The French striker showed off the individual titles and awards he won last year.
It seems that not everyone was satisfied with the consecration of Lionel Messi with The Best award for the best footballer in the world in the last year. Karim Benzema, who competed against Leo like Kylian Mbappé, made a post on the social networks of him and He showed that the award for the Argentine was choking him…
The Real Madrid goalscorer, who was not present at the gala in Paris, was third among the finalists for the top award at Monday’s ceremony, with 34 pointsbehind Mbappé (44) and Messi himself (52).
On Tuesday night, the Frenchman made several interventions on his social networks that crystallized his spite: first he reposted some praise, including one that called him GOAT, and since the publication of another account He showed all the individual and collective achievements -six titles- that he accumulated during the last season.
Key in the consecration of Real Madrid in both the Champions League and the Spanish League, Benzema scored 31 goals in the last calendar year. In addition to the titles with Merengue and the French team, in which he, by the way, had very little participation, El Gato took the last Ballon d’Or, but it was not enough to compete with Leo and his renowned World Cup to be champion in Qatar 2022. Lastly, she posted a black and white photo with the caption, “Good night.”
A few months ago, however, Benzema had words of praise for Leo and his performance at PSG: “It’s just an adaptation period. He’s not scoring many goals but look at what he does on the field. In any case, you can’t criticize a player like him. In fact, The one who criticizes Messi does not understand anything about football”.
Controversy over Alaba’s vote at Real Madrid
After knowing the list of votes cast by the coaches and captains of the different national teams, there was one that sparked an unusual controversy indoors at Real Madrid. David Alaba, captain of Austria, put Messi in first place over Benzema, a teammate at Merengue, and was the target of criticism and racist insults from the fans.
Incredibly, the defender had to publicly justify his vote on his social networks: “Regarding the FIFA The Best Award: The Austria team votes for this award as a team, not me alone. Everyone on the team council can vote and that’s how it’s decided. Everyone knows, especially Karim, how much I admire him and his performances and I have said many times that for me he is the best striker in the world, and it continues to be so. Definitely”.
Mbappé did congratulate Messi
After the ceremony, his Paris Saint-Germain teammate had a nice gesture and publicly highlighted it on his Instagram account: “Many congratulations to Lionel Messi. You are The Best”. How did La Pulga vote? Leo distributed his points between Neymar (5), Mbappé (3) and Benzema (1).
