Gillette Best Young Player

• dragg

  6 Jul 06, 20:10

  the nominees are out!!
  
  cristiano ronaldo of portugal
  luis valencia of ecuador
  lionel messi of argentina
  lukas podolski of germany
  tranquilo barnetta of switzerland
  cesc fabregas of spain
  
  who do you support?
  
  frankly fabregas did not do much for spain. lionel messi hardly played.
  
  i support ronaldo!!!
• The man who was death

  6 Jul 06, 20:13

  Barnetta!!
  
  madanchi and kaebi from iran good also
• dragg

  6 Jul 06, 20:16

  Originally posted by The man who was death:

  Barnetta!!
  
  madanchi and kaebi from iran good also

  too bad they were not in the list.
  
  
• stellazio

  6 Jul 06, 20:22

  frankly speaking, this world cup..all the youngsters didn't really live up to expectations..
• dragg

  6 Jul 06, 20:23

  Originally posted by stellazio:

  frankly speaking, this world cup..all the youngsters didn't really live up to expectations..

  ronaldo did. but he spoilt everything with his unusual behaviour.
  
  
• SGpork

  6 Jul 06, 20:24

  support messi
  but got feeling..
  lukas podolski of germany gonna take it
  
• dragg

  6 Jul 06, 20:29

  Originally posted by SGpork:

  support messi
  but got feeling..
  lukas podolski of germany gonna take it
  

  messi doesnt deserve it.
  
  everybody knows he is good but he did not even play one full match.
  
  
• SGpork

  6 Jul 06, 20:31

  Originally posted by dragg:

  messi doesnt deserve it.
  
  everybody knows he is good but he did not even play one full match.
  
  

  
  
  its just me la..
  i perfer him over the rest on the list..
  
• used

  6 Jul 06, 20:53

  lukas podolski
• lpx88

  6 Jul 06, 22:13

  like it or hate it i fink its gonna be ronaldo...
• CoolMyth

  6 Jul 06, 22:15

  Podolski.
• R3SsH|n

  6 Jul 06, 22:18

  my heart says poldoski...my mind says ronaldo...
• dragg

  7 Jul 06, 21:29

  Originally posted by CoolMyth:

  Podolski.

  you are right!!!
  
  podolski wont it !!!!
  
  
• stellazio

  7 Jul 06, 22:52

  see lohz..if germany win, poldoski will get it..if portugal win, ronaldo will get it..
• 798

  7 Jul 06, 22:53

  Originally posted by stellazio:

  see lohz..if germany win, poldoski will get it..if portugal win, ronaldo will get it..

  poldoski won the award.
  
  cry ronaldo cry!
• CoolMyth

  7 Jul 06, 22:54

  Home country mah. Must give them face. Otherwise Beckhambauer no face.
• 798

  7 Jul 06, 22:59

  extracted from soccernet:
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo's antics against England and France cost him the award for young player of the World Cup.
  
  The Manchester United winger won the fans' internet vote easily but FIFA's technical study's group chose Germany striker Lukas Podolski as the tournament's young player ahead of the Portugal star.
  
  Ronaldo was criticised for his behaviour surrounding Wayne Rooney's sending off, after which he winked at his bench, and was roundly booed in the semi-final against France - during which he blatantly dived in the penalty box.
  
  Both Lothar Matthaus, the former Germany international who is the patron of the Gillette-sponsored award, and FIFA's technical chief Holger Osieck said lack of fair play had been an issue.
  
  Matthaus told a news conference in Berlin: 'You will never have 100% fair play and maybe looking at Cristiano Ronaldo he was obviously doing something here.
  
  'He may have accumulated a couple of minus points due to his gesture with Rooney but you sometimes forget what the laws are in the heat of the fight.
  
  'Give the young players a break, give him a chance. Remember Diego Maradona scored a goal with the `Hand of God'. That was not fair play and there are many other examples you can quote.'
  
  Asked if Ronaldo's behaviour had harmed his chances of winning the award, Osieck conceded that fair play was considered.
  
  Osieck said: 'We want to have decent behaviour and I admit we were critical of this. We had a number of criteria but we have to admit players of that age do have their weaknesses and are not fully developed.
  
  'Players should be role models and fair play is a consideration. But we have to admit young players are not always mature tactically and they also have difficulties in handling stressful situations.'
  
  Podolski was named the winner after scoring three goals, one against Ecuador and twice versus Sweden, and for a number of good performances including scoring a penalty against Argentina in the quarter-final.
  
  Podolski, who has just moved from FC Cologne to Bayern Munich, said: 'I would have liked to have taken home another trophy - the World Cup - but it is a great honour for me to get this award and will provide me with great motivation to go on and become more successful.'
  
  Ecuador's Luis Valencia, Argentina's Lionel Messi, Spain's Cesc Fabregas and Tranquillo Barnetta from Switzerland were the other finalists for the award.
  
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  when will ronaldo learn? he knew the fact he is a diver, yet he still dived in semi-final. i'm not surprise if he got the loudest jeer versus germany. no matter where he goes, i got a feeling he will be boo.
  
  better quit soccer and become a swimmer!
• lpx88

  7 Jul 06, 23:27

  Ronaldo lost it himself....
• dinky1409

  8 Jul 06, 00:15

  Haha Theo Walcott! LOL!