More on that Pesky Golden Ball
By: Martha | November 27th, 2006
Though it was just made official (Read: Reported in publications that, unlike ourselves, don’t gleefully jump at the chance to engage in rumor mongering), it has long been a foregone conclusion that Fabio Cannavaro was to hold the Golden Ball in his hot little hands. So to speak. And, as the news spread, reactions have been mixed. Most folks, like former Napoli boss Ottavio Binachi (whose last name translates “white men,” rendering any babelfish-ed article involving him vaguely surreal), have been full of praise for the captain, going on and on about how great he is, and how much he deserves the award.
Others, however, are less pleased. Take Gerard Houllier, for example, who would much prefer that fellow Frenchman Tierry Henry take home the prize. According to Houllier, the result is “a scandal,” and Cannavaro just utterly sucks. “About Cannavaro,” he said, “you only need to look at what Carew managed to do against him in the Champions League: observing that game you understand that it’s an abominable result.”
Dammit, Gerard — quit holding back. Tell us what you really think.
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The bigger mystery is why anyone asked Houllier to comment on the whole thing. Is he remotely relevant anymore? Or maybe he climbed over the crowd, knocking women and children out of the way to grab a reporter’s microphone just so he could get his mug in the paper.
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Damn. I was really hoping that either you or Bob was going to use the Ballon d’Or as an opportunity to post the shirtless Cannavaro picture again. First Thierry Henry loses, and now this. The day has been filled with disappointments!
Had to laugh about your comment on the surreality of Babelfish. It once told me that keeper Gregory Coupet suffered an injury to his “person over the age of 18.” Ouch, that’s gotta hurt!
(The French word was “majeure.” Which in this context was a finger.)
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Oh Laurie, you have no idea how much I wanted to. Instead, however, I decided to cling to my last vestiges of professionalism (until I post yet another picture of Figo, at least), and use one that was football-related.
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Speaking of Figo. This photo made me think, “Martha would like this.” (Okay, so I’m actually not horribly offended by it either. But I’m truly thinking ONLY of you and your readers when I post it.) It’s from my favorite guilty pleasure, Kickette.com.
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So I should NOT try to post after 11:00 p.m. and a dose of Nyquil. Third time IS the charm.
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See, Laurie, now you’re just enabling me! Sigh. Of course I like it.
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[...] France Football is usually made of leaks. Those rumors, of course, was totally wrong, and the award went to a much smaller man, with less hair. All of which is my way of saying that I’m not falling to that trap again, [...]
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