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Ronaldinho wins Ballon d’Or, Gerrard and Carragher in Dream Team

30 November 2005 By Avinash Meetoo

Ronaldinho has just won the Ballon d’Or bestowed by France Football. Essentially, Ronaldinho is the best football player in Europe according to journalists.

Like all football maniacs, I agree with that decision even though I wanted Liverpool’s captain, Steven Gerrard, to win after his heroics during last Champions League.

Here is the Dream Team selected by the same journalists:

Now, there are some interesting facts about this selection:

  • Very few teams are represented
    • Four (Cech, Terry, Makelele and Lampard) from Chelsea,
    • Two (Carragher and Gerrard) from Liverpool,
    • Two (Maldini and Shevchenko) from Milan AC and
    • Ronaldinho from Barcelona, Juninho from Lyon and Henry from Arsenal.
  • Very few nationalities are represented
    • Four (Terry, Carragher, Lampard and Gerrard) are from England,
    • Two (Makelele and Henry) are from France,
    • Two (Ronaldinho and Juninho) are from Brazil and
    • Cech from the Czech Republic, Maldini from Italy and Shevchenko from Ukraine.

 

So, after some very deep thoughts, I conclude that next World-cup final will be England vs. Brazil :-)

(An update from Wikipedia: The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th instance of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six populated continents participated in the qualification process which began in September 2003. Thirty-one teams qualified from this process, along with the host nation, Germany, for the finals tournament. The tournament was won by Italy, who claimed their fourth World Cup title. They defeated France 5–3 in a penalty shootout in the final, after extra time had finished in a 1–1 draw. Germany defeated Portugal 3–1 to finish third.)

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  1. mohamed says

    21 May 2007 at 04:57

    je suis ton plus grand fan et je joue comme toi je suis le meilleur joueur de soccer de ma classe je suis en primer

  2. AcMilanReigns says

    20 June 2007 at 06:42

    England vs Brazil eh? more like France v Italy and
    Italy wins and Milan won UCL italy reigns!!

  3. eyhab says

    12 October 2007 at 14:42

    ronaldinio is the best football player in the world

  4. bi says

    24 October 2007 at 12:23

    eh henry ggdfrtdffjfgdh

  5. some guy says

    20 January 2008 at 18:14

    u should have put buffon in goal he is better dan cech

  6. some buddy says

    14 February 2008 at 03:15

    iknow

  7. Pipi says

    16 February 2008 at 01:51

    England maybe but Brazil no they use to be good but now they have gone down.Next world cup campiones de mundo will be Portugal vs. Spain and Portugal will win.

  8. G. Thomas says

    10 March 2008 at 10:23

    I thought Van nisterooy is good?

  9. " class="comment-author-link" rel="external nofollow" itemprop="url">cabdulaahi maxamuud says

    29 March 2008 at 19:10

    i like fc liverpool becouse my self ok my gerrad thank you liverpool iam natiolity soomaali il live moqadishu shingaani

  10. albin says

    14 April 2008 at 13:14

    ronaldinho

  11. anthony doyle says

    25 April 2008 at 17:31

    i think diego milito is very good and alves should be in this squad coz i eat his poo

  12. xhikii says

    2 May 2008 at 13:24

    i like to change juninho to kaka and lampard too c.ronaldo and carrager to canavaro and messii

    Attack:Drogba , Ronaldinho , Eto’o , Messi.

    Middlefilder:Kaka , Gerard , C.Ronaldo , c.Fabregas , F.Riberyy.

    Defense:Nesta , Maldini , Canavaro , Terry , Ashley Cole , R.Carlos

    Goaalkeper:I.Casilas , Buffon , P.Cheh , Dida .

  13. Anonymous says

    3 June 2008 at 19:51

    götümü yala

  14. Ronaldinho says

    4 June 2008 at 14:03

    ATTACK : Ronaldinho . Ibrahimovic . Messi

    MIDDLEFILDER : R.Quaresma . Fabregas . Iniesta . Gerrard

    DEFENSE : Abidal . Vidic . Milito . Alves

    Goalkeepers : Frei . Buffon . Casilas .

