Source: Telegraph
World Cup 2010: Kevin-Prince Boateng apologises to Michael Ballack for challenge
Boateng, who will represent Ghana - an opponent of Germany in the group stage - at the World Cup this summer, told Germany's Sport Bild magazine that he had already offered his apologies several times to Ballack. [LNB]"All I can do is apologise," said Boateng, who is the half-brother of Germany international Jerome Boateng. [LNB] Related ArticlesGermany rounds on BoatengWembley a fitting tombstoneGreen light for England's new homeEngland players given oxygen masksAl-Qaeda World Cup terror plotLampard learns penalty lesson"I was just too late and I hit him straight on. [LNB]"It looked stupid. I apologised to him twice on the field and now for a third time. I am sorry. It was not intentional." [LNB]Ballack is still letting the realisation sink in that he is going to miss the World Cup due to the ankle injury he picked up from the tackle. [LNB]"Of course I am angry and it is disappointing. I don't want to comment on it yet," he said. [LNB]"When you get such a diagnosis just two or three weeks before a World Cup then it is bitter. [LNB]"But that is football. Things must go on. I am obviously disappointed and have just got to let it sink in." [LNB]Meanwhile, Ballack's agent Michael Becker has not ruled out taking legal action against Kevin-Prince Boateng. [LNB]He has no doubts that it was a premeditated attack. [LNB]"Every spectator could see what Boateng has done and that was clearly a premeditated foul," said Becker. [LNB]"It is not possible that somebody breaks the rules with the intent to cause injury. [LNB]"The football field is not outside the law, even if Boateng believes that." [LNB]
