*Ronaldo
‘stole’ my Ballon d’Or, claims Ribery*
Franck
Ribery has claimed that the 2013 Ballon d’Or was “stolen” from him.
The
Bayern Munich star said that it is “incomprehensible” that Cristiano Ronaldo
picked up the prize that season after he had enjoyed such a formidable season
with the Bundesliga club.
The
France winger led Bayern to domestic glory and played a leading role as they
snatched the Champions League with a 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund at Wembley.
“It
was as if it was stolen from me,” Ribery told Canal Football Club. “It’s
incomprehensible. I won every trophy, I couldn’t have done more. It was an
injustice.”
The
Frenchman grumbled that he did not have the support of his compatriots.
“I
didn’t have my country behind me,” he claimed. “I saw it with my own eyes that
the French said Cristiano should win. Did the Portuguese want it to be Ribery
or Messi? Of course not.”
Ribery
feels that he was made a scapegoat after France’s shambolic World Cup 2010
campaign, in which Raymond Domenech’s side crashed out at the group stage and
even staged a strike against their coach by refusing to leave the team bus.
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