Zlatan on GOLDEN BALL :
“They spent years calling Messi ‘FIFA’s boy,’ but when he produced another historic World Cup, suddenly the standards changed.”
“If Rodri wins the Golden Ball after a tournament where he barely decided games, then tell me what more did Messi have to do? Score, assist, lead, create, carry his nation again? That’s exactly what he did.”
“The World Cup Best Player award is for the player who defines the tournament, not for politics or popularity. If Messi doesn’t win it after performances like that, then football owes people an explanation.”
“People cried ‘FIFA protects Messi.’ Yet when he deserved the award the most, he was the one left empty handed. Football has a strange sense of irony.”
