Spanish Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola Expressed his
delight for not nominating for three players competing to win the Ballon d'Or
in 2013 for a few days before the ceremony of the International Federation of
Football to determine the identity of the winner on Monday, Jan. 13 at the
headquarters of FIFA in Zurich.
It does not apply the terms of the vote on the coaches clubs
and between them Guardiola where filtration limited to coaches and leaders of
national teams (209) FIFA members and a number of journalists and
correspondents of the magazine "France Football" only.
Despite his pleasure not to vote for anyone in order to
avoid embarrassment, due to the presence of two players from the three
candidates very close to Guardiola as Lionel Messi was the closest player to
former Barcelona coach in the past years, while Franck Ribery midfielder Bayern
Munich is considered trump card for the coach of Spain currently, but that
Guardiola praised unleash Ribery and confirmed that he is honored to train an
avid player like him.
Guardiola said in remarks during his stay at the camp for
the winter in Qatar to the German newspaper Bild: "For me it's a great
honor to be the coach of wonderful Ribery, and I hope to help him to be the
best."
Guardiola added, "All three players an amazing, but I'm
glad not to run due to a lack of applicability of the terms of the vote
on."
Guardiola added: "If Franck Ribery wins Ballon d'Or as
the best player of the world in 2013?, I would be excited and happy about that
may be more than the player himself because I've never seen this level of
outstanding with a great player fighting for the win. It is an honor for me to
be his coach."
The Bayern coach gave approval for Ribery to leave their
winter training camp and travel to Zurich to attend the Golden Globe Award
ceremony FIFA in Jan. 13, which would approve their match friendly against Team
Kuwait, Guardiola said: " Frank has to fly to Zurich with a wide smile and
enjoy his candidacy because he is not easy to get there, he must be enjoyed at
the present time.”
According to Bild , Ribery seemed very enthusiastic days
before the declaration of the winner of Ballon d'Or, but that was a very
modest, saying: "Even if I was not the winner of Ballon d'Or, I'm happy
with my big achievements with the Bavarians and the historical fifth ,"
adding: "For me it's an honor to be nominated with Messi and Ronaldo.
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