The Golden Ball for Portugal´s Golden Boy Cristiano Ronaldo should win the Ballon D'or. The Ballon D'or (Golden Ball) is the most prestigious individual award a footballer can achieve. The award is given to the best player over the previous calendar year and is voted for by national team managers and captains alike. Cristiano Ronaldo is by far the most complete player to grace the club and international stage over the last year and that is only one of hundreds of reasons as to why deserves the most
them to play at their best every time, every game. It’s very hard to choose which one is better. The only obvious way to determine who the better soccer player is to count how many trophies they bring to their club and with a Super Cup trophy, the Ballon d’or and soon the Champions League Trophy in his pocket. This year the best player in the world is Cristiano Ronaldo.
10,000 Hours Forty years ago in a paper called American Scientist, Herbert Simon and William Chase made one of the most famous conclusions in the study of expertise during a chess match: “We would estimate, very roughly, that a master has spent perhaps 10,000 to 50,000 hours staring at chess positions…” But does this claim really have any evidence behind it? According to Malcolm Gladwell in his book Outliers, the 10,000 hour rule is completely true as well as other factors that lead to expertise
highlights of the region is cruising on the canal with a barge trip or self-drive boating holiday. The physical boundaries of La Bourgogne begin to the south east of Paris and to the north of Lyon. It is divided into four departments, the Yonne, the Côte d'Or, the Saône et Loire and the Nievre, each department is unique in tradition, landscape and history. One of the most important changes for Burgundy was the construction of the Burgundy Canal (Le Canal de Bourgogne). It dramtically changed the social
The Tragedy of Columbine was caused by the social injustices inflicted upon two students; Alex Frost and Eric Deulen. This is the message Gus Van Sant portrays in his movie `Elephant.' These two characters are not part of the `in crowd' and are picked upon in school to the point that they come to school with guns. Present day schools are treating this issue incorrectly by not trying to relinquish the social injustices of high school. Many schools today now completely cut off the school from the
Pulp Fiction The puzzle pieces are carefully fitted together as director Quentin Tarantino intermingles three different story lines in his hit movie Pulp Fiction. The movie begins in a quiet little diner as two petty robbers discuss their next mission. The mission in question involves two lovebirds (Amanda Plummer and Tim Roth) holding up unsuspecting restaurants, instead of their usual liquor stores. As their plan falls into action, time alters and we find ourselves riding down the street with
The film I have chosen to explore the micro features on is The Pianist (2002) which is directed by Roman Polanski. Polanski assures that the audience gets a sense of belonging to that period of history and gets to explore the theme of discrimination through the characters life risking challenges that they face throughout the film. This micro essay will explore the following features, framing and camera movement in a 5 minute sequence. The soldier and Szpilman are seen to be quite near to each other
In the short story, "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, a Chinese mother and daughter are at odds with each other. The mother pushes her daughter to become a prodigy, while the daughter (like most children with immigrant parents) seeks to find herself in a world that demands her Americanization. This is the theme of the story, conflicting values. In a society that values individuality, the daughter sought to be an individual, while her mother demanded she do what was suggested. This is a conflict within
It’s hard to argue that 1994 didn’t have two of the most influential and iconic movies to date. Both “Pulp Fiction” and “Forrest Gump” are movies that some would say are the best ever. Now, if you were to compare these two movies, it would seem absurd with each being on completely opposite spectrums of the moral ethics scale. However, on the surface Pulp Fiction may seem like another gangster, action, crime flick, but if a closer look is taken and the content really analyzed it can be seen that Pulp
The Pianist Thunder roars all around. Black clouds veil a dying sun. Yet, the storm is not falling from above but raging from below. The thunder is the cracking of gunfire and the clouds, smoke rising from the rubble of what once was. With the roar of a lion, planes, looking like angels in the heavens, drop death upon a city. The buildings that were homes are now corpses, stripped of their flesh and left gaping. With the earth erupting in hatred, Wladyslaw Szpilman sits upright and continues to
The 1997 film Taste of Cherry by Abbas Kiarostami is one of ambiguity in a number of ways, the vagueness and openness of the films content results in an array of possible interpretations; the film has likewise been ambiguous in the responses and evaluation it draws. This essay shall examine two of these responses and interpretations, namely those of Hamish Ford and Jonathan Rosenbaum, whilst postulating that the Humanist view proposed by Rosenbaum is the more pertinent of the two. This shall be
Depictions of Race Through Violence in the Films of Scorsese and Tarantino Hollywood seems to thrive on portrayals of violence. American audiences respond positively to violent, action-based films, which continue to perform particularly well at the box office. Some of these blockbusters glorify violence even further by highlighting patriotism in war films, making them both commercial and critical successes. These films let audiences admire American soldiers for killing their enemies and withstanding
club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team. Often considered the best player in the world and rated by many in the sport as the greatest of all time, Messi is the only football player in history to win the FIFA World Player of the Year/FIFA Ballon d’Or five times, which is the most prestige’s award, four of which he won consecutively, and the first player to win three European Golden Boots. Messi and FC Barcelona won seven La Liga titles and four UEFA Champions League titles, as well as three
team. By the age of 22, Ronaldo had received Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations.
giants, Manchester United in 2003. He had a very successful time there winning the FIFA Ballon D’or (Best Player in the word) in 2008, as well as the 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year. He then moved to Real Madrid in 2009 and is currently still there. He was the world's most expensive player from when he moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid in 2009. At Real Madrid he has currently won 2 more Ballon d’Ors which currently puts him with 3 and he is living a very successful career at top flight
Lionel Messi Everyone can play soccer, but it takes almost an artist to be a soccer player Soccer is the most beautiful game in the world, and it can make you feel a variety of emotions in one game. One of the most outstanding soccer players in the history of football is Lionel Messi he is an artist on the field with the ball with unending source of surprises and is an inspiration for everyone. Lionel Messi was born in Santa Fe Province in Argentina on June 24, 1987. At the age
Cristiano Ronaldo was born in February 5, 1985 in a Portuguese Island called Madeira, Funchal to be more precise he was born in San Antonio, which is a small neighborhood in Madeira. “He is the son of Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro and Jose Denis Aveiro”. He has two older sisters Liliana Catia and Elma he also has an older brother named Hugo. Many people say that Ronaldo’s humble origins have helped him manage the fame he has now (“Cristiano Ronaldo Profile”) (Pettinger, Tejvan). Cristiano Ronaldo’s
Soccer is more than just a sport. To some people, it is a way of life. To others, it is the greatest sport of all time. You have legends who have made a name for themselves in soccer history such as Pele, Ronaldinho, Maradona, Totti, Buffon, and many more. These are men who evolved the world of soccer and helped shape it into what it is today, and for that, they are remembered as some of the greatest soccer players to ever play on a pitch. Although there are many people who make soccer as incredible
Player - Biography.com). In his first game he became succesful he made his first goal. Every one thought he would be the next best soccr player. He was kind of sad because he had to leave his family for the medications and the team. He got his first ballon d’or in 2009, (Best soocer player of the year). He was rally happy about his accomplishments. Other than playing soccer he is also a children’s activist, In 2007, he formed the Leo Messi foundation to provide
Messi is the heir apparent to the throne left vacant by Diego Armando Maradona. The waters are divided between those who consider him to be far from being the best No. 10 and those who believe that Messi will be even better than Maradona.Messi, five ballon dor’s, world's greatest player of all time award, world's best player, all-time top scorer golden boot.These awards and trophies only a fraction of the trophies he’s won and they're not the last of the awards he’ll win.Messi is regarded as the best