Monday, July 14, 2014

Lionel Messi didn't deserve Golden Ball, Diego Maradona says

BUENOS AIRES: Argentine football legend Diego Maradona said compatriot Lionel Messi did not deserve to be named best player of the World Cup, arguing it should have gone to Colombia's James Rodriguez.

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"I'd give Lio the sky, but when it's not deserved and it's just marketers who want to make him win something he didn't win, it's unfair," Maradona said Sunday after Argentina lost the World Cup final to Germany 1-0.

"Rodriguez was the best player of the World Cup," said Maradona on his TV program "De Zurda," which is broadcast by Venezuelan network Telesur and retransmitted in several Latin American countries.

The 23-year-old Rodriguez was the revelation of the World Cup and the top scorer with six goals.

source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/fifa-world-cup-2014/top-stories/Fifa-World-Cup-2014-Maradona-says-Messi-didnt-deserve-Golden-Ball/articleshow/38383616.cms

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