Mohit Godbole

Arsenal 🔴⚪ CSK 💛 × MS Dhoni🐐❤️🐐Messi
Either watching🏏⚽ or listening to Shreya Ghoshal🎶
I hate hypocrites. Be Kind, Be Grateful!! 😊

[Mohit Godbole @mohitgodbole24]

@WatfordFC @Arsenal

[Mohit Godbole @mohitgodbole24]

@BSNL_MH @BSNLCorporate My internet has been down since Friday, entire weekend is gone and it's still not fixed. I don't even know what to say about your service anymore.

[FIFA @FIFAcom]

The four players to score a hat-trick at @FIFAWorldCup 2026! 🎩

[JJ. Omojuwa @Omojuwa]

FIFA robbed Messi of the Golden Ball. Anyone who watched this World Cup knows that. And they didn’t have to do that.

Twelve of Argentina’s nineteen goals ran through him, eight scored, four created. That’s before you look at the goals where he didn’t get the assist but fashioned the goal.

He won more MOTM awards. Had better rating on average. If they wanted the Golden Ball to go to a player in the winning team, they should make it a clear rule.

He dragged Argentina back from the dead against Egypt, then England, and carried them to a final at 39. Rodri had an excellent tournament in the best team in the world. Messi was Argentina’s entire run. He got cheated out of this one. Won’t matter much amidst his glittering legacy, but I hope it doesn’t happen to another deserving player in the future.

[Chris Sweetman @ChrisSweetman6]

🚨 Ricardo Quaresma on Rodri winning the Golden Ball ahead of Lionel Messi.

🗣️ I don't understand the criteria for winning the Golden Ball which is the best player of the Tournament any more. Rodri won the World Cup with Spain, he really helped his team alot.

He's a fantastic player but if you ask me,he doesn't deserve this award better than Lionel Messi. At 39 Messi carried Argentina to the World Cup final with ten goals and three assists. Giving the award to Rodri is a robbery against Lionel Messi.

All the this tournament the the agender raised by people online is that Infantino is rigging it for Messi and Argentina, Messi is FIFA favourite son and all that,but if you look at how Rodri won Ballon D'or and how he scooped the Golden Ball,you will understand who's truly the FIFA favourite son.

[MC @CrewsMat10]

Messi was comfortably the best player at this World Cup. He deserved the Golden Ball by a mile, but once you lose the final, those individual awards usually slip away. That’s the reality these days.

[MASTERBUCKS ⚫️⚪️ 🇦🇺 @TheMasterBucks]

Look I really don't wanna take anything away from Rodri because he was great at this World Cup but.....

This is the biggest robbery of a trophy I've ever seen.

How did Leo Messi not win the Golden Ball?

[Sage @Sage_FCB]

🎙Arsène Wenger on Rodri winning the Best Player of the Tournament award ahead of Lionel Messi at the 2026 FIFA World Cup:

🗣"First of all, I would like to congratulate Rodri because he has had an exceptional tournament. He is a player who brings intelligence, balance and consistency to every team he plays for. Winning an individual award at a World Cup is something every player should be proud of.

Having said that, if you ask me who I would have voted for, my choice would have been Lionel Messi. What Messi has done once again at this stage of his career is extraordinary. He carried the responsibility of leading Argentina in the biggest competition in football and continued to make the difference in the decisive moments.

The greatest players are judged not only by their statistics, but by their influence on the game. Messi has that rare ability to change the psychology of both his teammates and his opponents. When he is on the pitch, everyone believes something special can happen.

Throughout this tournament, whenever Argentina needed inspiration, leadership or a moment of quality, Messi was there. That, for me, is what the Best Player award should recognise,the player who leaves the biggest mark on the competition.

Football will always debate these decisions because individual awards are subjective, and that is what makes them so fascinating. Rodri deserves enormous respect for what he has achieved, but if I had one vote, it would have gone to Lionel Messi.

