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bykebyke: Germany players after the match talking about Leo ( please read them all) :

-Tomas Muller : I desreve this world cup's best player more than Messi ? I played with my team they all helped me the same but Leo Messi He was amazing from day one , when I become as decisive as he is I can talk about being the best for now I'm not anyway close to him , he is the best and will always be it and we are really sorry for him we hope this doesen't affect him and he goes back to amaze us because we really enjoy seeing him play . He is my idol "

-Mats Hummels : " I want to say to The argentinian people to be proud of their young team , they will achieve glory soon ,They have the best player of all times , it is just luck that they need . I consider Messi as an Idol and a refernce in my life and I said it several times befora he is the best player ever and I always dreamt of playing alongside him , he made me look like garbage today and that's him , the great player we know , I feel sorry for him and I'm sorry that we are the responsibles on finishing his dream this way but he is still young and can get it next time "

-Mario Gotze : " I respect Leo Messi , He doesen't need this to be the best , he is already the best , it is us normal players who needs this kind of titles to proove our self but Leo he is just perfect and I'm really sorry for him today "

-Bastian Schweinsteiger : " no matter what people say about leo, football lovers know that he still and will remain the best ever I'm happy that I have the chance to face him and if I wasn't his rival today I would absolutly support him , i wish him luck and may he go to Russia and get this one that still not available in his palmares "

beautiful comments from people who know that football doesnt start and end with getting a goal or an assist. there is much more to football. 'he didnt score in the knockout stages' 'he didnt score in the knock out stages' 'he didnt score in the knock out stages'. and they are supposed to be football fans! lol.

disloman: Do u watch d world cup at all?abi na complete sport u dey read?D only match I can say Messi shined was d iran n it was due to d last minute goal he scored.Messi was average in all d matches argentina played.Masherano n Di maria r d best players in their team.4get d past glory.Did u watched arg vs holland match?Who saved arg in that match?Messi wasn't in that match.Truth just av to b told.Messi was just average in this tournament.

you ve given your oppinion just like everyone else. and i respect it.

bykebyke: Germany players after the match talking about Leo ( please read them all) :

-Tomas Muller : I desreve this world cup's best player more than Messi ? I played with my team they all helped me the same but Leo Messi He was amazing from day one , when I become as decisive as he is I can talk about being the best for now I'm not anyway close to him , he is the best and will always be it and we are really sorry for him we hope this doesen't affect him and he goes back to amaze us because we really enjoy seeing him play . He is my idol "

-Mats Hummels : " I want to say to The argentinian people to be proud of their young team , they will achieve glory soon ,They have the best player of all times , it is just luck that they need . I consider Messi as an Idol and a refernce in my life and I said it several times befora he is the best player ever and I always dreamt of playing alongside him , he made me look like garbage today and that's him , the great player we know , I feel sorry for him and I'm sorry that we are the responsibles on finishing his dream this way but he is still young and can get it next time "

-Mario Gotze : " I respect Leo Messi , He doesen't need this to be the best , he is already the best , it is us normal players who needs this kind of titles to proove our self but Leo he is just perfect and I'm really sorry for him today "

-Bastian Schweinsteiger : " no matter what people say about leo, football lovers know that he still and will remain the best ever I'm happy that I have the chance to face him and if I wasn't his rival today I would absolutly support him , i wish him luck and may he go to Russia and get this one that still not available in his palmares "

They are nice comments.

A40: Hahahaha you just embarrassed yourself there. Oya let's list the teams Messi scored against

The mighty Bosnians
The immortal Iranians
And the baba of them all Nigeria

Bwahahahahaha

you think bosnia and nigeria are small teams? no way. by the way i tell you it is easier to score a hattrick against an all out attacking spanish team than an iran or a bosnia which keeps 9 men in front of their goalie. ask mourinho. the entire spanish team were out looking for goals. have you forgotten messi's goals versus iran and bosnia? there were at least 9 men between him and the goalies.

A40: When and where did Robben run away from taking penalties? If I recall he scored both his kicks! Robben shone against tougher opposition and easily outshone Messi at this World Cup! It can even be argued that Messi wasn't Argentina's best player


Müller with 5 goals 3 assists, almost 20 chances created and the most KMs covered wasn't an impact player? Shuooo?

lol. all this talk about messi not being argentina's best player started with the tackle masch made when robben was about to score in the semi final match. dont believe the hype messi was argentina's best by a very wide margin, rojo or garay a distant second, then mascherano in 3rd place. fact is that i always maintained the golden ball was goina be between muller and messi depending on who won the final. but i guess muller had more than enough help thats why they gave messi.

A40: What is the end product? The entire team is built around him but 0 goals and 1 assist in 450+ mins of competition shows he didn't do much. The defence played a bigger role! Guys like Mascherano, Garay deserve more credit than Messi


So that is the only metric that should count? I don't get you at all! We should give a player Golden ball because he created the most scoring chances?

your weed has to be stronger than mine! o sorry i mistakened you for dayokanu. lol. his weed is good.

lol. 3 goals against a 10 man portugal and 1 goal arrangement with the usa. germany did not need muller to win the world cup, without messi argentina would be out since last year. yeah the blunt is good, no sticks, no seeds.

chic2pimp: So the best player in any tournament should be decided on how far his team went and not on how well this said individual performed abi? There's nothing to tell here I'm afraid. Irrespective of how far both player's team went, Rodriguez still had the much better tourney.



