Galatasaray midfielder Wesley Sneijder has claimed his decision to leave Inter Milan for the Turkish champions has been vindicated by the Turkish champions run to the Champions League quarterfinals.
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The Dutch international left the Serie A side in January to move to Istanbul and believes the fact he will face old side Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday shows he made the right decision.
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"I'm very happy at Galatasaray, I have felt very welcome since the day I arrived," he told a press conference on Tuesday.
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"It's an amazing club. I'm definitely sure I made the right choice in coming here. I wanted to make a step forward, not back after Inter, and look where I am now: playing Real Madrid in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, so I think I made the right choice."
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Sneijder will team up with the joint top-scorer in the Champions League Burak Yilmaz and a winner of the competition last season in Didier Drogba for the visitors and he believes they have the weapons to spring a surprise.
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"We are here to win the game, we have not come here to wait and defend, we are here to play the way we want to because we have a strong team. It's no surprise that we are in the Champions League quarters finals because of the players we have."
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Sneijder also said it will be a special experience to play against his old manager Jose Mourinho.
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The two won the Champions League at the Bernabeu in 2010 during their time at Inter Milan, however he insists friendships will be set aside for one night at least.
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"It's amazing for me to play against him tomorrow, we had a great time together, but we have to forget about it now," he said.
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"Today we are enemies, we are not friends any longer."