There have been many critical voices of Lionel Messi’s seventh Ballon d’Or award. Still, it’s not the only case of highly doubtful voting last night at the FIFA gala ceremony in Paris. Water is wet, the world is round and Lionel Messi wins Ballon D’Or – that’s number seven for the ArgentinePSG second-choice custodian Gianluigi Donnarumma won the Yashin Trophy for best goalkeeper of the year on Monday. However, the former Newcastle United full-back and Senegalese international Habib Beye raised his voice against this decision, claiming his compatriot and Chelsea keeper Edouard Mendy should have won it by a mile.Donnarumma with the trophy (©Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images)In Beye’s opinion, the Italian got the award for non-sporting reasons, particularly for the media.”Here it was, it was written all the way. When FIFA published a tweet, they put goalkeeper Edouard Mendy without his jersey in the background and hidden. It’s reality. You have to be able to hear it and stop being hypocritical, ” Beye, now an occasional pundit at Canal +, pointed out.Just a reminder that Leonardo Di Caprio won his first Oscar in 2016. Mendy may not have won the Yashin award but just goes to show being the best doesn’t necessarily mean getting trophies. pic.twitter.com/eHi42tydV1— Idan (@Idan_Lvy) November 30, 2021 Beye recalled that Mendy recorded 28 clean sheets in 50 appearances, while Donnarumma only 20 in the same number of games. Brilliant both in the club and in the national team, the former Rennes goalkeeper should not be a victim of African football’s non-media coverage, according to Beye.##EDITORS_CHOICE##”The season, as a whole, is much more successful for Mendy than it is for Donnarumma. We rewarded a player over a month of competition and his season at Milan, which is not bad. But I think that Mendy had a better season in his overall with Chelsea.”Why value the EURO trophy more than the Champions League title? What is an exceptional year? The exceptional year is twelve months and not a month of competition. Let us stop with this hypocrisy. Over twelve months, Edouard Mendy has been the best goalkeeper in Europe. There is not even a debate, ” concluded Beye.ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE – ROUND 14Tuesday22.30: (2.10) Newcastle Utd (3.50) Norwich City (3.80)23.15: (2.40) Leeds Utd (3.35) Crystal Palace (3.20)