Since when where defenders and keepers judged on how many goals they scored or created? Silly me here i was thinking they were judged by the no of goals they conceded

Btw the Zidane you called scored in two separate cup finals. In the 2006 tournament when he was given the golden ball, it certainly did not fire blanks at the knock out stage. Canna's tourney in 06 was infinitely better than Messis (06,10 and 14 combined)

wtf are you talking about? were you not the one listing goals and assists as if to say that automatically the player who gets the highest goals and assists becomes the best player? what do you mean by fire blanks at the knock out stage? whether fire blanks or not you played in the final. fire blanks or not he was man of the match 4 times. in his last 3 games he created chances for higuain and palacios only for them to throw away. if they had scored would he not be on 4 or more assists? goal or no goal messi was the reason we had germany versus argentina at the maracana. otherwise it could have been germany versus belgium or germany versus holland. robben too did not score in the knock outs, he ran away from taking a penalty which could have qualified netherlands, he scored only 3 goals, he had a lot of dribbles and dives- so how should he beat messi to the golden ball? muller scored 5 goals but he wasnt an impact player, germany would have won the world cup even without him -thats why you people keep calling kroos, schwein, lahm and co to win the award too. guy abeg chill make we go sleep. messi must be hugging his golden ball as we speak, no vex.

chic2pimp: Beg to differ. I think you've taken stupidity to the highest possible level. That level is so high it can never be beaten.

If goals and assists are not to be considered when judging a player's overall performance then what is to be considered? Selling guguru, epa and palmy in the field of the play?

and that is why for ages there has been a difference between the golden ball and the golden boot. if goals and assists solely determined the most valuable player then the golden boot and the golden ball would be merged into one award. and that is why a cannavaro or a zidane or a kahn would win the award, surely this category of players never get the highest goals and assists now, do they?. see simple example for ya front you nor fit see!

scribe2000: Chances created is different from goal assists. Goal assists are only those created chances that were actually scored by other people. FIFA considers all of these, particularly on close-call situations like in this world cup.

he does not know anything about football. there is a very fine line between an assist and a created chance. that's why he and his likes need to watch the full matches and stop watching hightlights only. messi created many chances that were wasted by his team mates. are you gonna blame it on him?

chic2pimp: what won't I hear on NL?

So 9 dribbling occasions in one match means he deserves the golden ball abi? .

How about one assist and no goals in the knock out phase? Even the much maligned Luiz actually scored a goal in the knock out phase of the world cup.

Those are glaring FACTS you simply can't twist or turn to suit you. And neither can you deny it too

sorry to say and pardon me but this is stvpidity being taken to a higher level. are goals supposed to be counted to determine a player's performance? na wa o! make una dey use una heads na!

hyuga: Wait o... How messi carry argentina enter final? He was nowhere to be found after d grp stage .. Macherano is d best d team has so stop that messi carry sh!t . And I say james,robben or muller deserves it more

so, where was mascherano when messi was carrying them in the group stages? or can you go to the knock out stages without first of all passing through the group stages?

Ashantiking: If that's the case then mueller should have it. He had more goals, more assist and he went the furthest. He won the damn cup.

yes i agree. for me it had to be between muller and messi. but i guess the committee thought that muller had other super performers like gotze, schwein, hummels, klose, kroos and could have done it without muller but messi got argentina to the final almost alone.

THIS AWARD TO MESSI JUST SPOILT PEOPLE'S HAPPINESS. THE ENERGY THEY ARE USING TO HATE ON MESSI'S GOLDEN BALL IS FAR GREATER THAN THE ENERGY THEY ARE USING TO ENJOY GERMANY'S VICTORY. ALL OF YOU GO AND DIE, MESSI HAS ALREADY SNAPPED WITH HIS GOLDEN BALL AND SET IT ON FACE BOOK. LINK-facebook.com/lionel andresmessi. EVERYBODY VIEW IT AND DIE!

james rodriguez didnt go far enough to win the golden ball, he should manage the golden boot. robben was very good, great dribbling skills and great diving skills, but he didnt play in the final. muller scored a lot of goals including a hattrick against 10 man portugal and he had at least 6 other players in his squad as good as he. but messi was an impact player, decisive against iran, bosnia, iran, belgium, holland. without him argentina would have crashed out like last year but they played in the world cup final after 24 years. messi deserves his golden ball. mods- WHY IS THIS EVEN A TOPIC?

mamagee3: [color=deeppink]So I have one question, who do you think will win the 2014 Ballon d'or?[/color]

you, go and sleep with this your ballon dor talk! you are the only person who thinks about ballon dor 365 days in a year. as soon as it is awarded you start thinking of the next one, hoping ronaldo will win it. dear now you have 99 problems but a ballon dor aint one! your ronaldo just got another assignment, now he needs to produce a world cup medal, even if na bronze sef we go manage. also let him produce a ball, even if he cannot get a golden ball, let him bring bronze ball, no problem. for now go to sleep.

