World Cup 2014

Kinda want Neymar to get the Golden Ball tbh

The refs could have been better, but maybe their not giving enough cards helped the tournament?

so this WC missed out on being the highest scoring all-time by one goal, if I understood correctly?

xpost there were some definite muggings in this match though I didn't see more for one side than the other necessarily.

great game, both teams went hard

Argentine defense looked excellent to me, but they eventually wore down.

yeah, it equaled France 98 in goals scored I believe

love the OH SHIT THIS IS HAPPENING look on babby goetze's face

Messi... The poor introvert. Showing no emotion whatsoever, yet sooo uncomfortable. With his soda bottle. And vomiting on the pitch. :-(

171 goals in 1998 and 2014, yeah

wanna give messi a hug

i blame Ashton Kutcher

Otm

Lineker et al so harsh on Messi, but when you compare it to how Zidane treated his WC finals, idk

the winning goal was perfect, such a nice way to end the tournament

BBC already away from live broadcast? These are fine images tbh

I don't care for seeing Messi cry, his non-emotion is sorta moving...just seeing him stony faced...kinda there...alone.

xxxpost yeah his first half flop resulting in PK was almost as terrible as the infamous headbutt.

Lineker et al so harsh on Messi, but when you compare it to how Zidane treated his WC finals, idk

they're the kinds of easy cliches that are gonna get spattered about during a World Cup, forgotten for the next 4 years except as an excuse to beat flashy insubstantial foreigners with

Letting the Argentines suffer for this long is inhumane tbh

Xyzzzz that's what I meant too

i like seeing everyone with their ladies & kids & dancing, it's nice

They're talking over it LBI. Terrible not to present the runners-up medals instantly tbh.

aw now that's a touching visual

but yeah, rough for the argies

Messi completely on his own again....

Ta IK

when will the stadium be finished

don't puke on the president don't puke on the president

I dunno nv, there's something in it when you're talking about whether you belong in the top three of all time or just the top ten. More than anything it's that Messi's a bit knackered, I know that.

lol stan

did they come back w/ how many minutes Argentina went between allowing goals?

Could see Messi disappearing all together after today. Not to be heard of ever again, living on some desert island. Reading Sartre.

haha @ the statue for Neuer.

Ohhh so Messi is best player of the tournament?

Haha. Wow. Such sad. Much grief.

Messi as player of the tournament. Erm.

ffs doing this to him

So odd for Messi to get this.

Was that presentation to remind us this is the FIFA wc?

golden ball: the ultimate humiliation

Shooting him in the face would be less painful ;_;

yeah IK i don't want to put a positive spin on a subpar tournament performance. but there is something infuriatingly gleeful in a lot of the Messi criticism, not just at this tournament but at any moment in his career when he's less than single-handedly dominating every game he plays. i dunno if it's resentment or what exactly but there's a section of press and public that yearns to see him fail, even when his failings outweigh most players' successes

present

messi looks like a sad little island just thinking baout things ;_;

Daphnis otmfm

well said daphnis

think James Rodriguez has entertained me most this tournament, hard to give best player to somebody who didn't make the final maybe but then Germany must have stronger candidates than Messi

They couldn't give the golden ball to a player who's already back home, I guess?

Interesting both trophies are sponsored by Adidas, with the massive logo all over the glove. Wonder what would've happened if someone off-brand had won.

And the moment this German side has dreamed of all its lives will be soundtracked by... Calvin Harris.

schwieni's all fuuuuuuck this climbing

surprised Schweinsteigers still able to walk