World Cup Heroes and Villains

Heroes

Zinedine Zidane – showed why he is one of the most feared players in the world today. Single handedly bought France through the group stages all the way through to the final.

Italy – for winning and being the most consistent team in the tournament.

Fabio Cannavaro – for playing the game the right way

Germany – for hosting an excellent tournament, and for never knowing when to quit

Jurgen Klinsmann – for proving his doubters wrong, and for bringing some enthusiasm to the technical area

Argentina – for their outstanding performance against Serbia, the best goal and the best game of the entire tournament

Villains

Zinedine Zidane – for a disgraceful head butt in the World Cup final, letting himself down, his team down and his country down,

Christiano Ronaldo – for being a cheat and encouraging the ref to send off one of his colleagues

Argentina – for their disgraceful scenes after losing to the Germans

Frank Lampard and Ronaldinho – World footballer of the year, and the runner up. Definitely not on this performance

Graham Poll – for issuing 3 yellow cards to one player in the same game

Portugal and Holland – for their disgraceful game in the last sixteen

Brazil – for being hailed as the best and for being totally rubbish