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"I understand that it has surprised, because everyone only remembers the second half of Lionel Messi in the final," the former Liverpool and Aston Villa manager told Le Monde. "We, the commission, we look at all the games, and we judge that he was the most important man for his team. He went to the final, which is one of the conditions for the attribution of the trophy.
! T; N' E* w* Z6 A" t F/ E' u0 l"Moreover, Messi was more than decisive in the first four games. In the semi-final against the Netherlands, he took the first penalty and scored. The analysis also takes into account the fact he was the captain of a united team. A team that played well together. That's something we hadn't seen for a long time from Argentina. He was more than key in the squad and the way it was set up. For me, he fully deserves the Golden Ball given he took his team through to the final." |
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