Catta
Senior Member
I think you have forgotten that Messi himself bottled a 1 on 1 against Neuer in the final??
Seems extremely convenient to put all the blame on Higuain who actually scored in the knockout stage games.
That doesnt matter, I was making a point that a third party can be a deciding point between winning the prize for best player, which makes no sense.
Same way Xavi would have won it in 2010, if anybody else but Iniesta scored the winning goal. Iniesta splitted Xavis votes, and Messi was the winner because of it.