Maradona: Messi didnt deserve Golden Ball The 1986 World Cup winner felt Fifa made the wrong decision to hand the award to the Barcelona star and rued Argentinas defeat to Germany Argentina icon Diego Maradona feels Lionel Messi did not deserve to win the Golden Ball following his performances at the World Cup. The Barcelona star beat the likes of Thomas Muller, Arjen Robben and James Rodriguez to the prestigious individual award after scoring four goals in seven performances at this summers tournament and guiding his team to the final, yet Maradona feels the 27-year-old only won it for commercial reasons. Messi? I would give him heaven if possible, Maradona said during his show on Telesur. But its not right when someone wins something that he shouldnt have won just because of some marketing plan. Maradona then went on to voice his disappointment with Argentinas 1-0 defeat in Sundays final against Germany following Mario Gotzes goal in extra-time. I feel sorry for my country. Mario Gotzes goal really hurt. Theres a huge sadness in my heart that we lost the final. All things put together, I think Argentina deserved at least penalties. That Germany won was the result of a misunderstanding in the Argentine defence. The 1986 World Cup winner also had his say on Alejandro Sabellas decision to replace Ezequiel Lavezzi with Sergio Aguero at half-time and argued that the Argentina boss got things wrong. I dont understand the substitution of Lavezzi. He was phenomenal down the wing. Kun Aguero didnt have the same impact. It was not his tournament.
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 07:47:58 +0000
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