At this point, who is the favorite for the Golden Ball?

[c9777666]

Worthy candidate, but I don't remember a non finalist winning it.

To use a hockey analogy, Hazard was 2002 Forsberg

 

[Chandrashekhar Limit]

Well deserved. I would have given the Glove to Pickford.

 

[Evilo]

No Griez had one single good game in the tournament (semi final).
Otherwise, he had penalties and not much else.

 

[Gecklund]

Problem is that in soccer one mistake can have MASSIVE consequences.

What if the score was 2-1 or 1-1 when it happened? Would you feel the same way?

No but it wasn’t 2-1 or 1-1. It was 4-1. You can talk in hypotheticals all you want. Doesn’t change facts.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Should have beem Griezmann

Bad take, Griezmann would be at best #5 on France for me.

 

[Hadoop]

Great pick for the Golden Ball by FIFA. No single player had a bigger impact on this tournament than Modric compared to the backup at his postion. He is the best midfielder of the his generation, and he finally received the recognition that he so richly deserved.

 

[Evilo]

Bad take, Griezmann would be at best #5 on France for me.

Yeah 5th or 6th, maybe 7th to me (Lloris, Mbappe, Pogba, Kante, Varane and Umtiti).

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Yeah 5th or 6th, maybe 7th to me (Lloris, Mbappe, Pogba, Kante, Varane and Umtiti).

And yet, he ended up with the Bronze Ball. Pretty absurd.