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International Football Federation has identified three candidates for the title of best player in the closing year. Let's try to assess the chances of each candidate – Fabio Cannavaro, Ronaldinho and Zinedine Zidane …

Procedure for selecting the best player in the world at the FIFA staged: first, the very federation published an extensive list of candidates, after which a vote was taken among chief coaches and captains of national teams from all federations that are members of FIFA. Now announced three of the best and the winner will be disclosed at a ceremony held on December 18 in Zurich.

Actually, the evening in Zurich, will include many services in addition to honoring the best footballer the world, will be determined and the best football player, and presented with awards the three best striker the world championship – Miroslav Klose, Hernan Crespo and Ronaldo celebrate Gianluigi Buffon as the best goalkeeper mundialya, and two teams receiving the least number of comments from the referees during the World Cup – Brazil and Spain.

But back to those who can win the title of best in 2006. Still, it is recognized that an outsider in the top three, Fabio Cannavaro, Ronaldinho and Zinedine Zidane is the last one. The Frenchman did not play very clearly before the world championship in Madrid “Real”, after the World Forum ended his career. But here at the mundiale it was great, dragged his team to the finals, where finally ruined everything seems quarreled with Azzurri defender Marco Materazzi and hitting his head in his chest that.

For one tournament, the final episode which was so anti-”Fair-Play” are unlikely to give Zidane the important individual prize. Although throughout his career earned him great oily, golden point, which did not work – and the French team lost, and Zidane himself has been deleted.

Two other candidate

have an equal chance of success. Player of the Brazilian national team and the Spanish “Barcelona” Ronaldinho had a great all year, winning with his club the Champions League and Liga. The previous two trophy from FIFA are in his collection, but there is one little “but” – it made the national team is much weaker than it had expected from her, that may be the deciding factor. Still, the World Cup was a major football event in 2006, so the results shown there will be accounted for in full.

Not often the case when the defender holds this season, which resulted in celebrated by all. Fabio Cannavaro has turned out just a year – he was able to deal in the club (he finished last season in Turin “Juventus” and started this – in Madrid “Real”), and the team: a world title was a worthy ornament of a list of his personal achievements.

Cannavaro has marked the French magazine France Football as the best player last year in Europe. Recently, he received the prize from the hands of a famous actress Monica Bellucci. This recognition means a lot in the first place – the quality of the game Italian. In Madrid, he quickly became a key player, having spent a minimum of adaptation time, so nothing surprising in the fact that he receives (if it gets better) prize as the best footballer in the world – no.

Slightly less than three weeks left before the announcement of the results will now be mass predictions and guesses who still won. But we have to admit that each of the three remaining candidates has a good, though not an equal chance. The more interesting will be the final outcome, which will be announced on December 18 in Zurich.

Sergey Klimov, Down-the-line.com

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