Toni Kroos questioned that Lionel Messi will keep the Ballon d’Or: “They failed in the choice of first place”

The choice of Lionel Messi as the Ballon d’Or has received criticism from various quarters. Coaches and players (active and retired) questioned the decision at the gala organized by France Football magazine. Without a doubt, one of the opinions that had the most impact was that of Toni Kroos, Real Madrid midfielder.

The world champion with the German team in 2014 stated through his podcast that the coveted award should have gone to his teammate Karim Benzema. The former Bayer Leverkusen midfielder didn’t even include the PSG player on his own podium, which did include Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) and Jorginho (Chelsea).

“First of all, I must say that I am not interested in individual awards at all. But if there are, then They should be fair. In my opinion, this is not the case at all this time. Benzema should have been number ‘1’ if he were really looking for the best individual player of last year, because I see closely how exceptional it is “Kroos said.

“There is no doubt that Messi is next to Cristiano Ronaldo when it comes to the player of this decade And it has qualities that others will never have. What fails in the election of the Ballon d’Or is above all the first place”added the crack of the Real Madrid midfielder in the recent installment of the Einfach bad luppen podcast.

Kroos is not the only one

The words of Toni Kroos are in the same line of the opinion of Iker Casillas, who, like the German, questioned the Ballon d’Or of Lionel Messi, who last Monday added the seventh of his career after those obtained in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2019.

“I find it more and more difficult to believe in this football award thing. For me, Messi, is one of the 5 best players in all of history, but you have to start knowing how to catalog who are the most outstanding after a season. It’s not that hard heck. Others make it difficult ”, said the former 1 of Real Madrid.

Instantly, the publication of Casillas revolutionized social networks and has received all kinds of reactions, some in favor, others against. The truth is that the ‘Flea’ has just won one more trophy in this event, when many expected that others were the winners. Iker and Toni, for example.