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Jul 10 2014 11:34pm

Quote (vvangough4 @ 11 Jul 2014 00:51)

to be honest, argentina has not played a single elite team this entire tournament.

you could consider Dutch elite but they have about 10 guys over the age of 30 and, by the time they played Argentina on Wednesday, they were already exhausted from a 120 + PK session against Costa Rica.

really, the only reason Argentina is in the final is because of their easy schedule and a couple special moments from Di Maria, Lavezzi, Mascherano, and Messi. I don't think anyone on Argentina deserves the Golden Ball.

anyway, the Golden Ball is inevitably going to go to James Rodriguez and the golden boot probably to James Rodriguez too.

that is, of course, pending the final game. if either Messi or Muller get 2+ goals, then Messi/Muller get golden ball, while golden bootl goes to Muller

Müller only needs one more goal

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Jul 11 2014 02:31am

Quote (vvangough4 @ Jul 11 2014 12:51am)

Wut? The dutch team was a very young team overall, what a nonsense

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Jul 11 2014 03:04am

Quote (Grumblee @ 10 Jul 2014 19:06)

I've never heard anything except "the golden ball is given to the tournament mvp"

pity that american commentators are so football illiterate and can only rely on american abbreviations
in nearly all countries commentators are able to speak whole phrases like 'player of the finals'
btw, the golden ball is not necessarily awarded to a player of the winning team or even in the final
eg in 2010 it went to forlan the captain of uruguay even though uruguay lost both the semi-final and the match for 3rd place

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Jul 11 2014 04:08am

Quote (brmv @ Jul 11 2014 10:04am)

pity that american commentators are so football illiterate and can only rely on american abbreviations
in nearly all countries commentators are able to speak whole phrases like 'player of the finals'
btw, the golden ball is not necessarily awarded to a player of the winning team or even in the final
eg in 2010 it went to forlan the captain of uruguay even though uruguay lost both the semi-final and the match for 3rd place

Quote (brmv @ Jul 10 2014 02:23pm)

having fun making fun of someone's language usage

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