Years from now, people will remember Messi's performances, his leadership and the way he inspired an entire nation once again. That is why I believe he deserved to leave this World Cup with the Golden Ball."

[. @UcheKl]

If you think the online campaigns against Messi and Argentina did not affect refereeing and FIFA decisions against them, and also ultimately not being awarded the Golden ball award for best player, then you haven’t been paying attention.

[EiF @EiFSoccer]

Love Rodri, brilliant player, but the Golden Ball should not turn into so many other awards where all that matters is who wins.

Messi and Mbappé were clear of everyone at this tournament. Spain were a fantastic TEAM, those two were the standout INDIVIDUALS.

[Messi Stats @MessiStatsCount]

I'm actually pissed... Not because we lost the game (it was expected), but because they robbed Messi of his Golden Ball!

No-one was even close to Messi in this race, and you all know it too.

THAT'S STRAIGHT UP A ROBBERY!

[Gad Saad @GadSaad]

Rodri is a fantastic and classy player. But there is no universe where he should have been given the Golden Ball over Messi. A truly bewildering decision. @FIFAcom

[a. @lapulgaprop_]

Your daily reminder that the reason Toni Kroos became a World Cup winner was because corruption won that day.

[Fan @FanLM10_]

Messi is playing Alone😭

[Maykl Skofildd @luckyyoda8]

Messi & Argentina got disrespected throughout the tournament because of blatant lies, disgusting propaganda.

They never got the respect they deserve for their mentality. It was always fake stuff, lies, campaigns from certain pussies.

[Major League Soccer @MLS]

Legend.

[~clxtch @ney2maa]

Messi was on top of every single chart and single handedly took Argentina to the final and yet still didn’t win the POTT. Unbelievable biggest robbery of all time.

[Football VAR @Footy_VAR]

🇪🇸 Rodri for Spain this World Cup:
⚽️ 0 goals
🎯 0 assists
✅ Golden Ball

🇦🇷 Messi for Argentina this World Cup:
⚽️ 8 goals
🎯 4 assists
❌ Golden Ball

Was Messi robbed!? 👀

[Ugbedeojo #MUFC @Certifiedopeboi]

I was calm when Mbappe stat padded in a third place game to eclipse Messi to win the WC golden boot.

I was calm when Olise did the same to surpass Messi on the assist chart.

I lost it when a player who won 6 MOTM out of 8 was not given the Golden Ball award that he deserved.

[BigMoh jr @BiggestMohhh]

🚨 “Absolute Nonsense — Everyone Knows Who the Best Was” — Jürgen Klopp on Golden Ball Debate

🎙️ Jürgen Klopp🗣️“I have to say, this is absolute nonsense. From the very start of the tournament, everyone knew who the top man was. It’s been the biggest talking point all through the World Cup.”

“I honestly don’t understand what Rodri did to deserve the Golden Ball ahead of Lionel Messi.”

“You’re talking about a 39-year-old player scoring 8 goals and giving 4 assists in a World Cup — outscoring players who are in their prime. That’s not normal, that’s special.”

“The only player who scored more was Kylian Mbappé, and we all know what level he is at.”

“But Messi — he was there in every important moment. Winning games, being decisive, man of the match performances, carrying his country all the way to another final.”

“And then you tell me he is not the best player of the tournament? For me, that is totally unfair.”

“Sometimes football gives you decisions you just cannot explain… and this is one of them.”

[Sofascore Football @Sofascore]

🗺️ | Player of the Tournament

Lionel Messi at the 2026 World Cup:

👕 8 appearances
⚽️ 8 goals (🥈)
📈 5.28 xG (🥈)
🅰️ 4 assists (=🥈)
📐 3.94 xA (🥇)
🎁 8 big chances created (🥇)
🔑 26 key passes (🥇)
💨 28 successful dribbles (🥇)
⚔️ 60 duels won (🥇)
⭐️ 8.79 average Sofascore Rating (🥇)

His last World Cup dance was a special one, as he takes home the third Sofascore World Cup POTT of his career. 🐐