Fabio Cannavaro Tops the FIFA Player of the Year Award Odds
After captaining Italy to the World Cup, defender Fabio Cannavaro is the betting favorite to be named FIFA Player of the Year when the award is announced on December 20. Cannavaro is listed as a 7/4 favorite followed by last year’s award winner Ronaldinho at 3/1. Thierry Henry also is receiving some consideration at 8/1.
If I had any money I would put it on Cannavaro. Actually, I’d probably put it in a mutual fun, but you get the idea.
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By mike | October 25th, 2006 at 7:09 am 
Henry should watch where he’s going.
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Canada
By Catherine | October 25th, 2006 at 8:43 am Mike! You are exactly right! Cannavaro wasnt even looking at Henry!!! Henry ran into him – poor baby (sarcasm).
Posted from Canada
By john | October 25th, 2006 at 9:31 am Hopefully common sense will prevail and Cannavaro will win. It’s not often a defender wins and that might go against him, but it shouldn’t. He had a great year with Juve, played excellent in the champions league and led Italy to their fourth title. Most people would agree he should have taken home the GB from the World Cup but was robbed of it.
Some have complained of a Euro -bias, but I don’t look at it that way. Can anyone argue that the best leagues are in Europe? Tevez is a great player, but he has to play against the best in order to truly gage his (or anyone else) talent.
By Thierry | October 25th, 2006 at 9:44 am Dear Catherine,
Cannavaro absolutely diddn’t care about the ball, he always looking Henry, and moved towards him, tried to injure Henry with his elbow. This kind of discreet fault is one of his specialties.
Henry ’s Dives,? Please show me when you think he was diving.
To The awful Zinedine Zidane see this:http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/zidane/video/xe8g7_football-violence-entre-joueurs
Football – Violence entre joueurs – Football, Violence, entre, joueurs, match – Dailymotion Partagez Vos Videos
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France
By Thierry | October 25th, 2006 at 9:45 am http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/zidane/video/xe8g7_football-violence-entre-joueurs
Football – Violence entre joueurs – Football, Violence, entre, joueurs, match – Dailymotion Partagez Vos Videos
Posted from France
By Thierry | October 25th, 2006 at 9:48 am Do you really think all these players had did public excuses?
Zidane was legitimately red booked for this, so what is the problem?
Posted from France
By mike | October 25th, 2006 at 10:03 am French-English dictionary…look into it.
Posted from Canada
By Thierry | October 25th, 2006 at 10:28 am Si tu veux on peut parler français?
Habla espanol? You can correct my faults. It was more freindly. i ‘m very tired and no dico.
Posted from France
By Catherine | October 25th, 2006 at 10:46 am Here are various videos of Henry diving. He was the biggest diver at the WC. You are fool not to think so.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI3uOFu8-WM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTGfyV_mgUk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48KxomccYNU
(Seems like Henry has a habit of ‘running’ into people…I guess you people in France this that Spanish and Italian players have eyes in the back of their head).
Thierry – Cannavaro is NOT looking at Henry – he is turning his head and his focus is the ball…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrBL_zAqlbo
Henry is a snake and a liar and he is the biggest cheater in the WC. His dives (and his cry against apparent racism) got France in the final. They did not deserve to be there.
Posted from Canada
By Catherine | October 25th, 2006 at 10:47 am Here are various videos of Henry diving. He was the biggest diver at the WC. You are fool not to think so.
Thierry – Cannavaro is NOT looking at Henry – he is turning his head and his focus is the ball…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrBL_zAqlbo
Henry is a snake and a liar and he is the biggest cheater in the WC. His dives (and his cry against apparent racism) got France in the final. They did not deserve to be there.
Posted from Canada
By Catherine | October 25th, 2006 at 10:48 am By Catherine | October 25th, 2006 at 10:48 am By Catherine | October 25th, 2006 at 10:50 am http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48KxomccYNU
(Seems like Henry has a habit of ‘running’ into people…I guess you people in France this that Spanish and Italian players have eyes in the back of their head).
that is how Vieira got the goal…
Did you know that France was awarded the most free kicks for apparent fouls? this should make Australians feel a bit better about Grosso…
Posted from Canada
By mike | October 25th, 2006 at 10:52 am I’m just kidding with you Thierry. I enjoy your anti-carnavarro propaganda but you protect Zidane and Henry like a mother protects her children…Henry should keep his eye on where he is going and I don’t believe Carnavarro’s intent was to injure..or was it????..shit happens you know and than you have to clean it up….oh well, if Henry doesn’t like it he should join the ballet…
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By Catherine | October 25th, 2006 at 10:56 am come to think of it, France was awarded a penalty kick in almost every one of their games:
againt Italy
against Spain
against Portugal
a perfectly situated free kick against Brazil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM737ikdmjo
A perfectly located free kick against TOGO!!!
