by Nicholas Beaudrot of Electoral Math
To my untrained eye, I think this award has to go to Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United). C Ronaldo's main contributions to his national side's fourth-place finish consist of frequent sprints from midfield towards the 18-yard box, ineffective stepovers and fake-stepovers that fool absolutely no one, and the Portuguese special, diving and WATB-esque carping towards the referees for not blowing the whistle. The harassment he's suffered since Wayne Rooney's groin stomp is inexcusable, but from an on-the-field standpoint, if he's leaving the Red Devils, I say good riddance. Manchester are a better side without him. Rumors have him headed to Real Madrid, a collection of famous but now-overrated footballers (see Zidane, Zinedine; Beckham, David; Ronaldo; Raul—exceptions: Robinho) where he'll fit in perfectly.
The top scorer gets the golden boot; the top player gets the golden ball; what's the award for the Wanker of the Tournament? The Golden Yellow Card?
Consider this a World Cup open thread.
