# Brasil 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 6, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840 "2014-05-06T21:19:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3500
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/3500 "2014-07-17T11:33:51Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > Maybe he was grumpy because the player who many proclaim as the greatest ever went completely AWOL when it really mattered for his country, he was dung in the semi’s and final and it was a farce that he got the golden ball. I think the lad is allowed to feel grumpy. I have a lot of time for Messi, he is a great player but he knows that he hasn’t done enough in any of his world cups to cement his position alongside the likes of Pele and his batshit crazy stumpy, druggie cheat compatriot. That has got to be tough to take. His team are not good enough to allow him to flourish and he is not Maradona enough to single-handedly take them to glory. He may get another shot in four years time but he is at his peak now so he has to be thinking “is that the chance gone?” --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840)._