Captain of the Mexico national football team Rafael Marquez will not receive the award of the best player of the World Cup -2018. This was written by the New York Times. Despite the fact that the Mexicans perfectly started, having defeated in the first match of the current world champions with the score 1: 0, Marquez can not expect that his efforts will be appreciated by the organizers or at least sponsors of the tournament. The Mexican is in the "black list" of the US, which imposes strict restrictions on him and his entourage. Marquez does not have the right to use the training form of the national team, which has the logos of sponsoring companies. Can not drink water from bottles of sponsoring companies. Even now, in Russia, he lives in a special room - where there is no American product, to which he can not be touched. The thing is that American justice considers a 39-year-old football player connected with the activities of the Mexican drug cartel. Therefore, all the accounts of Marquez in US banks are frozen, the entrance to the States is closed to him, even communication with fellow football players from the US is forbidden to him. And the International Football Federation (FIFA) decided to obey the American law on sanctions.

Consequently, no records - and Marquez has already become famous for being the first football player in history who was captain of his team at five different mundials, and no, even the most fantastic game - will not make Marquez the best player of the 2018 World Cup or at least an World Cup match. The fact is that the prize of the best player of the World Cup match is marked by the brand of Bud beer, which belongs to the international corporation Anheuser-Busch InBev, which has factories in the USA. Accordingly, no connection with Marquez company and FIFA can not admit. This is football. Team Mexico on June 17 played with the German team with a score of 1: 0. The next match will be with South Korea's players on June 23.