He was awarded as the best newcomer when the Algerian Ballon d’Or was presented and when he was interviewed by La Buteur Saphir Taïder expressed his pride in receiving the award: “Even to be among the nominees was a great satisfaction, all the nominees are great players and in the end won only one. The prize as newcomer of the year is a great satisfaction, I’m sure many other players want to be in my place. I’m still young, but this award encourages me for the future. I still need to work to improve.”
Taïder also talked about the match against Napoli: “I am satisfied, as I am in general to have had many chances to play with Inter in the first part of the season. The fact that I get regular playing time makes me grow even more. I’m ambitious, I always want to get better. And therefore, I prefer to work all the time, whether it’s in training or matches.”
Inter’s midfielder is optimistic about the outlook for Algeria in next year’s World Cup in Brazil: “There are no easy matches in the World Cup, but we have a good team. We can achieve some satisfaction if we work hard to get better. To qualify you must play, but in a single game, anything is possible. Fears? Honestly, I’m not afraid of the other teams. We are a good team, we can play with anyone. Belgium, that has a fine team and great individual quality is there, but in general we’re not afraid of anyone. The supporters are optimistic and rightly so, but we have to earn the qualification on the pitch.”
Regarding who should be awarded the Ballon d’Or Taïder is certain: “According to me, the best player in the world is Cristiano Ronaldo: The Ballon d’Or is awarded to the best player in the world and you don’t have to look very hard to find him, it’s him.”
Source: fcinternews.it
