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Originally Posted by Panuru
Zidane got the Golden Ball. This means yesterday's episode couldn't ruin his career as much as some emphatically declared, after all.
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I read an article by a known sportjournalist, who explained it all IMO. It seems the winner of the Golden Ball is chosen before the final is played. If you look back it explains a lot:
Kahn winning it in Korea/Japan while he screwed up the final by his mistakes, while Ronaldo should have gotten it because of being topscorer(8!!! goals) with beautiful football and scoring twice in the same final.
Ronaldo winning it in France 98, while he couldn't get a normal shot in during the final and Zidane almost single handedly winning the WC for France.
And now this affaire with Zidane winning while they always claimed that winning the ball was also about fair play and being a gentlemen...
So far for taking that award serieus huh!