week 2 World Cup 2014
Fifa
president Sepp Blatter says he was "a little bit surprised" Lionel
Messi was named the World Cup's best player.
Messi was
awarded the Golden Ball after Argentina 's 1-0 loss to Germany in Sunday's final in Rio de Janeiro
Blatter
believes Messi was given the award on the strength of his four goals during the
group stage.
Maradona, who
was named the best player when Argentina
The Golden Ball
and other individual prizes, such as the Golden
Glove award for the best goalkeeper, are
decided by Fifa's Technical Study Group, a panel including former Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier.
Messi set up
his side's winner against Switzerland in the last 16 but was only a sporadic
threat in the semi-final against Netherlands, which Argentina
The Barcelona
Messi told
Spanish newspaper AS: "Right now I don't care about the prize. I wanted to
take Argentina
Rodriguez
finished as the competition's top scorer, with six goals from five games as Colombia reached the quarter-finals, where they
lost to hosts Brazil
Fifa's
Technical Study Group awarded the Silver Ball - for the tournament's second-best player - to Germany
forward Thomas Muller, with Netherlands
Key words
unfair: 不公平
individual: 個人的
goalkeeper: 守門員
semi-final：半決賽
penalty:點球賽
tournament: 錦標賽
midfielder:中場球員(足球)
5w1h
Who: Lionel Messi
What: Fifa president Sepp Blatter was "a little bit
surprised" that Lionel Messi was named the World Cup's best player.
Where: in Rio de Janeiro
When: in Sunday
Why: Argentina legend Diego Maradona claimed Colombia 's James Rodriguez performed better in Brazil
How: not given
Messi is a charming and good soccer player. I do agree that his performance in the FIFA World Cup was good to be awarded.
回覆刪除Messi said that "Right now I don't care about the prize. I wanted to take Argentina to the World Cup for all the people." I think he just want to pay for his country. This attitude really moved me.
回覆刪除I think Messi is a good player. He deserved this award.
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