The Ghanaian footballer Kevin-Prince Boateng said that he never spoke to Michael Ballack about the injury that he caused, which prevented him from playing for Germany in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. In addition, Boateng stated that many German players told him that they were happy about Ballack's injury. Incredible!
In his autobiography "Me, Prince Boateng. My life. My game. My settling of accounts," the player born in Germany recalls the strong tackle he made on Michael Ballack in the final of the English Cup in 2010, which caused a rupture of the internal ligaments of his right ankle.
POOR BALLACK!
"The irony of this story is that I received messages from players from the German national football team saying: 'Better that he is not there'," he explained in his book in an excerpt published today by the German newspaper "Bild". "In the German training camp, some were secretly happy that Ballack was not there. His performance in the team was not good. No one was happy that he got injured, I was the least happy, but many saw this 'without Ballack' even as the best option," said the AC Milan player and brother of Jerome Boateng, who plays for Germany.
Kevin-Prince Boateng, who was playing for Portsmouth at the time, claimed that he received death threats after the foul on the then Chelsea player, although he assures that the infringement was not as dramatic.
In his book, he also admits that he never spoke to Michael Ballack after the injury that kept him out of the great football event and after which he never played for the German national team again. "One only sits down to talk with someone they consider a friend or a person who matters to them. Ballack does not matter to me, and I do not matter to him," added Kevin-Prince Boateng in an interview with the German publication "Sport Bild".
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