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Monday, 14 July 2014

World Cup Best Players (Golden Ball)

Year	Golden Ball Winner	Country
2014	Lionel Messi	Argentina
2010	Diego Forlán	Uruguay
2006	Zinedine ZIDANE	France
2002	Oliver KAHN	Germany
1998	RONALDO	Brazil
1994	ROMÁRIO (Romário de Souza Faria)	Brazil
1990	Salvatore SCHILLACI	Italy
1986	Diego MARADONA	Argentina
1982	Paolo ROSSI	Italy
1978	Mario Kempes	Argentina
1974	Johan Cruyff	Netherlands
1970	Pelé	Brazil
1966	Bobby Charlton	England
1962	Garrincha	Brazil
1958	Didi	Brazil
1954	Ferenc Puskás	Hungary
1950	Zizinho	Brazil
1938	Leônidas	Brazil
1934	Giuseppe Meazza	Italy
1930	José Nasazzi	Uruguay

World Cup Top Goal Scorers (Golden Boot)

These are the 'golden shoe' or 'golden boot' winners from each World Cup event. The record for the most goals at a single World Cup is 13 by Frenchman Just Fontaine in 1958, which he achieved in six games. The overall top goal scorer in the Wolrd Cup is German player Miroslav Klose, who has scored 16 goals overall. See the list of World Cup Top Goal Scorers.

Colombian star Shakira, Mexican guitarist Carlos Santana, Brazilian singer Ivete Sangalo and a samba school will enthrall the crowd with their musical entertainment at FIFA World Cup`s closing ceremony on Sunday.
Shakira, who is making her third straight World Cup appearance, will sing "La la la (Brazil 2014)" with Brazilian star Carlinhos Brown, FIFA said in a statement earlier.

FIFA awarded Lionel Messi the `Golden Ball` as the top player of the World Cup on Sunday after the Argentina captain led his side to the final at the Maracana where they lost to Germany 1-0 in extra time.

The four-times world player of the year had a quiet game by his standards against Germany but scored four of his team`s six goals in the group stage.

FIFA World Cups usually carry a message to the outside world affecting the future of football around the globe. The German one is -- Be extremely flexible and never give up.

Mario Goetze scored the winning goal in extra time in the final in Rio`s famed Maracana stadium Sunday against Argentina to secure Germany`s fourth World Cup title, reports Xinhua.

The Bayern Munich star's goal in the second half of extra-time was enough to separate the two teams and give Joachim Low's men the world crown

Mario Gotze's 113th-minute volley fired Germany to World Cup glory with a 1-0 win over Argentina at the Maracana.
The tournament's outstanding team failed to repeat the fluency and brilliance of their 7-1 semi-final romp against Brazil, but Joachim Low's team found one more sumptuous moment during the second half of extra time.

Van Gaal: I would have thrown Krul on again

The incoming Manchester United boss revealed he would have turned to the Newcastle goalkeeper again if he had a substitution left prior to the penalty shoot-out against Argentina

By Kris Voakes at Arena Corinthians, Sao Paulo
Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal admitted he would have replaced goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen with Tim Krul again prior to the penalty shoot-out against Argentina if he had not already made three substitutions.

After 120 goalless minutes, the Albiceleste won in a shootout to book their place in the final against Germany
Argentina reached the World Cup final as they beat Netherlands in a penalty shootout on Wednesday.

Having introduced goalkeeper Tim Krul off the bench to replace number one Jasper Cillessen in the quarter-final shoot-out win over Costa Rica, Louis van Gaal had no such options this time around as Wednesday's semi-final finished 0-0 after extra time.

Goals Semi-Finals Brazil vs Germany (1-7)

Semi-Finals Brazil vs Germany (1~7) | Goals | Highlights |

Brazil vs Germany (1~7) | Goals | Highlights... by FIFA-Live

Post tiBrazil 1-7 Germany: Klose makes World Cup history as hosts suffer semi-final obliterationtle

The veteran striker broke Ronaldo's record for finals goals as Thomas Muller, Sami Khedira, Toni Kroos and Andre Schurrle combined to decimate Luiz Felipe Scolari's side

Germany have reached the World Cup final after they annihiliated hosts Brazil 7-1 in their semi-final clash in Belo Horizonte on Tuesday.

Zuniga subjected to racist death threats for ending Neymar's WC campaign

Colombian defender Juan Zuniga, who ended Brazilian ace Neymar`s World Cup campaign, has been on the receiving end of a string of racist death threats .

Hours after players read out anti- racist messages before the South American showdown, Zuniga was called `black b******`, `monkey` and `slave`, with several messages including threats to kill the defender.

Germany 1-0 quarter-final win over France

Mats Hummels' first-half header proved enough as Germany beat France 1-0 in their World Cup quarter-final in Rio.

Thursday, 3 July 2014

The Bayern Munich star says he is used to the role he is currently playing for Louis van Gaal thanks to the tactics he has been working under at club level in Germany

Arjen Robben has insisted that he is ready to cope with Netherlands boss Louis van Gaal's new 5-3-2 system as he became accustomed to a similar role at Bayern Munich.

With Kevin Strootman set to miss the World Cup, the former Bayern coach has been tinkering with his system to make the most of the talent available to him.

However, Robben is not concerned that he might be playing a different position.

"The way we're playing with the national team isn't new for me," he told Voetbal International.

"At Bayern, I've played in a system like this several times. This season I've played as a second striker, or behind the strikers.

"And when I play on the right wing, I'm allowed to go inside, of course. Eventually it depends on which situations you create on the pitch.

"We need to play the ball from the back in a way we reach the attackers. It would be perfect if we can create one-on-one situations."

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