Uruguay's Diego Godin showing at World Cup that he's the best defender in football
Channel: De Wiser Man
Date: 2018-07-05

It was a famous year for footballers called Diego. Famously, Diego Maradona won the World Cup in 1986. Less famously, Diego Godin was born. Thirty-two years on, this probably will not be a World Cup defined by a Diego -- not in the way 1986 was, anyway. Yet it might be a tournament in which another reaches new heights or, perhaps more accurately, in which his excellence gets the belated recognition it deserves.

Godin has been the best defender of the World Cup so far. He might have been the finest in the world for a while, even if his peers have tended to plump for others when it comes to individual awards. Carles Puyol nominated his former Barcelona teammate Gerard Pique as the best earlier this year, while Giorgio Chiellini named an old rival in Sergio Ramos. Meanwhile, Virgil van Dijk has become the most expensive in world football, followed by Aymeric Laporte.

Source:  http://www.espn.com/soccer/fifa-world-cup/4/blog/post/3555690/diego-godin-is-showing-at-world-cup-that-he-is-the-best-defender-in-football