The 1986 World Cup winner felt Fifa made the wrong decision to hand the award to the Barcelona star and rued Argentina’s 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 summer’s 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 it’s not right when someone wins something that he shouldn’t have won just because of some marketing plan.”
Maradona then went on to voice his disappointment with Argentina’s 1-0 defeat in Sunday’s final against Germany following Mario Gotze’s goal in extra-time.
“I feel sorry for my country. Mario Gotze’s goal really hurt. There’s 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 Sabella’s decision to replace Ezequiel Lavezzi with Sergio Aguero at half-time and argued that the Argentina boss got things wrong.
“I don’t understand the substitution of Lavezzi. He was phenomenal down the wing. Kun Aguero didn’t have the same impact. It was not his tournament.”
I totally agree with the ever lived legend Diego Maradona for his truth comment. I think that prestigeous award should have gone to Robben.
I agree with him
mess I don’t deserve it,Roben do
I think messi did not deserved it 2 it have gone to arjern Ruben
I agree with soccer legend Diego Maradona
YES,DIEGO MARADONA MIGHT BE RIGHT BUT FIFA IS NOT STUPID EITHER.LET US ALL REASON TOGETHER AND WE LL ALSO SEE WHY THE PRESTIGIOUS AWARD WAS GIVEN TO LIONEL MESSI.JAME RODRIQUES FROM COLOMBIA WENT OUT AT QUARTER FINAL,ARJEN ROBBEN DID NOT GET TO FINAL,THOMAS MULLER,TONI KROOS AND MIROSLAV KLOSE WON THE WORLD CUP WHILE LIONEL MESSI GOT TO FINAL AND DID NOT DO BADLY EITHER.SO FOR THIS SIMPLE REASON, I THINK MESSI DESERVES IT.I ALSO THINK MARADONA IS SERIOUSLY ANGRY AND DISAPPOINTED IN LIONEL MESSI AND THE ENTIRE ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM.HAVEN GOTTEN TO FINAL,MARADONA THINKS LIONEL MESSI SHOULD HAVE DONE BETTER THAN HE DID CUZ, HE MIGHT NOT GET TO THE FINAL IN THE NEXT WORLD CUP AND THAT THIS WORLD CUP WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR MESSI AND THE ENTIRE ARGENTINA.
DIEGO MARADONA IS A BIG ICON IN ARGENTINA,ALL OVER THE WHOLE WORLD AND IN THE HISTORY OF FOOTBALL. AND DOES LOVE LIONEL MESSI EVEN LIKE A SON.NOW HE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO BE ANGRY AND NOT FOR HIMSELF BUT FOR LIONEL MESSI WHO HAD THE CHANCE TO ENTER INTO THE LEGENDARY BOOK OF WORLD CUP WINNERS BUT LET IT SLIPS OUT OF HIS HANDS.DIEGO PLS. TAKE IT EASY WITH UR BOYS CUZ THE GERMANS REALLY DESERVED THIS TOURNAMENT TOO AND THEY ALSO WORKED VERY HARD AND PLAYED VERY WELL FROM THE BEGINING AND THEY WHERE TOO MUCH FOR UR BOYS.
Yes he did not deserve that award..
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Yes! Maradona is correct, Robben should have been the one.