Football, Officials and Referees.
I totally agree with Diego Maradona that the Colombia play maker James Rodriguez should have received the award.
I have to make few more comments.
I watched all the games and slept
over 180 minutes (not by choice but by accident) of only two.
First was with Argentina and
Brazil.
Other was the final. I woke up at
about 4 A.M. To see 0 and 0 at 88 minutes.
I enjoyed the last 30 minutes.
I started supporting Italy.Then when they were out I started supporting France.
Then lastly Argentina and never Brazil.
Why I did not cheer Brazil.
1. There was heavy bias on Brazil on referring.
If they did not blunder, Colombia would have been in the semi final having ousted Brazil and we may.
Almost all the football coaches cut a poor image in front of the camera except German Coach.
I feel sorry for Brazil for having a coach like Solari!
Then the Holland coach made an excellent move to send in the reserve goally in an earlier game and did try it when it really mattered.
3. Why I did not like Germany?
Well they were the most disciplined and clinical in their display.
They did not have the flair of South Americans, Italy, France or Spain.
It is dull to watch them PLAY and WIN.
I prefer Digital Football instead on the computer.
It was not players that did the damage to the game.
I pity the players.
1. First the referees.
2. Then the officials (Suaraz incident).
There were much worse fouls and the poor star of b Brazil would have been paralyzed.
The offender escaped with little remorse.
With these guys running FIFA football will get from bad to worse.
Argentina legend Diego Maradona called the decision "unfair".
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The 53-year-old, who was named the best player when Argentina won the World Cup in 1986, said "marketing people" had chosen the wrong man.
Speaking on his television programme, De Zurda, Maradona said Colombia playmaker James Rodriguez should have received the award.
The Golden Ball and other individual prizes, such as the Golden Glove award for the best goalkeeper, are decided by world governing body Fifa's Technical Study Group, a panel including former Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier.
Blatter said: "I was a little bit surprised when I saw Messi coming up to collect the best player of the competition."
Blatter believes Messi was given the award on the strength of his four goals during the group stage.
"If you compare the beginning of the tournament and why the Argentina team got into the final, they were decisive," he said.
