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With Iniesta and Xavi and probably Fabregas palying behind Messi & David Villa, I doubt if Mou will succeed

All Winners Are Not Up To Lionel Messi Combined!!

candylips:
Nigeria is on the list

Yakubu should have represented us instead of the whole team.

Actually, I don't think C. Ronaldo should be there because he had a goal and only a goal they conceded kept them out of the tournament.

10. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

Yes, I know it's not all his fault, that is indeed common knowledge. However, the truth is Portugal depend on him to deliver and he failed to live up to the hype on the international stage, again. Blame Carlos Queiroz too, but when the Real Madrid superstar starts to look disinterested you have to admit it makes your blood boil and gets on your nerves as we are well aware of his capabilities.

9. Jonas Gutierrez (Argentina)

Oh Maradona, your selection policy should be one of the wonders of the world to behold. How the Newcastle man was Argentina's starting right-back no one could fathom and eventually not even coach Diego could stand his puzziling performances anymore. To quote a pundit: "he was so bad that even Maradona dropped him."

8. Nicolas Anelka (France)

After such a good club season with Chelsea, some figured Anelka would finally come good on the international stage. However, he was the personification of France's nightmare. Absolutely invisible and non-threatening, he went over - this isn't a joke - 400 minutes without taking a shot for Les Bleus before being sent home after criticising his coach Raymond Domenech when taken off at half-time in a loss to Mexico. Speaking of Raymond, the one everyone hates, he too was a contender for this list, but it's not all his doing, since everyone knew he was a few baguettes short of a bread basket and should have been sacked after Euro2008.

7. Otto Rehhagel (Greece)

I never thought I'd see the day a king became the village idiot, but here we are. He must have thought this was still 2004, but teams were not deluded versus them as they were in that European Championships. His team had no ambition and no hope. Unwatchable, partly due to what appeared to be a six-man backline at times. They won one match versus Nigeria, but only because the Africans imploded.

6. Fabio Cannavaro (Italy)

The 'Berlin Wall' of 2006 was a shadow of his fomer self. Clearly past it physically, the 36-year-old made some atrocious mistakes versus Paraguay, New Zealand and Slovakia. The captain and symbol of his side only epitomised how slow, lacklustre and insipid the Azzurri were. Yes, I could have chosen almost any of his team-mates (Alberto Gilardino, Daniele De Rossi and Vincenzo Iaquinta among them) as well, but after such a drop-off in a brilliant career, how could I resist. His best highlight was handing over the trophy at the final - over two weeks after the now ex-champions bowed out at the first hurdle.

5. Felipe Melo (Brazil)

The Juventus curse continues with the Brazilian, who was one of the main culprits of the Samba Boys exit at the hands of finalists Netherlands. An own goal (later credited to Wesley Sneijder) and a needless and petulent red card against the Oranje were a major reason the South Americans were sent home earlier than expected.

4. Nigeria

Before a ball was kicked they were counting on making it into the knockout stages and were one of the hopes for Africa, However, earning just one point and flopping in the group stages, it quickly became apparent they were in dissarray. They were so terrible that Head of State Goodluck Jonathan imposed a two-year ban for the team before he later rescinded it under pressure from FIFA.

3. Fernando Torres (Spain)

The oft-injured Liverpool talisman clearly wasn't at his best for the triumphant Roja, even if he did play a [small] part in their World Cup winning goal. He was rusty, lacked sharpness, his finishing was beyond poor and no one more than himself will find it embarrassing to waste chance after chance and eventually be relegated to the bench for the start of the semi-final and final.

2. Marcello Lippi (Italy)

The same tactician who made inspired substitutions and created a compact yet free-flowing world champion outfit in 2006 was unable to bring anything positive to 2010. For two years telling the Italian public to trust that he would create a side capable of challenging and defending their title, the ex-Napoli boss arguably put together the worst Italy side in history, collecting only two points. Baffling personnel decisions, tactics, and an overall lack of creativity and urgency ensured only a horrific, but spectacular, group stage exit.

1. Wayne Rooney (England)

'Wazza' was expected to deliver for England, but was indeed the biggest disappointment in South Africa. No goals and visibly frustrated for long stretches, the Manchester United goal-scoring machine did not replicate his club form with the Three Lions. Worse still, he told his own fans off, when he should have acknowledged deficiencies. Of all players, the undeniable flop of the tournament. Was the burden of expectation just too much?


Dishonourable Mentions

As previously mentioned, France and Raymond Domenech created a circus, but we could see it coming. Serbia once again flattered to deceive on the biggest stage. John Terry and Martin Demichelis were exposed and had fingers pointed at them on a few occasions, which fingers I'll leave up to your imagination.

