great player !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
Reply:Definatwly Cannavaro
Reply:Zidane deserves that Golden Ball. No one could come close to his performance at this World Cup. He brought France up into the final again, he lead the team, and he was even more brilliant than ever. The Golden Ball belongs to him!
Reply:Me and my dad agree with you!


my dad is such a huge Cannavaro fan.. he was upset he didnt get it so was I! He deserved it!
Reply:Oh come on Juventina, you won the world cup already, at least let Zidane have the Golden Ball Award.


He deserved it well because he came out of retirement to help his country reach the final, he helped France win against Spain, Brazil and Portugal. So I think he did deserve it, he may have not ended his carrier with the trophee but at least did end it with the Golden Ball Award, so its good.
Reply:plz dont be offended but no zidane was the right man...he was playing awesomely an i think fifa thought that they should honour him as he was retiring...





ps cool avatar!!!
Reply:totally agree. Zidane is a ******* bastard
Reply:Zizou got the Golden Ball award coz he desrved it!
Reply:they voted before the final match.
Reply:Funny enough, I answered at the questions:


"Do you also think that Cannavaro deserved to win the Golden Ball more than Zidane?" after the final and before award went to Zidane. I was wrong, but I haven't changed my opinion:





True.


Zidane waste every chance head-butting Materazzi.


If two players only would have played this WC and the second was my aunt Amelia, she would win easily.


I'm disappointed with fans words. I'm Italian and Juventus fan, and have spent my usual words to Zidane in this Y-answer. I called him every time as a GREAT player, and I perfectly remember Hamburger SV - Juventus 3-1, Champions League, 24 October 2000 (headbutt and red card...). To me he remains the same GREAT player I know. Losing his head in few match isn't such a shame to diminish a GREAT player who has his name in football history to a normal player, but this cancels every chance he had to win the golden ball. It seems so clear.


Cannavaro was my favorite before the final, now there are no doubt at all.





I can't explain, I totally disagree.


Awarding Zidane they need to enforce Materazzi banning too. So they had 3 and 2 match ban respectively, and this is an unbalanced judgment, adding mistake to mistake.





********edit @touzours


'Sentimi, ragazzo' (lol):


IF THE RULES FOR GETTING THE GOLDEN BALL WERE, ONE MUST HEAD-BUTT MATERAZZI IN THE CHEST BECAUSE HE ISN'T TALL ENOUGH TO HIT HIS FACE, THEN, ZIDANE WOULD HAVE A BIG FAT GOLDEN BALL IN HIS LIVING ROOM RIGHT NOW..





BUT... WERE THESE THE RULES?
Reply:It was luck dat ITALY won the world cup


hewayz i don't think so cannavaro shuld have but then he got it


so its over and he haz it


FORGET IT
Reply:i agree!!! but wats happened has happened
Reply:I can't understand this too!It's dishonesty for all soccer fans,as i think.


Fabio is gorgeous player in Italy team,the real strong captain


IL capitano della nazionale....


Maybe it was just a pity to Zidane?


And one thing - The voting for the title of the best player was over 2 hours before the final match had started, so those who were voting, didn't know what Zidane will do after.





Cannavaro is my # 1 forever,what can be better for real Italy fan?
Reply:yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:i love canavaro and he performed sooooo good this world cup!!! but they gave it to zidane because he led the french to the finals oh well
Reply:Italy got the WC, France at least got a golden ball....c'mon juve be serious this is fair...Zidane is leavin' but Cannavaro is still young and will play...maybe in his last WC he will get a golden ball..u never know........but i think Zidane is at the same level like Zidane
Reply:Of course I believe that Cannavaro should have gotten the award. I know it was voted upon before the final game however, Zidane's behaviour in the final should have revoked that decision. It sets a dangerous presedence. There is no doubt that he is a great player but what are we telling kids? It 's okay to lash out if you are a great player? You'll be rewarded anyway?


Just my opinion.
Reply:I'll try to explain: The reason the Zizou was given the Golden Ball Award was because he basically got France into the World Cup Final once they entered the elimination round. I will agree the Fabio had a pretty good tournament, but Zizou was really the main reason the France made it to the final, what with his penalty kicks and other types of goals. And, in case you didn't know, the Golden Ball Award is voted on at halftime of the final, so they didn't factor in anything in the second half...
Reply:because zidane is a better player
Reply:I absolutely agree with you. He deserved it a million times more.
Reply:As someone said, they pick the winner before the final. I agree that Cannavaro should have won the Golden Ball, definately!
Reply:ya i seriously think that cannon shud have got the golden ball


