Reda Saleem (Dubai)
The controversy continues over the Argentinean Lionel Messi, the Paris Saint-Germain player, winning the Ballon d’Or for the seventh time, which varied between clubs and star players, and accusing the “France Football” magazine, which awarded the award, of siding with the “flea”, and the controversy spread between Germany, Italy and England, in addition to Wide criticism from international stars.
Messi’s victory in the Ballon d’Or has topped social media platforms, since his crowning, with more than 40 million interactions, by topping the “hashtags” bearing his name “Trend” with 25 million “tweets” and “posts”, compared to 15 million interactions on his platforms in “Facebook”. and Instagram.
The great interaction numbers were accompanied by great controversy as well, regarding the player receiving the Golden Ball and the accusations of the “France Football” magazine, which is responsible for the award, especially after the Portuguese “Post” Cristiano Ronaldo, in which Pascal Ferry, the magazine’s president, was accused of lying.
Bayern Munich believes that its player Robert Lewandowski is deserving of the award, and the German club’s account published a picture of the “Polish”, the second-placed player, and commented: “You are the best in our eyes,” while the player’s agent confirmed in a “tweet” that Messi does not deserve the Ballon d’Or.
“I don’t understand the world after this vote, I have great respect for Messi and the other great players who have been nominated, but there is no one who deserves it more than Lewandowski,” former Bayern star Lothar Matthaus told Sky Network.
Bayern Munich CEO Oliver Kahn commented: “Besides the award for the best striker of the year, Lewandowski deserves the Ballon d’Or, because for many years he was an amazing player on a daily basis.
Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo joined the controversy that accompanied the “Flea” award after interacting with a “tweet” on social media criticizing the award of the award to his rival, and placing a “like” mark on the “Ronaldo fan” page that criticized Messi and awarded him the award, and celebrated the achievements of the “Don”. His comment was accompanied by the word “facts”.
Real Madrid’s German Toni Kroos said: “Messi does not deserve the Ballon d’Or and it should have been given to anyone else.”
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