David Alaba was exposed to online maltreatment after he decided in favor of Lionel Messi and not Genuine Madrid colleague Karim Benzema at the FIFA Best Honors
David Alaba was exposed to online maltreatment after he decided in favor of Lionel Messi and not Genuine Madrid colleague Karim Benzema at the FIFA Best Honors.
The Austrian answered the maltreatment in a tweet.
Real Madrid defender David Alaba has suffered racist abuse on his social media accounts after voting for Lionel Messi ahead of Karim Benzema in FIFA’s The Best awards
— Mirror Football (@MirrorFootball) February 28, 2023
“Concerning The Best Honor:
The Austrian public group vote in favor of this honor collectively, not me alone. Everybody in the group committee can cast a ballot and that is the way it’s chosen. Everybody knows, particularly Karim, the amount I appreciate him and his exhibitions,” Alaba said on Twitter.