gerd
Retired Footballer
yes, pipa. argentina miraculously jumped to the final straight from the group stage thanks to those blessed messi goals scored against the famous world beaters bosnia, iran and nigeria, if we are looking on individual stats... and let's ignore that he didn't do anything so significant against belgium, holland and germany, the teams matched as the seeding advantage was gone. because he's played in the final somehow, hasn't he...
A very unbiased view from a very unbiased person.
The discussion about Messi as best player is totally irrelevant in a team sports.
Like i already said, it was clear that Messi was utterly embarassed with his meaningless trophy. Some people here act as if Messi has stolen this trophy. First of all it was given to him. Secondly even before the match he glady would swapped all his individual awards for a win in the final...
And several German players were also nominated, do you really think aplayer like Thomas Muller or any other German player gave a shit about that trophy after having won the WC. Do you really think James Rodriguez cares ?