Inter Milan star Denzel Dumfries admits ending above Manchester Metropolis talisman Erling Haaland was an unimaginable feeling.
Chatting with De Volkskrant and VoetbalPrimeur by way of , Dumfries commented on the latest Ballon d’Or ceremony.
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loved a sterling season in 2024/25, serving to the Nerazzurri attain the Champions League last.
Moreover, he performed a pivotal position in Inter’s semi-final win over Barcelona.
Certainly, he was unplayable in each legs, scoring twice to assist the Nerazzurri defy the percentages and enter the ultimate.
In doing so, the 29-year-old earned a nomination for the Ballon d’Or.
Nevertheless, competitors for probably the most prestigious particular person award in European soccer was formidable.
Subsequently, the Dutchman by no means stood an opportunity of claiming the prize. But, the only real nomination was a testomony to his noticeable development at San Siro.
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In the meantime, his teammate, , needed to accept a second seventh-place end in three years.
Inter Milan Star Denzel Dumfries on Ending Above Erling Haaland in Ballon d’Or Race
MILAN, ITALY – APRIL 27: Denzel Dumfries of FC Internazionale applauds the followers after 1-0 defeat following the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and AS Roma at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on April 27, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
Dumfries completed twenty fifth within the Ballon d’Or race after an outstanding season within the Champions League.
“Once I replicate on it, as I lately did after the Ballon d’Or ceremony, I’m pleased with myself,” the Inter full-back stated.
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“Then I believe: ‘Effectively executed, nice job.’
“As soon as I discovered from coach Alex Pastoor that it’s important to benefit from the second, you can concentrate on the place you’re and be pleased with it.
“Typically it’s tough; it’s good to broaden your perspective.
“Being busy with so many issues, you typically overlook to take a look at the place you got here from.”
Then, he admitted that ending above Manchester Metropolis celebrity Erling Haaland caught him without warning.
“It was particular to expertise it, amongst all these world-class stars,” he added. “It was an honor to be among the many prime thirty on this planet.
“I wore a very nice swimsuit. I obtained many compliments. Wow, I completed above Haaland within the rankings.
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“It was the fruits of a season with many stunning.”
In the meantime, Dumfries additionally mirrored on Inter’s defeat in final season’s Champions League last.
“Shedding the Champions League last like that,” Dumfries claimed. “Don’t write this phrase, write ‘horrible.’
“So the way in which Inter misplaced to PSG was ‘horrible.’ Two Champions League finals in three years.
“Then typically I attempt to broaden my perspective and suppose: ‘Denzel, you have to be proud,’ he concluded.
Denzel Dumfries on His Aggressive Spirit
MILAN, ITALY – MAY 18: Denzel Dumfries of FC Internazionale celebrates scoring his group’s second aim through the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and SS Lazio at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on Could 18, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
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Often called a fierce competitor, Dumfries has typically been Inter’s driving power on the wing.
“My mentality is like this,” Dumfries revealed. “I can’t get injured, I can’t do that and that,” he defined. “That’s the way it went in my life, unconsciously.
“Due to this mentality, I entered a circulate, a tunnel. I all the time need to preserve going. I’m very strict about this.
“On the prime, you all the time have to use requirements of self-discipline and rigor to your self.
“I’ll flip 30 in April,” Dumfries continued. “I’m at a unique stage in my profession. I nonetheless wish to obtain sure objectives.
“And I’m additionally a father; a very powerful factor is to seek out the correct stability between issues.
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“It’s a problem, even with my youth group. We’re rising, we’re making an impression: it’s implausible.
“We hear tales of younger individuals who left us and have returned to check frequently or discovered a job. That’s why we do all this.
“I can take the initiative, offering power to the group. Main the struggle, in a considerably un-Dutch method.
“Different nations have a bonus over the Netherlands.
“On this sense, I can suppose outdoors the field and make sure the subsequent step of development on this course of.
“Argentina, for instance, does every part to win: they go away nothing to probability.
“We is likely to be a bit too orderly, however it’s a part of the sport. It’s not a very powerful factor, however it may give us an additional proportion of success.
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“Taking the sport past the restrict. Committing that pointless foul to cease the assault.
“Sure, at Inter, we’re masters at this. In the event you don’t do it there, it’s worse than doing it later.
“We don’t hesitate to commit a foul, to barely cross the road. We must always do it extra right here.”
