Wesley Sneijder Gracious With Ballon D’Or Snub, Lets Massimo Moratti Do The Talking For Him
Wesley Sneijder may have a right to feel hard done by yesterday’s announcement, but to his credit, the Inter Milan midfielder has been quite gracious. One day after it was announced that Lionel Messi, Xavi Hernández and Andrés Iniesta would be presented as finalists next month when FIFA announces the Ballon d’Or, Sneijder also shared an understandable amount of disappointment to Dutch newpaper Telegraaf:
Given most of the soccer world has built Sneijder up as the favorite since summer, you can understand why Wesley feels sorry. Whether he’s most deserving or not, it’s difficult to listen to months of praise only to have it squelched long before the award’s given out. I can imagine half of Wesley’s mind’s saying “Why did I believe you” while other other’s going “I definitely had a better year than him.”
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