The president of the FIFA, Joseph Blatter, has done some controversial statements describing as "wrong" the decision to concede the Balloon of Gold of the World-wide to Leo Messi
"I consider that it was a wrong decision. It surprised me when I received the decision adopted by the committee". Joseph Blatter did these statements in Moscow, where finds for the presentation of the logo of the World-wide of Russia of 2018. The maximum mandator of the FIFA already had expressed that he had voted by Manuel Neuer, the goalkeeper of Germany, the selection that finished awarding the World-wide.