Lionel Messi’s World Cup Winning Teammate’s Ranking on FIFA The Best Slammed With a 3-Word Response by Arch-Rival Captain

Lionel Messi once again got his name in the history books after collecting his seventh FIFA The Best award. The Argentine clinched the award from the French duo, Kylian Mbappe, and Karim Benzema. The trio was excellent this year and won all the silverware, but it was Messi who took the award home.

His former club’s female teammate Alexia Putellas won the Best award in the women’s category. Messi’s fellow countrymen, Emiliano Martínez and Lionel Scaloni won the awards for best goalkeeper and coach, respectively.

Arch-rival skipper slams FIFA

While many are congratulating Messi for his yet another remarkable achievement, some are not happy with it. The world of soccer is left with yet another deliberation as many question FIFA over the rankings of the award.

Hence, one noteworthy player has slammed both the apex governing body of soccer and Messi’s teammate. Chelsea and Brazil defender Thiago Silva has lambasted the FIFA Best Awards as a joke.

The former PSG starlet has taken a direct hit at the ranking of Argentina and Manchester City’s gem striker, Julian Alvarez. The young starlet was ranked 7th in the rankings, thus finishing above the likes of Neymar, De Bruyne, Lewandowski, and Vinicius Jr.

A fellow netizen posted a photo of Alvarez with the caption, “Voted seventh best in the world, is always on the bench for Man City, is not an absolute starter of his national team and was at River Plate most of the time of the period! Spectacular! Am I CLEAR???”

To this, the veteran defender replied, “It is a joke,” adding fuel to the fire.

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Hence, this has become somewhat debatable around the soccer world, as he had just six Premier League games for Manchester City. Although the striker was crucial in the World Cup, in domestic terms, there wasn’t much success.

Lionel Messi is still not off the hook

Messi’s teammate Alvarez isn’t the only one getting in critics’ mouths, as the skipper is also being cross-examined about his win. Recently, the Argentine’s former rival and Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema posted back-to-back cryptic stories on his Instagram, seemingly criticizing the World Cup winner.

Furthermore, his former teammate, Iker Casillas, also took a dig at FIFA by posting a rather ambiguous tweet. Perhaps this is a never-ending debate. Nevertheless, do you agree with Silva’s response? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

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