Zidane won the Golden Ball award, awarded

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posted Jul 10 @ 10:56 AM by Jason Kottke · gift link

Zidane won the Golden Ball award, awarded by journalists to the best player of the tournament. Most of the voting for the award came before halftime of the final. Miroslav Klose’s five goals gave him the Golden Boot as the tournament’s top scorer.