Messi was made MotM in the final having played the whole 120+ minutes scored twice, been involved in the other goal and convertied in the shoot out.
However the Liverpool fan I was referencing wasn't talking about the final, he was talking about the tournament. Messi was also given the...
Just because I don't like the Beatles doesn't mean that I hate Liverpool. They're actually towards the less offensive end of the Superleague conspirators. 'Ali Mac' rang of his Scottish ancestry. 'Macca' sounds like an interchangable minor character in an Alan Bleasdale pub scene.
I'm completely aware of what happened at the World Cup. Messi ran the show and Ali Mac (let's not adopt Liverpool's crap McCartney nickname for him) and Fernandez were excellent at doing what Messi told them to do.
In all the fuss about Ali Mac's performance on Sunday, there seemed scant mention of where they got him from, other than when journos wanted to ask RDZ questions that turned the subject back to Liverpool. The hype is a bit over the top. I had to laugh at some Liverpool fan on social media...