Angel Di Maria has struck back at Lothar Matthaus after he called Lionel Messi’s Ballon d’Or triumph into question. Messi, according to the Germany legend, is not the rightful Ballon d’Or 2023 winner. A savage Di Maria had the most hilaroius response to the claims.
Di Maria, responded to Matthaus’ recent statements on social media. On Instagram, he responded on a Diario Ole post, writing: “Cry somewhere else. “
Messi won his record eighth Ballon d’Or in Paris’ Theatre du Chatelet on Monday. In the voting, he finished ahead of second-placed Erling Haaland and third-placed Kylian Mbappe. Following the award ceremony, Matthaus commented that Haaland deserved to receive France Football’s honour. Which instead went to the winner of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Messi’s Argentina teammate Angel Di Maria slammed him for his remarks. Di Maria was instrumental in Argentina’s 2022 FIFA World Cup victory, scoring in the final.
Matthaus is a Ballon d’Or winner, having received the award in 1990 after Germany won the World Cup. He was also included to the Ballon d’Or Dream Team in 2020, which includes the finest players to ever win the award.
After scoring 52 goals in all competitions for Manchester City, his support for Haaland is understandable. Despite this, Messi maintained a high level of performance.
‘For me, Haaland is the best player of the last twelve months. He won major titles with Manchester City and broke goalscoring records in the process. For me, there is no way around Haaland. The choice is a farce, even though I am a Messi fan.’ said Matthaus.
Messi, 36, led Argentina to win in the 2022 FIFA World Cup with seven goals and three assists in seven tournament appearances. He also has 21 goals and 20 assists for PSG in all competitions before joining Inter Miami, and they won Ligue 1.
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