World Cup 2010 Blog: “Animated Diego Forlan Golden Ball Tribute” plus 2 more

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• Animated Diego Forlan Golden Ball Tribute
• Joan Capdevila Is No Iker, Doesn’t Do Camera Kisses
• The Summer’s Biggest Transfer Target: Paul the Octopus.

Animated Diego Forlan Golden Ball Tribute Posted: 16 Jul 2010 12:30 PM PDT I officially heart this. Because the only personal honour better then receiving the World Cup Golden Ball for best player – as Uruguay’s Diego Forlan did – is having a cartoon/song combo made to immortalize your achievement. According to The Spoiler, the celebratory song is by The Golden Vuvuzelas and features the line “his hair is like the sun on the Uruguay flag”. Superb. Even better that that is the animated recreation of Luis Suarez’ “save” against Ghana, at the 0:45 mark, which makes the moment look perhaps a little mor heroic than it really was…

Joan Capdevila Is No Iker, Doesn’t Do Camera Kisses Posted: 16 Jul 2010 09:10 AM PDT A reporter asked for the same treatment Iker gave Sara Carbonero in their post-World Cup victory celebrations. Only she’s less reporter and more former Argentine beauty queen, which promptly puts her in the ‘kissable’ category (one needs meaningless awards to be peck-worthy, I guess). But Joan wasn’t impressed and, according to Google Translate and the video description, told her: “We can imitate the kiss between Sara and Iker,” she asked. The Villarreal player was surprised, “Who?”. “With me,” she said. “No, no no .. you’re not my type,” retorted and walked away. Well there – beauty queens are not Joan Capdevila’s type. You learn something new everyday.

The Summer’s Biggest Transfer Target: Paul the Octopus. Posted: 16 Jul 2010 07:40 AM PDT What, you thought he was done? Never. Paul is in demand; hell, Paul is demand. In a move befitting their footballing counterparts, the Madrid zoo has inquired about Paul’s services and launched a transfer saga of Jules Verne-esque proportions. Florentino Perez was reportedly overheard yelling “we must have that octopus!” during the final celebrations, and fired six people who tried to bring him takoyaki. Their promises sound like a retread of the recruiting campaign aimed at Cristiano Ronaldo last summer, right down to the “best attention” and being “one of the most loved and charismatic animals of the Madrid Zoo”. (He moonlights.) “The zoo also guarantees that Paul will receive the best attention, reflecting the great affection in which he is held by all the Spanish people since he predicted that the Spanish team would win the football World Cup,” said Madrid zoo spokeswoman Amparo Fernandez. “We hope that within the next few days we will be able to confirm news that the admirable Paul will be part of the club of the most loved and charismatic animals of the Madrid Zoo.” Knowing just how transfer negotiations to Madrid are supposed to pan out, the Oberhauseen zoo which currently holds the rights to Paul are playing the game and have declared emphatically Paul is not for sale – at any price. Which of course he is, because they saw how much Kaka nabbed last summer, but they can’t tell that to Madrid. “We are not in contact with Madrid Zoo. And we know nothing about swapping Paul for another animal or him going to Madrid Zoo for a transfer sum,” Sea Life spokeswoman Tanja Munzig said. Expect a shady midnight meeting involving Jose Mourinho in which he promises him a 150% wage hike as well as to ‘love him long time’. Meanwhile, rumor has it Real will be throwing in Fernando Gago as part of their next offer – he looks like a squid anyway. Keep it here for As Paul’s World Turns.

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