Austria captain, David Alaba, has emerged to explain of why he decided in favor of Lionel Messi in FIFA's "The Best" awards ahead of Real Madrid teammate Karim Benzema.
The 30-year-old defender says the national team decides in general on who to decide in favor of in the wake of being manhandled via social media for deciding in favor of the Argentine whiz.
Alaba casted a ballot Messi in the lead position, with Benzema coming next and Kylian Mbappe in third.
This has provoked wild maltreatment from Real Madrid fans with respect to why he didn't decide in favor of his teammate in the survey, requiring his removing from the club.
The former Bayern Munich star took to Instagram to account for himself, saying he loves Benzema, and that's what the Frenchman knows.
"Concerning The Best Honor: The Austrian national team vote in favor of this honor collectively, not me alone. Everybody in the group board can cast a ballot and that is the way it's chosen.
"Everybody knows, particularly Karim, the amount I respect him and his exhibitions and I have frequently expressed that for me he is the best striker on the planet, and that is as yet the situation. Without uncertainty."
David Alaba and Karim Benzema have been playing together for the beyond year and a half after the Austrain joined from Bayern Munich as a free specialist..