Daniel lets Erico sub for their normal ball to make them believe they're super talented. Success goes to their heads so much that the team challenges the infamous Crushers to a match - This won't end well.
Erico convinces Daniel to go and bring home his pet wolf, Canyon, but the wolf soon proves to be a wild, unruly beast, and Daniel is the only one who can calm him - which makes Erico extremely jealous.
Erico gets jealous when he discovers Daniel used to be a Simon Bolak fan. But Daniel's attempts to appease the ball's anger only make things worse - especially when Bolak himself turns up at the door.
When Erico sees the Hazelnuts in raptures over Larry's new football, he feels like it's stolen his limelight, and pressures Daniel to start a competition with Larry and his ball.
A slip of the scissors and Daniel ends up with Maple's exact haircut. The furious coach resigns. Erico proclaims himself the new team coach, but the situation soon takes a disastrous turn.
The boys find a support group of stars who have also been turned into objects by the sorcerer, and assigned a "Daniel" to train. Erico despairs when he learns that no one has ever managed to lift their curse.
Erico is having fun scaring Daniel by telling him phony urban legends. But when he discovers that balls are being found mysteriously deflated, one after another, at the gym, Erico's the one who start to get scared.
Daniel makes a wish for Erico to find a sense of true Christmas spirit. Surprise. His wish summons up the Spirit of Christmas. But conveying Christmas values to the ball is no small feat.
Maya hears Erico talk, and tells her parents. They think Daniel is making their daughter even loopier, and pull her out of the club. Daniel feels responsible, and tries to change their minds.
Erico shadows Daniel and discovers that he plays on the swings when nobody's watching. Daniel refuses to give up his hobby, but Erico is clear: this is too lame for him to continue. Swings do not a great footballer make.
Maple asks Daniel to make a short film about his hero, but Erico isn't happy with the results, and convinces Daniel to let him help. The project becomes as overblown as the ball's massive ego.
Daniel's mom, Corinne, replaces Maple as the Hazelnut's coach, much to her son's delight. But Erico takes a much dimmer view of the newcomer: Corinne gives Daniel such special treatment that he barely trains at all.
Convinced her son is being led astray, Corinne decides to take a night off to spend time with him, with unexpected results. Daniel wants more, and follows Erico's advice to dabble in (fake) crime to keep her attention.
Daniel accidentally scores a goal with his hand. Erico tells him to keep quiet: after all, everybody cheats. Just don't get caught. But Daniel won't be able to contain his guilt for very long.
Daniel is working on Erico's biography, and discovers Lario, Erico's childhood BFF, who helped kick start his career. But then he sees that Erico has forgotten Lario, and starts to worry that he'll share the same fate.
Erico introduces Daniel to the art of "faking it": a skill that can mean winning or losing a match. But Daniel is so good at acting seriously wounded, that he ends up in hospital.
Daniel is flabbergasted to discover that Erico has another family. The ball is unapologetic: his other family treats him better, and laughs at all his jokes.
Daniel tries refereeing, and discovers a passion for order and rules. It's Erico's worst nightmare. He'll stop at nothing to bring Daniel's newfound vocation to a close.
A new Platana trophy has been created to reward the game's dirtiest player. Erico is happy to be in the spotlight, but Daniel doesn't want his idol's name associated with football scum.
To fast-track Daniel's career, Erico launches a publicity campaign to pass him off as a prodigy, but it works a little too well, and even Daniel ends up believing it.
Daniel Sissou wins a golden ticket to meet his hero, football star Erico Platana. But then a mysterious sorcerer joins them, and infuriated by Erico's arrogance, turns him into a football.
