Hi guys, since the WC will begin in just a few weeks I started this thread to talk about anything concerning this WC. So what are your expectations? Personaly I think that Holland won't have a good WC. I also think that Brazil won't meet the expectations and perhaps Germany will be World Champion

I think the main reason is Adidas.

Yes, Adidas made Messi the best player of the FIFA World Cup

I don't think that Adidas is the main reason for Messi's golden ball. Müller and Robben (who won silver and bronze ball) are also equipped by Adidas so why should Adidas prefer Messi?

These are for instance the ratings given by a magazine here:
1: Keylor Navas 8,20
2: James Rodriguez 8,10
3: Tim Howard 8,00
4: Arjen Robben 7,86
5: Ron Vlaar 7,64
6: Manuel Neuer 7,57
7: Guillermo Ochoa 7,50
7: Mathieu Valbuena 7,50
7: Claudio Bravo 7,50
10: Thomas Muller 7,43
11: Mats Hummels 7,25
11: Raïs M'Bolhi 7,25
11: Hector Herrera 7,25
11: Mario Yepes 7,25
15: Sami Khedira 7,20
15: Bryan Ruiz 7,20
15: Thibaut Courtois 7,20
15: Giancarlo Gonzales 7,20
19: Xherdan Shaqiri 7,13
19: Alexis Sanchez 7,13
21: Lionel Messi 7,09

Because Messi is a better testimonial than Muller or Robben.
It's all about the money.

Curly, your magazine is quite accurate.
And that proved there are still many journalistic that doing things like declared Bierhoff to be better than del Piero, Enrique better than Ronaldo etc. I'm getting sick of every football website kissed CR7 and LM10's asses whenever possible and mocked anyone that declared against their greatness.

It is called Voetbal International and is the biggest football magazine in the Netherlands.

And because lot of people still thinking that Messi is better than Müller or Robben... Overrating him