Karim Benzema reacted angrily at losing in The Best to Messi and flashed his resume

It seems that not everyone was satisfied with Lionel Messi’s consecration with The Best award for the best footballer in the world in the last year. Karim Benzema, who competed against Leo as Kylian Mbappé, published a post on social networks of him and He showed that the prize for the Argentine was suffocating him…

The Real Madrid goalscorer, absent from the Paris gala, he finished third among the finalists for the top honor at Monday’s ceremony, with 34 pointsbehind Mbappé (44) and Messi himself (52).

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On Tuesday evening, the Frenchman made several posts on his social networks that crystallized his spite: first he reposted some praise, including one calling him GOAT, and after another account posted He showed all the individual and collective achievements -six titles- that he accumulated during the last season.

Key in the consecration of Real Madrid both in the Champions League and in the Spanish league, Benzema has scored 31 goals in the last calendar year. In addition to the titles with Merengue and the French team, in which he, among other things, had very little participation, El Gato won the last Ballon d’Or, but it wasn’t enough to compete with Leo and his famous World Cup to be champion in Qatar 2022. Finally, 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 for his performance at PSG: “It’s just a period of adjustment. He’s not scoring many goals but look at what he does on the pitch. In any case, you can’t criticize a player like him, in fact, Anyone who criticizes Messi doesn’t 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 various national teams, there was one that sparked an unusual indoor controversy at Real Madrid. Austria captain David Alaba put Messi first over Merengue teammate Benzema and was the subject of criticism and racial slurs from fans.

Incredibly, the defender had to publicly justify his vote on his social media: “Regarding the FIFA The Best Award: the Austrian team votes for this award as a team, not just me. Everyone on the team council gets to vote and that’s how decisions are made. 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 he continues to be so. Decidedly”.

Mbappé congratulated Messi

After the ceremony, his Paris Saint-Germain teammate made 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).