plus the look on the keepers face ;)

I think in all fairness he deserved it. Had Schnider won it I dont think anyones would have been to unimpressed.

Muller/Ozil had young player in the bag.

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Good for him...
And IMO, his volleyed goal agst Germany in the 3rd place playoff was goal of the tournament, great mix of control, placement and power, plus technique.

Does that mean Forlan will win FIFA player of year award at the end of this year? Usually, whoever wins the player of the world cup go on to win the FIFA player of the year award.

Why Robert Green didnt get a mention for the Golden Ball is beyond me.

Goodo.

On this reasoning, Ryan Nelson was in contention.......;)

i'm just glad that a spaniard didn't get it so it shuts craig foster up

if Robben had finished that one on one in the second half and the Dutch had held on, Sneijder would have had great case for player of tournie. That was a magic pass.

Haha, cheers for that. :p

Fixed. :P

Forlan made the difference for Uruguay. While Sneijder had a good tournament, he wasn't the stand-out in his side and I think that was the difference between the two when the award was decided.

Forlan played excellent football, looked like scoring every time he had the ball and was always dangerous. The only other player in the tournament to do that was Arjen Robben, but he never managed to finish the job.

He was the reason we made it to the semi final's. Actually, technically Suarez's hand of god, or Abreu's penalty were, but you get what I mean. :P

Deserves this award, and if he hadn't hit the crossbar with the last kick of the game against Germany, could of won the Golden Ball too. Still, an amazing achievment.

Sneidjer scored as many goals in as many games (more goals if u discount the 3rd place play off like i do) from midfield and close to single handedly get his team into the final. He did this from a midfield position as opposed to striker. His passing was world class and the only match he was down on form was the final. [/quote]

+1.

Although Forlan looked dangerous pretty well every time he had the ball, Sneijder did more overall.
Also think Ozil made Muller look good.

Muller has well and truely announced himself. If he has a similar run to Klose with form in WC's, then I can see him maybe getting ahead of Ronaldo or similar to Klose himself. 5 shots on target.... 5 goals!!!

FORLANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

he was great to watch and well deserved!

[*quote=sydneycroatia58] That's if he's playing for Atletico. A lot of clubs are interested and he said he'd go if it was the right move. [/quote]

overseas marquee!

Weren't we lucky that Forlan didn't play in the final qualifying game in Sydney back in 2005. I believe he was injured then.

Forlan's a great player and deserves the award. He was one of the few who could master the Jabalani ball at free kicks and shots on goal.

I still remember how relieved I was when he was injured and didn't play against the Socceroos in the 2005 WC Qualifiers. If he had played, we mightn't have got to Germany 06.

I'd say hats fair he play fantastic and deserved it

Im glad he got this - well deserved!

Sneidjer scored as many goals in as many games (more goals if u discount the 3rd place play off like i do) from midfield and close to single handedly get his team into the final. He did this from a midfield position as opposed to striker. His passing was world class and the only match he was down on form was the final.

Happy with the decision. Great tournament by Forlan. Took Uruguay further than most people expected.

Congratulations to Forlan right choice as he managed to lift an avarege side like Uruguay ( no disrespect ) and give them a chance to almost get to the finals.
Sad for XAVI he was outstanding but again he was playing with alot of MESSIS in his side and it was hard to single him out.
Villa and Muller third choice for me, if Muller played V Spain who knows.
Ozil had great tournament only when Germany played well, when Germany needed something extra could not find him, even Croos the sub in those situations played better.
For me list is like this:

1/Forlan
2/Xavi
3/Villa
3/Muller
4/Snaider

Well deserved and I've been tipping him the past week to win it. Was a standout for Uruguay every game whereas guys like Sneijder disappeared for long periods.

Deserves it imo. He's the reason Uruguay did as well as they did and he was quite brilliant. That volley against Germany the best of his 5 goals by far.

no. spain deserved to win it.

Had Muller played against Spain they may have made the final.

Probably a decent choice, I personally would have gone with:

1. Sneijder
2. Forlan
3. Oezil
4. Mueller
5. Villa (despite a shocking final)

Sneijder was clearly the best player of the tournement in my opinion. Forlan and Muller were great also with a special mention for Puyol.

Forlan is a great choice.