Loew Says Regrets Comparing Goetze to Superstar Messi
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SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2018 20 FIFA World Cup Golden Boot winners The Golden Boot is awarded to the top goalscorer at each FIFA World Cup tournament Loew says regrets 2006 2010 Trophy known as Golden Shoe from 1982-2006 comparing Goetze 2014 1930 Guillermo Stabile ARG 8 1970 Gerd Muller GER 10 1934 Oldrich Nejedly TCH 5 1974 Grzegorz Lato POL 7 1938 Leonidas BRA 7 1978 Mario Kempes ARG 6 1950 Ademir BRA 8 1982 Paolo Rossi ITA 6 to superstar Messi 1954 Sandor Kocsis HUN 11 1986 Gary Lineker ENG 6 1958 Just Fontaine FRA 13 1990 Salvatore Schillaci ITA 6 1962 Florian Albert HUN 4 1994 Oleg Salenko RUS 6 Valentin Ivanov URS Hristo Stoichkov BUL Joachim Loew Drazan Jerkovic YUG 1998 Davor Suker CRO 6 • Leonel Sanchez CHI regrets telling Mario Vava BRA 2002 Ronaldo BRA 8 Garrincha BRA 2006 Miroslav Klose GER 5 Goetze to ‘show the 1966 Eusebio POR 9 2010 Thomas Muller GER 5 world you’re better than Source: FIFA Pictures: Getty © GRAPHIC NEWS 2014 James Rodriguez COL 6 Lionel Messi’ during the Brazil 2014 final AFP | Berlin Esteban Cambiasso ermany coach Joachim 25 days to go…… Loew has said he regrets Gtelling Mario Goetze to the midfielder ran on in the 88th completes ‘show the world you’re better minute of the final against Ar- than (Lionel) Messi’ during the gentina at Rio de Janeiro’s Ma- Brazil 2014 final as the mid - Joachim Loew with Mario Goetze racana with the score goalless. exceptional move fielder has since struggled to Goetze, who was only 22 dur- live up to his billing as a World ing the Brazil 2014 finals, wrote FIFA | London Cup winner. struggling Goetze has been un- hindsight, I do not know. himself into World Cup folklore Goetze, 25, has been left out of der to prove he is still the player “In that moment, you don’t when his chest-and-volley goal 6- The number of touches the squad for 2018 World Cup, who won the World Cup for think about things that could in the 113th minute of the final 2involved in the move that which kicks off on June 14 in Germany nearly four years ago. happen afterwards. “I made the won Germany the title. led to Esteban Cambiasso put- Russia, after an erratic season “That sentence was a spon- mistake of making the sentence Superstar Lionel Messi had ting Argentina 2-0 up in their with Borussia Dortmund. taneous idea,” said Loew at an public afterwards.” to settle for a runners-up medal Group C match in Gelsen - Loew says he feels partly re- event in Berlin on Friday. Loew uttered the immortal with his Argentina team after kirchen against Serbia and sponsible for the pressure the “Whether this was good in words to Goetze shortly before losing 1-0. Montenegro at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany, a game the Argentinians went on to win 6-0. A total of 57 seconds elapsed from the moment Javier Mascherano dispossessed Platini claims ‘trickery’ Mateja Kezman, knocking the ball back to Gabriel Heinze in Esteban Cambiasso the process, to the moment when Cambiasso fired home. That was all the time it took for particular World Cup, with over 1998 tournament draw Jose Pekerman’s side to show only goalkeeper Roberto Ab- just how well they could play. bondanzieri and right-back BBC | London “France-Brazil in the final, it top-seeded teams. Two days be- Nine players took part in Nicolas Burdisso failing to get was the dream of everyone. fore the draw took take place, one of the great moves of that a touch during the build-up. A little trickery” was em - “If we finished first in the world governing body Fifa an- “I haven’t seen anything like “ployed for the 1998 World group and Brazil finished first, nounced that holders Brazil it in years,” Hernan Crespo, Cup draw to ensure France and we could not meet before the would be allocated to Group A who provided the back-heeled Brazil did not meet until the final.” while France were in Group C. “It was like assist from which Cambiasso final, disgraced former Uefa He laughed as he went on: It meant that if the two teams something you see scored, later said. “It was like president Michel Platini has “We did not spend six years finished top they would be on something you see in futsal. claimed. The French hosted organising the World Cup to opposite sides of the draw for in futsal. I’ve never I’ve never taken part in such a and won their first World Cup not do some little shenanigans. the knockout stage. taken part in such a beautiful goal.” 20 years ago, beating holders Michel Platini Do you think other World Cup Both made it through to the beautiful goal” Cambiasso had only been on Brazil 3-0 in the final in Paris. hosts did not?” final at Stade de France where HERNAN CRESPO the pitch for 14 minutes, hav- Former France captain Platini Brazil and France were the two goals from Zinedine Zidane ing come on after 17 minutes was on the tournament’s organ- schedule, we did a little trick- top teams in the Fifa rankings and another from Emmanuel in place of the injured Luis ising committee. ery,” he told radio station France heading into the tournament Petit gave the French a famous Gonzalez. “When we organised the Bleu Sport. and were among the eight victory. Flamengo suspend disgraced PLAYER OF THE DAY Peru’s Paolo Guerrero AFP | Rio de Janeiro go’s star but at 34 and with his contract due to run out in Au- io de Janeiro football gi - gust, there are expectations his Rants Flamengo on Friday time at the club is all but over. suspended the contract of Peru Guerrero, capped 86 times captain Paolo Guerrero follow- by his country, was hoping to ing a doping scandal that has play in the World Cup for the ruled him out of the World Cup. first time. Peru had not qualified “We confirm the athlete is since 1982 -- two years before he suspended,” a spokesman for was born. the club said. He had been included in the Guerrero’s future will be de- extended 25-man World Cup termined by the club once it has squad on Sunday as his initial studied legal arguments made six-month ban had expired a by the Lausanne-based Court week earlier. of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), But after both the World An- Sergio Ramos which earlier this week extend- ti-Doping Agency and Guerrero Ramos is Spain’s second-most capped player and is closing in ed Guerrero’s ban from six to 14 himself appealed to CAS -the on Iker Casillas’ all-time record of 167. He also captains La months, the spokesman said. sports tribunal opted to increase Roja and was a key player in the teams that won two European The Peru captain is Flamen- Paolo Guerrero his suspension. Championships and one World Cup between 2008 and 2012..