david praises he participated in the voting process as captain of his national team and, according to the official FIFA results sheet, chose Lionel Messi as the winner. According to this report, the defensive wild card distributed the points as follows: Lionel Messi (5 points), Karim Benzema (3 points) and Kylian Mbappé (1 point).
Upon seeing the vote sheet on the FIFA website, many Real Madrid fans criticized and ripped their player off for that ‘decision’ (there were even those who went too far and left unfortunate racist comments. Others thanked him for his -apparent – sincerity.
The mess got to such an extent that Alaba chose to demonstrate publicly. The 4 of Real Madrid released a statement explaining that THE DECISION WAS NOT ONLY HIS, BUT THAT OF THE ENTIRE NATIONAL SELECTION.
Exposing an argument that was completely unknown (the FIFA version is that those who vote are the captains, coaches, fans and certain journalists), the Bayern Munich youth squad assured that, in the Austrian National Team, voting is group, not individual. And although only his name appears in the FIFA statement, the decision to put the 10 Argentine as a winner, according to his version of events, it was collective.
In addition, the man born in 1992 took advantage of the moment to praise Karim Benzema, whom he continues to define as the best striker on the planet.
DAVID’S EXPLANATION PRAISE ABOUT HIS VOTE FOR LIONEL MESSI IN THE BEST
«The Austrian National 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”.
Undefeated Data. Lionel Messi won in the votes of all the groups that participated in the election exercise of The Best FIFA Player Award. He prevailed in the section of captains, coaches, journalists and fans.
Did you know…? Lionel Messi has won 7 individual awards endorsed by FIFA: 1 Player of the Year, 4 Ballon d’Ors (in the cycle in which they joined France Football) and 2 The Best Awards. Record.