because i like him and he was as usual the best for italy , he also defended double time better which also covered up for nesta's loss


i think zidane was given golden ball as he retired , his contribution for france was really big , captained the side to the final ,


and guys stop it these ques are creating a war between u and touzou and also between france and italy


ok
Reply:Cannavaro was consistent and defended very well. It could be agreed that it was his defensive abilities that resulted in Italy winning the tournament. But Zidane played very well, if we want to be honest. His performance against Brazil was the best display by an individual. No one played better than that throughout the tournament. Of cause there were some games especdially ii the group stages were he seemed to have been struggling with his game but towards the end, he was just getting better and better. I want to believe his deserved it. Forget his headbutt. Zidane did well on the field of play.
Reply:I don't agree.


Zidane brought his country into the finals.
Reply:Me.





No offence but perhaps judges want to give a football legend a perfect gift for a brilliant footballing career.
Reply:No. The Italians worked as a team to win the World Cup while Zidane was leading the rest of his team around, one could say--although it kills me to, frankly--that he was even PERSONALLY responsible for their appearance at the Finals. And at the very least, he boosted their morale. Lillian Thuram said it himself (remarked it to the staff) during the break-time before the second half of extra time in the Finals.





No matter how you feel about the head-butt, his lousy temper and his HUGE ego, he was a great player, and if you're only talking technically (and not morally), he deserved the Golden Ball.
Reply:I CAN EXPLAIN THIS TO YOU:





SENTI ME RAGAZZA, IF THE RULES FOR GETTING THE GOLDEN BALL WERE, ONE MUST KNOCK OUT HENRY AND MESS UP ZIDANE'S SHOULDER, THEN, CANNAVARO WOULD HAVE A BIG FAT GOLDEN BALL IN HIS LIVING ROOM RIGHT NOW..





BUT THESE WERE NOT THE RULES!
Reply:YEAH YOU R WRIGHT
Reply:Right on! Anyone would of been better than "Head Butt Zidane"


What is the diference between the golden boot and the golden ball?

one you can wear


the other you kick LoL

What is the diference between the golden boot and the golden ball?
The golden ball is awarded to the goalkeeper who has conceded the minimum amount of goals in the tournament and the golden boot is awarded to the player who has scored the maximum amount of goals in a world cup.In 2002 the golden ball was won by Oliver Kahn and the golden boot by Ronaldo
Reply:A cow called daisy who could walk,talk,sing and dance says one is a ball and one is a shoe
Reply:one is for the top scorer and the other for the best player of a soccer tournament.
Reply:The Golden Shoe (also known as the Golden Boot, since 1982 commercially termed "adidas Golden Shoe") was first awarded in 1930 for top goal scorer;


The Golden Ball (currently commercially termed "adidas Golden Ball") for best player (first awarded in 1982);
Reply:golden Boot is given to the top scorer of the tournament


and


Golden Ball Is Given To The Best Goalkeeper


How do you feel about Zidane winning the golden ball award?

I think its great. he made one mistake.....he's human after all... it does not take away everything he has done for France, Real Madrid, and Soccer!

How do you feel about Zidane winning the golden ball award?
I agree - I think its fair for him to be given the award. He played some amazing football in this world cup: for a man of 34 years, he put to shame alot of the young players in the tournament. The award is given based on the best football performance in the cup, and clearly he deserves it more than anyone else. Good thing FIFA didnt change their mind after what happened in the final, with all the pressure of playing in a final and being the captain, i can understand how he would blow up like that given Materazzi's insults - which I presume mustve been pretty bad. Good job Zidane! He's still the best footballer in the last 20 years no doubt about it!
Reply:He's lucky that voting occured at half-time because I don't think he would have won after that head butt.


Otherwise, no one can deny he single-handedly took France on a glorious run to the finals.


He is the best player of my generation.
Reply:I don't see why he wouldn't deserve it for all he has done for the team.





Yes he made one big mistake, but that doesn't take away from all the great he has done.
Reply:What a Disgrace!
Reply:Well deserved!!!
Reply:after wht he have done in the last match, i donot think that he deserve the gold ball.
Reply:He should not have gotten it...his behavior wasn't exactly exemplary...
Reply:at least it wasn't that cheat C.Ronaldo ooh i hate that name so bad.
Reply:I reckon he deserved it!
Reply:ok
Reply:i agree though i hav answered this question before im glad he won cause the incident shouldnt diminish then fact that he is and was a amazing play who is going down in history and this is what he deserves to show recognition for the fact that he got france their first World Cup
Reply:No. i don't think he deserved it. how could they give it to someone who resorts to head-butting to solve a problem?