Every year, once the winners of each shortlist have been announced at
The Best
awards , it is interesting, and sometimes surprising, to know who voted for the best players in the world for each of the trophies.
But the one who did not benefit from this was
David Alaba
,
Real Madrid central defender , who in the best player award placed
Lionel Messi
first
over
Karim Benzema
, his teammate.
When the Merengues fans found out, they did not let him pass this attitude.
A collective fury ended up breaking out among the
fans
.
The 30-year-old Austrian player began to receive insults and racist attacks from all Real Madrid fans when he opted for the Argentine star, the greatest idol of his classic rival and who embittered the white club for more than 17 years.
Even the discomfort of the Spaniards was so great that they managed to reach a total of 20,000 comments in the player's last publication, most of them being not very pleasant.
In addition, the phrase
"Alaba out" ("Fuera Alaba", in Spanish)
became a trend on Twitter.
Faced with this situation, the defender was forced to give explanations so that the attacks against him would stop.
And the reason why he chose Messi as the best player is because he did not vote personally, but decided together with his teammates.
This is because one of the categories taken into account by FIFA to decide the prizes corresponds to the captains of each National Team, with Alaba being the one who wears the ribbon for Austria.
Therefore, his choice has to do with the fact that he and his classmates voted together.
"As a result of the FIFA The Best Awards, the Austrian National Team chose the votes for this award as a team, not just me. Anyone in the squad is entitled to vote and that's how we proceed. Everyone knows, and especially Karim ( Benzema), how much I admire him and his performances," the former Bayern Munich player wrote on his Twitter account.
And regarding his own opinion, he added: "And I have said many times that for me he is the best striker in the world (Benzema), and he continues to be so. Without a doubt."
and I have often said that for me he is the best striker in the world, and that is still the case.
Without doubt.
— David Alaba (@David_Alaba) February 28, 2023
In this way, the Austrian captain sought to put an end to this misunderstanding and show that he had respect for his compatriots when it came to defining the votes, their desire being to place the native of Rosario as the winner.
He just put his name as captain.
After defining the first and second place, the third was awarded to the Frenchman Kylian Mbappé.
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