Lionel Messi
blamed
Argentina's 1-0
World Cup final
defeat to Germany
on their forwards for being wasteful
in front of goal.
The 27-year-old was a peripheral
figure on the night and fired wide a
golden opportunity to give his side
the lead in the second half after
Gonzalo Higuain had done the same
in the opening period, while Rodrigo
Palacio also scuppered a great
chance.
Argentina were then punished for
their failure to convert those
chances when Mario Gotze scored a
brilliant winner in extra-time to take
the World Cup back to Germany.
And Messi believes his side
deserved better, insisting they
should have taken their chances.
"We haven't been in the semi-finals
for many years and the fact that we
played the final and the way we
played it it's something to be proud
of,"Messi said after the game.
"But we deserved more and that's
why we are sad. The strikers missed
the chances we had. It's a bad
feeling for all of us because we
couldn't win the cup and take it to
our people.
"It's painful to lose it by so little.
We were very close of a big change
for this national team but we
couldn't finish it."
Argentina made it to the final after
beating Netherlands on penalties in
their semi-final on Wednesday, a
day after Germany thrashed Brazil
7-1 in their last four clash.
And Messi felt the ease at which
Joachim Low's side cruised to
victory last week, along with the
additional 24 hours of rest ahead of
the final, was key as the final went
into extra-time.
"I was OK physically as were the
rest of us," he added.
"The fact that we played a day after
them and that we played extra-time
against a team that was able to
rest in the last minutes of their
semi-finals affected our finish of the
game.
"A difference of one day is big at
this stage."
Messi could take one small crumb
of comfort from his evening after
being awarded the Golden Ball as
the best player of the tournament,
though he said the prize "meant
very little" on a disappointing night

More like Messi blamed world cup final defeat on Higuain and Palacios!

Why didn't he score like he did against Bosnia & Herzegovina and Iran?

Why did he balloon the free kick towards the end of the match instead of converting it like he did against Nigeria?

Noone wants to be responsible for the joint failure but wants to be the sole claimer of team success!

But y didnt dey take their chances na...dat Higuain own vex me die....
Messi, we still love u...go ur team continue dey shock d world

When CR7 said his team is not good enough to win d cup Messi fans started to criticize him, now they are saying the same that Messi's team mate are not good enough,its only messi, and he just said the same nw. The way Messi and his fans are going down they will soon discover oil.

Any truthful viewer knows he didn't even derserve the golden ball at all. The German players really played far better than Argentina and they deserved the win. Messi is only an overrated player, r better than him.

Higuain,palacio,aguero had just 1 goal in the entire competition,that tells the whole story,Messi is spot on

nah wrong heading
another goal.com propaganda
messi try if no be am argentina would be gone since group stage

rozayx5: nah wrong heading
another goal.com propaganda
messi try if no be am argentina would be gone since group stage

and if not for the presence of other players, they wouldn't pass the round of 16. Cos his goals ended in the group stage.

Tolexander: and if not for the presence of other players, they wouldn't pass the round of 16. Cos his goals ended in the group stage.

thats why its called a team

no messi no higuain goal
no messi no knockout
no mascherano no finals

rozayx5:

thats why its called a team

no messi no higuain goal
no messi no knockout
no mascherano no finals

yes o bro!
Ya right!