And a perfectly located free kick again Swtzerland (video provided in the next comment)
Posted from Canada
By Catherine | October 25th, 2006 at 10:56 am France vs. Switzerland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGVTdc6nfVA&mode=related&search=
Posted from Canada
By Catherine | October 25th, 2006 at 10:59 am France got most of their goals on free kicks and penalty kicks. No other team is like that.
I apologise for my bluntness and somewhat rudeness in advance for anyone who supports France. They just make me sick. I’ve been watching them all my life, I’ve lived there, lived in Belgium, and I just cant stand that soccer team. Never have, Never will.
Posted from Canada
By mike | October 25th, 2006 at 11:14 am Catherine you are angry but that’s Okay..you go girl.
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By Catherine | October 25th, 2006 at 11:51 am Thanks Mike.
I’m having a very bad day. I’m so angry right now – I’m taking it out on this blog.
Poor Thierry. Thierry – dont be afraid to talk back to me – I can handle it.
Posted from Canada
By Muddia Beduddia | October 25th, 2006 at 12:48 pm Like I said on the Italy board, absolutely loving angry Catherine. Keep giving it to these loser les bleaus fans. That Henry dive at the begining of the game was comical. I believe those smelling salts had to be fake that they brought out because of Henry really was in need of salts after that minor touch-up…please. I apologize for the language Catherine, but what a pu*^y he must be. 8 yr olds run into eachother harder playing tag on the playground.
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United States
By Thierry | October 25th, 2006 at 7:04 pm Dear Muddia Beduddia,
I had two floating ribs broken on the same kind of agression with elbow that you call comical. A story of 2cm and i could have pierced lung. People who never had played football or soccer didn’t really realize which a fault is spectacular but without any danger(zz ’s headbutt) and which could directly lead you at hospital. If you think i lie try it, run near 30 km/h and ask someone to give you an elbow butt to the lung or to the trachea.(a friend went directly at hospital with it). What Cannavaro or Puyol did are discreet but vicious agression. You have no right to play with yours elbows, you know.
By Catherine | October 26th, 2006 at 6:42 am Thierry,
I play soccer (believe it or not) and I’ve been elbowed (by accident) tons of times. Cannavara is NOT look there, his eye is on the ball. Get over it! Henry is a good diver and a wimp. He should watch where he is going. He CLEARLY ran into Cannavaro and it wasnt the only time he ran into someone to get a penalty – look at the videos.
that headbutt could have caused Materazzi to have a cardiac arrest and go to the hospital. You are an idiot not to think so (typical French!)
To boot, the severity of the headbutt was not only what it could have done but also the crucial moment at which it happened. It was thoughtless and careless and he proved to the whole world that he didnt care about France. Or football. Nothing. Only himself.
Posted from Canada
By David | October 27th, 2006 at 7:16 am I think its stupid you guys can call Henry a cheat or a diver…Cannavaro is one of the best defenders in the world and I agree he is no cheat but uses all he can to affect his opposition – which is within his right. He has every chance of winning WPoY 2006.
On the other hand Thierry henry is one of the best strikers in the world and one of the most honest players around (compared to the likes of totti among others) and its stupid that there is a debate on Henry or Cannavaro. They are both heads and shoulders above most players in terms of honest football.
Henry is also one of the nicest guys to boot, I don;t think there is more then a handful of footballers in the past decade that play football at the highest level as consistent with the same level of skill and flair as henry.
Catherine – the stuff you write just shows how immature and ignorant you are of football. showing the same utube video of the same few tackles over and over again means nothing, i see free kicks and penatlies there that are all worthy and seen less blantant fouls get given. If you want you can find hundreds of videos on utube of any players doing worst…
In my mind, the Italian league does more subtle fouls then either France or England.
But thats beside the point – Henry has always been well respected by footballers and pundits alike, and been top 3 in many awards in the past decade, you just make yourself look stupid saying those things you have about him.
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United Kingdom
By Thierry | November 20th, 2006 at 9:49 pm I am The Best!
Posted from Canada
By Jeff | November 21st, 2006 at 9:14 pm I can’t believe you guys are actually saying this stuff. I totally agree with David and Thierry. Thierry Henry is the greatest striker, if not the greatest player in the World right now. He has a totally unorthodox style of play, for a striker, and this has led him to score some of the most spectacular goals in football, example: Arsenal vs. Manchester United,2001-2002.
And how can you say he was the biggest diver in the World Cup??? Did you not see Cristiano Ronaldo?? Portugal won Most Entertaining Team because of the amount of diving they did. And if you watched Thierry Henry play, you’d see that he doesn’t dive. Against Everton in 2004-2005 he dodged two SLIDING tackles and he still kept going. Thierry Henry is perhaps the most fairplay player in the world! You ought to pay more attention to the way he plays in the EPL and not just the World Cup, he plays different in the National Squad because of Zidane!!
Vive Thierry!!! Va-Va-Voom
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Bangladesh
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