Dhelake: Same Messi Objected the use of 5defenders after the first match

i gotta say; this is the best defence argentina had in ages. rojo, demicheles, garay, zabaleta, masherano, i give them 95%. biglia and perez i give them 90% messi i give him 90%. the 1diots in the team were aguero, higuain, palacio.

now the anthem is 'messi did not score in the knock out stages' back in 2010 it was 'messi did not score a single goal', 'argentina got knocked out'. i need to say this- let he who can tell me sincerely that argentina would have played in the world cup final tonight after 24 years if messi was not in this team be the first to cast a stone at his golden ball award.

thegoodjoehunt: You are funny. Which one is created the most chances and taken the most tackles. Did you watch how the Brazilian's wanted to damage James Rodriguez?
Messi was not the best player.

oya collect it from him na.

bykebyke: Sabella was supposed to have subbed Higuain for Aguero..then allow Lavezzi to play for 90minutes at least!!

maybe sabella likes palacio's sister.

homesteady: MESSISTATS @ MessiStats 10m
Messi's 2014 World Cup: - 7 matches -
573 minutes - 4 goals - 1 assist - 23
chances created - 46 dribbles
completed

thank you.

messi go home and rest abeg. taking off lavezzi for aguero. is higuain even a footballer? palacio? he had a one one one against holand, ha had a one on one against germany, he couldnt score! he's only crying for the argentinian people. for himself, he has his silver medal and his golden ball. relax my boy.

crixtex: Guy... sentimental ratings... pele is berra than maradona... he is d highest goal scorer ever... ronaldo9 is berra than messi...

that's the problem. you guys always want to compare only messi to maradona, to pele, to zidane, to cryuff, to ronaldo de lima, even to cristiano ronaldo, with just one swing. have you forgotten that messi is just one person?

there's really no need to sober. iam disappointed but not sad. messi should be happy. he played in a world cup final, he won the brazil 2014 golden ball. at least no one will come out and say he doesnt perform for his country anymore.

crixtex: Pele
maradona
zidane
ronaldo9
ronaldinho
cryuff
Messi
CRISTIANO
beckenbauer
... wot else?

sorry to burst your bubble. rating of players in history is not solely based on how many world cups you win, an event that involves 6 games in 4 years. there are other football games that involve at least 200 games in 4 years. therefore it is
maradona
pele
messi
zidane
cryuff
100 other players
cristiano ronaldo

messi officially best player of the tournament. if you dont like it, well you can **** ** ******* ***

nerodenero: The debate over who the greatest footballer is lingers on.Pele would be happy Argentina didn't win and somewhere in Buenos Aires,Maradona would be bitting his finger on how is favourite midget missed out.

with his silver medal and golden ball, maybe he's a step below maradona and pele but definitely miles ahead of the guy you all claim to be as good as he is.

big headed palacio cant score a tap in to save his life.

if messi losses, nobody calls him a national team flop anymore and he remains one of the greatest ever and if he wins he becomes the best ever. he's in a win-win situation. he might only cry for the argentine fans who expect the world cup, not for himself.

yim: Oga, final doesn't determine golden ball, so I believe Robben or Rodriguez should win it
Messi is kul but when he faced a good team I didn't even see him. I mean Netherlands, if not for penalty, Messi didn't do much in that match
Rodriguez got Colombia to their best WC outing: dat is awesome

james did very well and colombia have been doing very well over the last couple of years and were seeded by FIFA, their world cup quarter final feat this time doesnt come as a surprise except to a football rookie. robben has done very well as well. he hasnt scored since his second match, though he has been influential. same with messi- only player to win 4 man of the match awards, he scored in his first 3 games, assisted against switzerland, against belgium he held off the ball against 3 belgium midfielders and dazzled round them and found de maria whose deflected shot fell to higuain, against netherlands it only took maxi rodriguez to score from that begging chance for messi to win another assist and another man of the match award but maxi blew it. WHAT AM I SAYING WITH ALL THIS LONG GRAMMAR? the 3 players have all been equally influential but the tie breaker is this- messi is playing in the final and they are not! MESSI OR MULLER WINS THE GOLDEN BALL!

yim: Oga, final doesn't determine golden ball, so I believe Robben or Rodriguez should win it
Messi is kul but when he faced a good team I didn't even see him. I mean Netherlands, if not for penalty, Messi didn't do much in that match
Rodriguez got Colombia to their best WC outing: dat is awesome

how would you see him? how would you? if aguero had gotten over his match rustiness and scored from that messi's assist, you would have seen him. or if after messi beat vlaar and kyut on the right side and delivered a cross into the box with his weak right foot, that big headed maxi rodiguez was able to side foot his ball properly from 8 yards into the net, you would have seen messi. you definitely would have!