“Busquets was a crying child”

Wesley Sneijder doesn’t usually have many filters when expressing his opinions and at public events. Ziggo Sport former footballer He spoke very harshly about Busquets and his behavior. Both met four times: twice at club level (2009/10 Champions League semi-final between Inter and Barcelona) and two for their national teams (2010 World Cup and 2014 World Cup). “Busquets was an extremely annoying player who was always allowed to shoot but never receive. As soon as she got one, she started crying. “A real crybaby”– he commented.

This attitude did not suit Sneijder, and he had several individual clashes with him: “I fought with him literally in every game. At some point I told him: “I’ll see you in Ibiza this summer and we’ll talk there.” One of them was a midfielder and the other a holding player, and Busquets was responsible for marking the Dutchman in every game.

Sneijder recalls with particular anger the Champions League semi-final between Barcelona and Inter in 2010 and a specific act of the Spaniard. “In 2010 we beat Barcelona at home 3-1 and we had to go to Camp Nou. At eight minutes Thiago Motta gave him and Busquets started rolling on the ground when he looked through his hands to see if Motta would be expelledand then he stood up and was a completely crying baby. A terrible player to play against.” The image of Busquets looking between his hands went around the world and the double contest, Mourinho’s first against Guardiola, is remembered as one of the most intense Champions League semi-finals.

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