He deserves the Golden Ball because he played an extraordinary World Cup.
No apologies, here, in wishing for another extraordinary FA Cup upset at the weekend.
In hindsight that extraordinary World Cup final evening in the Olympic Stadium in 2003 was also notable for the depth of both sides' character.
Well, how do you after something like that?' Does Zinédine Zidane, so inscrutable with his emotions during his extraordinary World Cup journey, share the sentiment?
Of all the ifs of this extraordinary Ryder Cup, the most pertinent is the one that covers what might have happened if Ian Woosnam and Nick Faldo had not spent the opening day fluffing putts and scowling at each other.
Bentley has smoked a lot of cigars recently, because Bristol City are heading his way, in what must rank as one of the most extraordinary FA Cup second-round ties in history.
Ireland clinched a 10-run victory over Kenya inside two days in an extraordinary Intercontinental Cup match in Mombasa.
"He played an extraordinary World Cup," Sabella said.
Bath came agonisingly close to a little piece of history beside the Mediterranean but, barring something extraordinary, their Champions Cup dreams look sunk.
Warren also owned the extraordinary silver Roman cup, featuring explicit scenes of homosexual lovemaking, bought last month by the British Museum for £1.8m.
