World Cup awards...

[Kirkland Laing]

Best player was Zavi or Iniesta, best team was Spain, best goal Van Bronckhorst. Biggest letdown, Messi. Watched the final in Amsterdam with a bunch of mainly Dutch people. Let out a big cheer when Iniesta scored. It didn't go down well.

Because he won the Ballon D'Oro last year yes.

But as far as production goes. I mean he sure as hell played a lot better then Rooney, CR9 & Torres.
He didn't score and Messi as I've said since the last World Cup he has yet to prove himself on the world stage.

I completely disagree with best team being Spain, not when you lose against Switz and you win most games by average of 1 goal.

For me the best team would be Holland or Germany.
I mean just look at the teams they had to face and eliminated. Argentina, Brazil, England among others. The toughest team Spain faced was Germany and that wasn't until the semis.

But they beat Germany with so much style. They would have beaten Holland the same way but Holland spent 90 minutes kicking them. The Germans were the second best team in the tournament and were, amazingly for Germany, good to watch, but Spain completely outclassed them. It's a shame that game wasn't the final, I didn't see many games but I don't think there would have been one better than that one.

I forgot about Ghana. They were robbed by that handball against Uruguay, they deserved to make the last four.