Argentina's main man Lionel Messi have been struck by critism since the finals of the 2014 World Cup, where he received the Golden Ball award. The said recognition was given to the bets player in the World Cup.

Now critics are saying that Messi cannot be the best, he did not even beat Germany! His team lost 1-0 in the finals, and now the award was seen as a consolation to the talisman.

Even Diego Maradona, former recipient of the same award, is not impressed with the forward. Even Sepp Blatter admitted he was surprised with the results.

However, Fifa's Technical Study Group defends their decision on crowning Messi with the said award.

"I understand that it has surprised, because everyone only remembers the second half of Lionel Messi in the final. We, the commission, we look at all the games, and we judge that he was the most important man for his team. He went to the final, which is one of the conditions for the attribution of the trophy," the Gerard Houiller explained.

"Moreover, Messi was more than decisive in the first four games. In the semifinal against the Netherlands, he took the first penalty and scored. The analysis also takes into account the fact he was the captain of a united team. A team that played well together. That's something we hadn't seen for a long time from Argentina. He was more than key in the squad and the way it was set up. For me, he fully deserves the Golden Ball given he took his team through to the final.

"There was a competition between Muller and Messi, but I repeat, we looked at all seven matches. The final counted, but only at the same level as the other games.

"Given the whole of the World Cup, the commission was unanimous that Lionel Messi win the trophy. I think public option was 'biaised' by the anti-Messi strategies of opposing teams, which caused him a lot of problems. Despite that, he almost always managed to get himself out of them. But everyone is entitled to their opinion."

With reports from: espnfc.com