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Mazzone Slams FIFA Over Totti Snub

Roma favourite Carlo Mazzone has labelled the decision to omit Francesco Totti from the shortlist for the FIFA World Player of the Year award as "absurd".

A list of 30 nominations was drawn up for the prize but despite Totti finishing as European Golden Boot Winner last season, he failed to make the cut.

Er Pupone was not the only high-profile name to be mysteriously excluded, as two other world-class players in the form of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Luca Toni were also missing.

"It is absurd," cried Mazzone. "How do they draw up these listings?"

“For all the great things Totti has done, he deserves the international recognition. If truth be told, him and Ibrahimovic should be the one’s fighting out for the first prize.”

“Out of those that are on the list, maybe Messi deserves to win. He has all the quality to become a great player.”

The full list of nominees:

Italy: Gianluigi Buffon, Fabio Cannavaro, Gennaro Gattuso, Alessandro Nesta, Andrea Pirlo

Argentina: Lionel Messi, Juan Roman Riquelme, Carlos Tevez

Brazil: Juninho, Kaka, Ronadinho

Cameroon: Samuel Eto’o

Czech Republic: Petr Cech

England: Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney, John Terry

France: Thierry Henry, Franck Ribery, Lilian Thuram, Patrick Vieira

Germany: Miroslav Klose, Philipp Lahm

Ghana: Michael Essien

Holland: Ruud van Nistelrooy

Ivory Coast: Didier Drogba

Mexico: Rafael Marquez

Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo, Deco

Spain: Fernando Torres.

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