  15. Barça_Fan says

    5 June 2008 at 19:26

    ATTACK : Trezeguet, Ibrahimovic, Messi

    MIDDLEFILDER : Ribery, Kaka, Fabregas, C.Ronaldo

    DEFENSE : Materrazi, Ferdinand, Carragher

    Goalkeepers : Buffon

  16. beni says

    11 June 2008 at 16:27

    milan is champion in the world

  17. nexhat says

    19 June 2008 at 17:39

    attack; ronaldinho,torres,messi,tevez
    middlefil;xavi,cristiano ronaldo,nani
    defense;puyol;pique;abidal;alves

  18. ilhan says

    26 June 2008 at 17:16

    the best football player is me wo wo

  19. m@roo says

    7 July 2008 at 02:56

    attack : torres , henry , messi , drogba

    midfeinder : f.riberry , c.ronaldo , kaka , xavi , gerrard

    deffender : maldini , puyol , sergio ramos

    g.k : casilas , buffon

  20. Forza Italia says

    7 July 2008 at 11:49

    I’m really sorry for you Avinash that your conclusion was Brazil vs England for the World Cup Final. Expect the unexpected. Don’t rely on what people say, on the media and even what you think. Cause you cannot win all the time in football. As you have seen recently Netherlands got a beating with Russia (3-1). Holland were the most favorite, but they lost. As it concerns the World Cup 2006, in case you forgot, Italia won it – dominate doesn’t mean win.

  21. avinash says

    7 July 2008 at 13:45

    Hi, this is something I wrote in November 2005 and many things have happened since :-)

  22. eroniti says

    10 July 2008 at 22:01

    sulmues ..RONALDINHO .PATO. KAKA .INZAGHI.HENRY .PAVLIQENKO.
    mesfushor.. pirlo.sedorf .lampard.gerard.messi.ballak.valon behrami
    mbrojtja.. nesta,maldini, kanavaro.terry. makelele
    portjer.. dida.bufon. cech.casilias.van der sar .cezar

  23. blendiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii says

    14 July 2008 at 23:41

    ku je o ronalnd

  24. sanjaya says

    17 July 2008 at 15:06

    l luv ronaldinho

  25. Anonymous says

    17 July 2008 at 17:24

    ronaldinho ma i forti dihet

  26. eRmal says

    18 July 2008 at 13:55

    GK: …………………….Buffon,Reina,Cech,Casillas,VDS…………………………..

    Dani Alves……….Carragher………………….Skrtel……………Evra

    Kaka………………Essien………………….Gerrard………….C.Ronaldo

    Ibrahimovic Torres

  27. Berat says

    19 July 2008 at 12:27

    GK……Buffon…..Casillas…..Hildebrand….VAldes…..Cupet

  28. armed says

    20 July 2008 at 00:07

    henry is the best

  29. Anonymous says

    21 July 2008 at 00:44

    were are kaka and c.ronaldo and buffon and ramos ?

  30. Anonymous says

    21 July 2008 at 00:48

    attack:messi,robinho,david villa,drogba,torres
    midfield:kaka,lampard,c.ronaldo,ballack,gerrard
    defenders:terry,puyol,cannavaro,sergio ramos
    goalkeepers:casillias,buffon,cech,

Trackbacks

  1. Magical Messi stands in Man United’s way | Be Slim says:
    26 May 2011 at 04:58

    […] wasn’t the only one. Upon collecting his Ballon d’Or trophy in 2006, Ronaldinho gave the world notice of what was to come. “This award says I’m the best […]

  2. Magical Messi stands in Man United’s way | KeySoccer.com says:
    30 September 2011 at 01:37

    […] wasn’t the only one. Upon collecting his Ballon d’Or trophy in 2006, Ronaldinho gave the world notice of what was to come. “This award says I’m the best […]

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