Three years ago, Michael Ballack was the random guy who scored the goal against the US to knock us out of the World Cup. Ronaldinho was a guy whose name sounded like Ronaldo. And hell if I knew who Thierry Henry, Zidane, Pavel Nedved or Kaka were. Yesterday, I finally understood how good Ballack is. I was able to appreciate that he was dominating the midfield play, getting the ball to Schneider and Deisler in the right spots to attack up the field and always reversing field at the right time. No matter that he missed a header that would have won the game and it ended 0:0; the Germans were better than the French and it was just a friendly. But the difference was clearly that the Germans had their star Ballack and the French were missing Zidane. I feel like I am a better person for being able to appreciate the play of my team in the much-maligned 0:0 football draw.
By the way, Ballack is the world's most complete player. He distributes, defends, dribbles and can score with both feet and his head. Ronaldinho may be more spectacular, Kaka more fluid and artistic and Henry more of a goal machine, but Ballack is a complete footballer.
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