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.
“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,” he said. “All
things put together, I think Argentina deserved at least penalties. That
Germany won was the result of a misunderstanding in the Argentine
defense.”....
The 1986 World Cup winner also had his say on Alejandro
Sabella’s decision to replace Ezequiel Lavezzi with Sergio Aguero at halftime
and argued that the Argentina boss got things wrong.
“I don’t understand the substitution of Lavezzi,” Maradona
said. “He was phenomenal down the wing. Kun Aguero didn’t have the same impact.
It was not his tournament. ‘’ culled
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