Egypt’s national treasure should be one Mo name on Ballon d’Or shortlist

I OFFER my tuppence worth on the Gianluigi Buffon debate, by asking this: Did anyone say Zindene Zidane shouldn’t have been sent off in the World Cup final because it was his last game?

Let’s get it straight, for all the hysteria surrounding Cristiano Ronaldo’s lastminute spot-kick against Juve, it was 100 per cent, DEFINITELY a penalty.

The referee applied the laws of the game. But Buffon (above) screamed abuse and man-handled him. When it was Zidane’s last-ever game he head-butted

(badly, he’d be laughed out of any pub in Liverpool) an opponent and had to go.

So let’s not get too carried away. Both refs did their job. TOMORROW night’s game between West Ham and Stoke is massive for both clubs.

If West Ham win, I believe they’ll send Stoke down in the process.

If they lose, then with a tough run in, they’re in trouble. There’s a chance they could be in the bottom three going into the final match of the season against Everton.

David Moyes (left) is the perfect man for West Ham in this position. He dug out a win, against Southampton, at the right time. He’ll need to do it again tomorrow. NO-ONE who reads this column regularly will be surprised that Rafa Benitez has saved Newcastle.

He has the ability to get the best out of players, no matter their level — and that’s built by Rafa (left) on the training ground.

I don’t mean this in any disrespectful way at all, but Liverpool’s 2005 Champions League win proves that point.

That Reds team shouldn’t even have been in that final — and it was entirely down to Rafa’s organisational skills, and methodical approach that they were.

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