Benzema shows off his achievements in 2022

Yesterday, the account @prime.benzi posted an article listing Benzema's achievements from August 2021 until the end of the nomination period for FIFA The Best 2022.

The 35-year-old striker took a screenshot of this article and posted it on his Instagram Story.

This article statistics Benzema scored 63 and assisted 21 goals, won the Champions League, La Liga, won the Spanish Super Cup, the European Super Cup, the FIFA Club World Cup with Real and the UEFA Nations League with France. He is also the highest scorer in La Liga, Champions League, Spanish Super Cup and the most assists in La Liga, Champions League.

In terms of individual honors, Benzema won the 2022 Golden Ball, UEFA Best Player of the 2021-2022 season, La Liga Best Player, the Di Stefano award for the best La Liga player voted by fans, money. The best leader in La Liga. The French striker was also honored as the Best Player of the Year Gala at the Globe Soccer Awards held in Dubai (UAE).

However, Benzema received only 34 points, behind his compatriots Kylian Mbappe (44) and Lionel Messi (52) in the FIFA Best Men's Player award in 2022. The basis to compete for this Best award is to close the competition. contributions in a calendar year.

Messi did not play well in the second half of the 2021-2022 season, but exploded in the second half of 2022. In the first 19 matches of the season, the Argentine star contributed 12 goals and 14 assists to PSG. Going to the World Cup in Qatar, Messi contributed seven goals and three assists, won the Best Player award and helped Argentina win the title after 36 years. Mbappe took France to the final and won the World Cup Golden Shoe, while Benzema did not play because of injury.

Immediately after the award ceremony, Benzema made a move against FIFA. Also on Instagram Story, the 35-year-old striker posted a video of a man with the line: "Liar, liar".

Benzema, Thibaut Courtois and coach Carlo Ancelotti were all on the shortlist for the FIFA The Best 2022 categories, but Real did not send any of these three to the awards night. Instead, Director of Institutional Relations Emilio Butragueno and club ambassador Roberto Carlos represented the club at the event.

According to Spanish newspaper Marca, the first reason is that Real knows their members will not accept the award. In addition, the Royal team is also dissatisfied with the absence of striker Vinicius from the shortlist of 26 names competing for the typical team of the year. The owner of the Bernabeu also wants to focus on the match against Barca in the semi-finals of the King's Cup on March 2.