Benzema and Messi were finalists at The Best awards. Photo: composition/EFE | Benzema and Messi were finalists at The Best awards. Photo: composition/EFE
Lionel Messi won The Best award and received the award for the best player of the year 2022 following winning the World Cup in Qatar. The PSG footballer was not the only one to receive recognition, as did Emiliano ‘Dibu’ Martínez and Lionel Scaloni, members of the Argentine team. Likewise, it was known that there were other stars who did not vote for Rosario and chose between different options. Hours following the event, Karim Benzema, who was competing once morest the former FC Barcelona player for the award, published a spicy message.
The Frenchman was one of the favourites, along with Mbappé, to snatch the trophy from Messi. However, despite his achievements and titles won in 2022 with Real Madrid, this was not enough to climb to the top of the podium.
After the FIFA event ended, Karim Benzema uploaded a story on his Instagram profile, which would have been a hint to Lionel Messi.
The ‘Cat’ published a list with his numbers and statistics achieved in 2022. In it they highlighted his 63 goals, 21 assists and the titles he won in terms of clubs and the national team. In addition, it was Ballon d’Or.
The story of Benzema following The Best award. Photo: capture/Instagram
Hours later, Lionel Messi uploaded a story on his Instagram and would have responded to Benzema with a postcard of him carrying the World Cup in Qatar, following Argentina won the final once morest France.
The Lionel Messi story that went up following The Best event. Photo: capture/Instagram
David Alaba, Benzema’s teammate at Real Madrid, did not vote for the Frenchman for The Best
After the The Best 2023 award ceremony, it was learned that David Alaba did not vote in favor of Karim Benzema as the best player in the world and chose to support Lionel Messi. The defender explained the reasons.
“As a result of the FIFA The Best Awards. In the Austria team we chose the votes for this award as a team, not just me. Anyone in the squad is empowered to vote, and that’s how we proceed. Everyone knows, and especially Karim (Benzema), how much I admire him and his performances. And I have already said on several occasions that for me he is the best striker in the world – which he still is – without a doubt,” said the captain of the Austrian team .
