For Germany’s record national player Lothar Matthäus, Lionel Messi is the “player of the millennium”. He begrudge the Argentine superstar World Cup final against France on Sunday (4 p.m./ARD and MagentaTV) the title with all my heart, “because he has given me and all football fans so much joy with his style of play over the past 17, 18 years‘ said Matthew picture on sunday. Messi will make his 26th World Cup appearance on Sunday, surpassing Matthew’s (25) record for most finals appearances.
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To the winners of World Championship For Matthew, host Qatar also belongs. “I spoke to a lot of normal people to get my own picture. Everywhere I experienced friendliness, helpfulness, openness and tolerance towards the western lifestyle,” said Matthäus, adding: “Certainly there are legitimate criticisms, but if I see how extremely negative reports are often made about Qatar in Germany, it feels like I’m in a different country.”
Matthäus counts the German team among the losers. In addition to sporting mistakes, there were annoying background noises. “Our team has been exploited for political purposes and the DFB allowed it. Holland coach Louis van Gaal said before the first game: ‘No more ‘One Love’ armbands. Point.’ The DFB never put a point, only commas. That contributed to the disaster.”
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