Dutch national football team player Wesley Sneijder speaks during a press meeting at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, on June 6, 2008. The Netherlands will play against Italy on June 9, 2008 their first match of the 2008 Euro tournament hosted by Switzerland and Austria from June 7 to 29. Getty Images logo Getty Images 20 months ago

Dutch national football team player Wesley Sneijder speaks during a press meeting at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, on June 6, 2008. The Netherlands will play against Italy on June 9, 2008 their first match of the 2008 Euro tournament hosted by Switzerland and Austria from June 7 to 29.

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  7. Inter Milan Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder, left, is tackled by Fiorentina forward Alberto Gilardino during an Italian Cup semifinal first leg soccer match between Inter Milan and Fiorentina at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010.
  8. Inter Milan Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder, right, celebrates with teammate goalkeeper Francesco Toldo, left, unseen, at the end of an Italian Cup soccer match between Inter Milan and Juventus, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Jan.28, 2010. Inter won 2-1 and advanced to the semifinals.
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  10. Inter Milan Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder, center, is persuaded to leave the field after receiving the red card during an Italian Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and AC Milan at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010. At right is Inter Milan Argentine midfielder Esteban Cambiasso, and at left is Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho, of Portugal.
  11. Inter Milan's Dejan Stankovic (R) and Wesley Sneijder celebrate a goal by displaying a T-shirt which reads, "Come back soon Cris", during their Italian Serie A soccer match against Siena at the San Siro stadium in Milan January 9, 2010. The message was meant for their teammate Cristian Chivu, who is currently injured.
  12. Inter Milan's Dejan Stankovic (R) and Wesley Sneijder celebrate a goal by displaying a T-shirt which reads, "Come back soon Cris", during their Italian Serie A soccer match against Siena at the San Siro stadium in Milan January 9, 2010. The message was meant for their teammate Cristian Chivu, who is currently injured.
  13. Former FIFA soccer referee Pierluigi Collina of Italy (L) and Luis Figo of Portugal react during the seventh "Match against Poverty" at Luz stadium in Lisbon January 25, 2010. With tickets at 10 euros each, the match will raise funds for victims of a magnitude-7 quake on January 12 in Haiti which killed more than 200,000 people, leaving up to three million hurt or homeless in nightmarish conditions in the Western Hemisphere's poorest country.
  14. Italian competitors in wheel chairs participate on the first day of the Table Soccer World Cup 2010 in Nantes, western France, January 7, 2010. More than 500 players from 40 countries are competing in the four-day event.
  15. Italian football coach Arrigo Sacchi (R), former head coach of his country's national squad, shakes hands with Paraguayan Foreign Minister Hector Lacognata, after being decorated with the 'Don Jose Falcon' Merit Order during a ceremony in Asuncion on November 17, 2009. Sacchi arrived in the Paraguayan capital to offer during three days at the Scuola di Football Italiana (SFI) of Empoli's FC, his conference 'Football of the Future'.
  16. Italian football coach Arrigo Sacchi, former head coach of his country's national squad, delivers a speech after being decorated with the 'Don Jose Falcon' Merit Order by Paraguayan Foreign Minister Hector Lacognata, during a ceremony in Asuncion on November 17, 2009. Sacchi arrived in the Paraguayan capital to offer during three days at the Scuola di Football Italiana (SFI) of Empoli's FC, his conference 'Football of the Future'.

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