Kevin Prince-Boateng slams Iniesta UEFA award
Posted On Friday, 31st August 2012
Kevin Boateng says Iniesta doesn't deserve the award
Controversial AC Milan star Kevin Prince Boateng has slammed the decision to give UEFA’s award for the best player in Europe to Spain midfielder Andres Iniesta.
The Barcelona midfielder won the award on Thursday beating team-mate Lionel Messi and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo.
Iniesta, 28, who inspired Spain to retain their crown at Euro 2012, won the vote by 53 sports journalists representing each of UEFA’s member nations.
But the ex-Ghana international Boateng, who notoriously quit the Black Stars last year, says the award should have gone to Real Madrid star Ronaldo.
“Unbelievable! I am sorry but for me RONALDO was the best player in Europe,” Boateng, the flamboyant AC Milan midfielder wrote.
The midfielder landed 19 votes to shock Messi, who had been the favourite for the prize.
Iniesta, 28, received 19 votes, with Ronaldo and Messi — the winner of last year’s inaugural prize — each receiving 17.
It is his second major individual honour of the summer, after he was named Player of the Tournament for his role in Spain’s triumph at Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine.
An artful attacking midfielder, Iniesta has won every major honour in the game with Barcelona and Spain over the last four years and notably scored the extra-time winner against the Netherlands in the 2010 World Cup final in South Africa.
Despite his success at Euro 2012, Iniesta saw Barcelona miss out to Ronaldo’s Real Madrid in last season’s La Liga title race, while the Blaugrana also fell to eventual champions Chelsea in the semi-finals of the Champions League.
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boating is just jealous and maybe had anti barca feelings which is making him suggest that inesta dosent deserve this title. but in either way evenif inesta had not got it , ronaldo would not had it too because messi did greater things than ronaldo and no doubt about that. the whole world minus boating is happy about this . so let him shut up and play to be better than inesta rather than being jealous.
I like kevin very much but in this situation i did not agree with him..
Iniesta is de rite man 4 de award wit his ability 2 drible,passes & some important goal 4 both club n country he realy deserve it kelvin shuld nt b selfish of wonderful lik iniesta
KPB can go fuck himself! Iniesta deserves this award 100%. The guy won everything with club n country. Its long time overdue. A spanish player deserved it. KPB is a Dick!!!!
I agree with u K.P.B
I’m a milan fan but iniesta deserve the title, if messi have won it, i will sad but disagree with boateng
iniesta deserves the award. k p boateng should stop talking and stay focus on his game with a c millan.wisdom taadi
cr7 would have been better,he was there 4 madrid in their dificult times
beateng u are a player that proud wit but i prefer inester more than messy nd cr7
he should keepp quite n suck his blooodclat brains.. he cant alone compare himself 2 iniesta neither going dat mile 2 make dat filthy statement n whiles he kelvin iz busily chillg at miami beach, iniesta iz bsily training. let him go 2 hell wit speech! wat happnd wen spain met portgl? atitde + hardwork + calmness n respect iz wat made him won. shut up! ungrateful mullato!
fool… what do u know?… you dun know d importance of national football….for ur information …unlike you he plays for his national team…won d euro n was d best player of d tournament…you fool do dat with ur national team
Absolute rubbish.Does K.P Boateng think the eufa award is for the dogs? A player who has inspired his nation to European glory and someone whose only achievement in the year under review is a league title with his club.Who deserves the ultimate?
f*ol… what do u know?… you dun know d importance of national football….for ur information …unlike you he plays for his national team…won d euro n was d best player of d tournament…you f*ol do dat with ur national team
after taken ghanaians 4 granted dis piece of shit has d balls 2 talk shit.bi d way iniesta is a genius!
KPB is a fool n a disgrac 2 Africa. He shud learn 2 applaud rada talk bulsh§&§t wen rare oportunities aries
Kelvin is jealous of Barca because his side was eliminated by Barca last year’s champs league. Iniesta is such a brilliant player than Messi and Ronaldo when it comes to the field of play because its always hard to completely mark Iniesta as compare to Messi and Iniesta. You can see that in El Classico,Ronaldo normally scores but his performance on the day is always poor just that he score to announce his presence but I believe not scoring makes someone the best player. Iniesta is the best. Kelvin should concerntrate on how to help AC Milan to win Italian League and stop critics,where was he when Iniesta helped Spain to win the World Cup?He should give us a brk.
kelven shoult up u dont kwon anything why re u compure ronaldo to inniester the guy is the best even world
Yes.
I’m a milan fan,bcos barca knock us out doesn’t mean kevin shud talk shit,he shud concntrate on helping milan rather, Iniesta really deserve the award as he’s just simply perfect during the leag and europe campaign.even messy wants it to go to Iniesta. Congrats..forza milan
Ghanaians re stil bitter towards dis guy. plz lets leave KPB alone. wether we/he like(s) it or nt, its a Ghanaian blood wich is runnin thru his veins.
Oh!! Hoo kelvin
If the best player of a just ended european competition is contesting for Uefa best,why should the award be given to a forward who helped his team win the league but couldn’t even become the top scorer of that same league. Ok if that then how about chelsea players who did the extreme to win the champions league. Gyamfi nkotompo ,sekondi.
Kpb is rite, wht uefa wt is 2 alwz gv wht does nt blong 2 barca player 2 den bcoz of d deal platini has wit dem, lky last year ballo d or wen iniesta or xavi derserve bcoz den kw dat d only dat can stop dem is cr7 dey decide 2 gv messi which wad wrong, cr7 is d world best player n euro player of d year, playa dat land spainish in 3 to 4 year n creat power record has nt bn gving world in dan club woooo dat rubbush doing from uefa
kp,why? are u jealous,then u must die rather coz
he is going to get the ballon d’or in january
I agree with K P B bcos CR7 deserve the award not Andrés Iniesta.