North Korea's Jong Tae Se will be included just for being so overly confident ahead of the tournament. Meanwhile, Cameroon boss Paul Le Guen had his tactics completely wrong en route to being bounced from Group E. Striker Prince Tagoe was one of the few underachievers for the Black Stars.

http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2010/07/12/2021270/top-10-flops-of-the-world-cup

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Kx:
With his poor showing at the mundial,
Is Messi still be compared to Pele as the world's greatest football player??

Now tell me which of the Germans can be compared to Maradona?? Which other player in this generation could be compared to him apart from Messi??

Good for her, atleast she can reserve her big breast for her children, enough of what naija men don do

@All Messi Haterz:

Please I need a sincere answer: Who would you prefer to have in your club to sign, Messi or the best Germany player

How can you say Messi cannot survive without Xavi and Iniesta when Xavi only made 4 assists out of his 47 goals last season and Iniesta was injured most part of the season.

Please learn to respect that boy

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Dr Kitaun:
no sir !

it shows how pathetic it is to have a WPOTY leave the WC without scoring a single goal    

if Rooney couldnt score and there was an outcry . , defo Messi's one seems to me unbearable  

Why not lets temper justice with Messi Mercy in dealing with that boy because you and me know that he did his best and no player could do better in his shoes. He had great impart in more than half of all Argentina goals.

Dr Kitaun:
ALL THIS TALK NA GRAMMAR.

what the whole world will remember after every world cup would be the semis and finals, not[b] MESSI TRIED HIS BEST but his colleagues were wack [/b]  

Messi is a good player but he didnt score whereas Yakubu scored  

and does that make Yakubu closer to Messi or better??

davidif:
Messi was good today, it was not his fault that there was no service to him from the midfield so he had to keep dropping deeper and deeper to get the ball. Messi has been awesome in this tournament. Because he didn't score doesn't not mean that he wasn't incrdedible, the reason was because he was playing behind the two strikers rather than an out and out striker.

It seems you're the only one that saw the match, Messi had to go back to get the ball and distribute to the strikers who are most times not sharp to flow with his style of play. Di Maria was selfish in most cases and Higuain is not capable of handling big team.

davidif:
YEAH, because there was hardly any attention on them, the entire german team was designed to stop Messi. Defending messi is a team effort.

At the end of the day, its the fault of the Argentines for conceding a goal from a set piece (criminal defending) and for getting caught on 3 subsequent counter-attacks.

Thank you my brother, they scored cheap goals due to defensive flops and were not better than the Argies, But Nairalanders are here crucifying Messi instead of Argentina. Lets wait and see what the Germans will do against Capdevilla, Puyol, Pigue and Sergio Ramos

tkb417:
@Purestboi
U don't have to look too far
Just go ask who the MOTM is today
Whoever gets it played better than Messi today
Its not rocket science

If they do top 10 players of this world cup, Messi won't be there
Don't be biased, what u have done in the past is not a barometer in determining how good u are today
Messi is devastating in Barca colors but not in argentina colors
Its hard to compare him with those who did it in national team and club colors
No hating, Messi remains a superb player buy hey, this world cup is not about him
Simple

Please be sincere to this question.

If you were asked to pick any player to your team free of charge, who would you prefer?? Please let's not condemn the boy because no player in his shoes will do better than he did

Dr Kitaun:
Schweini and Ozil shat on Messi today . . .no ?

What's their Castrol rating??

dayokanu:
So you just the realize?


Messi is on vacation, Schweini is the sheriff in town

@Dayokanu & all Messi Haters, I always respect you knowledge in football matters, Now I want you to tell me any of these German players that is better than Messi on 1-on-1 basis. Maybe clubwise too if you don't mind, forget what happen today OR

Tell me a single player in the world today that will perform better than what Messi did today.

I'm waiting sir

Messi is the best player in the world anyday anytime because no player in his shoes will do better than what he did today. I love you Messi. If Maradona had employed the service of Riqulme, Cambiasso & Zanneti, the story would have changed.

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Barca All The Way, So nothing for the English Boyz, not even a MOTM performance for any English guyz

@Mamagee & Messi Haterz:

What will Messi do to please you guyz? While he was performing better for Barca u pple said it's because he has midfielders like Xavi and Iniesta and without them he'll do nothing. Now he's doing same thing for Argies and u pple again say it's because he's playing alongside Di Maria, Tevez, Higuain meanwhile 6 or 7 out of Argentina 10 goals directly came from his effort. Name one single player in the world now that has been able to attract 4 to 5 defenders to himself?