The Golden Ball : congratulation dedicated each year to reward the best player of an European Championship by medias. In 2005, the Brazilian Ronaldhino who plays for Barcelone and the Seleçao( Brazil team) was awarded. Always smiling, leader, playing only to win, what a good player !!!

This is the list of some famous players who won the Golden Ball for 50 years :
1956 Matthews (Blackpool)
1957 - 1959 Di Stefano (Real Madrid)
1958 Kopa (Real Madrid)
1960 Suarez (FC Barcelonrid)
1961 Sivori (Juventus Turin)
1962 Masopust (Dukla Prague)
1963 Yachine ( Dynamo Moscou)
1964 Law (Manchester United)
1965 Eusebio (Benfica)
1966 B. Charlton (Manchester United)
1967 Albert (Ferencvaros)
1968 Best (Manchester United)
1969 Rivera (Milan AC)
1970 G.Müller (Bayern Munich)
1971 Cruyff (Ajax Amsterdam )
1972 - 1976 Beckenbauer (Bayern Munich)
1973 - 1974 Cruyff (FC Barcelone)
1975 Blokhine (Dynamo Kiev)
1977 Simonsen (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
1978 - 1979 Keegan (Hambourg SV)
1980 - 1981 Rummenigge (Bayern Munich)
1982 P.Rossi (Juventus Turin)
1983 - 1984 - 1985 Platini (Juventus Turin)
1986 Belanov (Dynamo Kiev)
1987 Gullit (Milan AC)
1988 - 1989 - 1992 Van Basten (Milan AC)
1990 Matthäus (Inter Milan)
1991 Papin (Marseille)
1993 R.Baggio (Juventus Turin)
1994 Stoitchkov (FC Barcelone)
1995 Weah (Milan AC)
1996 Sammer (Borussia Dortmund)
1997 Ronaldo (Inter Milan)
1998 Zidane (Juventus Turin)
1999 Rivaldo (FC Barcelone)
2000 Figo (Real Madrid)
2001 Owen (Liverpool)
2002 Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2003 Nedved (Juventus Turin)
2004 Shevtchenko (Milan AC)
2005 Ronaldhino (FC Barcelone)

To finish, I would thank two legends who will leave football this year, Zinedine Zidane, who will stop after the 2006 World Cup, and will stay the best n°10 in the world…
And Highbury, Arsenal’s Stadium, it will become a square with flats around. This stadium is a legend for Arsenal’ fans, and english football.