FC Barcelona starlet shines despite missing out of the final match.


Bojan Krkic has been awarded the FIFA Bronze Ball in the just concluded U-17 world cup after the Barca star was adjudged by a panel of accredited journalists at the world cup to be the third best player of the championship winning 19% of the votes that were cast. Bojan, despite receiving a red card in thee semi-final, was still voted as the third Most Valuable Player behind Germany's Toni Kroos who won the Golden Ball for the Most Valuable Player with 26%of the votes and Nigeria's Macauley Christantus who won the silver ball after being voted as the second Most Valuable Player with 25% of the votes in his favour, just 1% less than that of Bayern Munich star Toni Kroos. Bojan Krkic also scored five goals in the mundial, which was the third highest number of goals scored by any player in the world cup played in Korea. Nigeria's Macauley Christiantus was top scorer with seven goals and two assists while Ghana's Ransford Osei was second with six goals and three assists. Toni Kroos of Germany also scored five goals like Bojan, but was awarded the third top scorer award after he recorded three assists to Bojan Krkic's 1 assist, as the two young players were both tied on five goals each.


Spain won the silver trophy on Sunday after playing a great game at the U-17 world cup final match finishing second place behind eventual winners Nigeria in a pulsating final match which stretched into penalty shoot-out. After scores stood at 0-0 despite 90 minutes and an extra-time of 30 minutes added, the final match went into penalty shoot-out. Spain lost their first three kicks while Nigeria scored all of theirs to become 2007 winners of the FIFA U-17 world cup.