I would like to know the criteria used to select Messi.
Perhaps the trophy is for the most talked about player, the most hyped player, or the most marked player. Perhaps.
That is why I am glad Germany won and Argentina did not luck into a victory. The German victory was a victory of TEAM over individual play. The reason the Germans did not have a most marked player is because they have so many different ways to hurt you, you cannot single one person out for extra attention.
GO GERMANY!!!