In the football world, there has been a debate going on for a decade or more about who is the best player in the world – Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo. Hundreds of players (present and former), coaches and TV pundits are giving their reasons for one or the other, but there is one footballer who thinks that neither is that good to be in his ideal 11. Karim Benzema is the one. Al-Ittihad striker was asked to put the dream squad of 11 players who he thinks are the best, and he left out two of the best players in the world. Dream team versi Benzema ✨Real Madrid + Brazil + Perancis + topping Munchen. 😋pic.twitter.com/yj0119JDrC— Madrid Mads (@RMadridMads) December 11, 2023 Maybe the rivalry with Lionel Messi over the years has taken its toll, but the omission of his former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo, will raise a lot of eyebrows. The pair enjoyed plenty of success together, winning four Champions League titles, La Liga twice and the Club World Cup on three occasions, alongside a number of other trophies. They spent nine years together at Real Madrid before the Portuguese moved to Juventus in 2018. Cristiano scored 450 goals in 438 appearances for Los Blancos in all competitions, with Karim assisting 47 of them. He even contacted Ronaldo when he was about to move to Saudi Arabia, so there is no bad blood between them, but he was not on the list. To be true, there is Ronaldo in attack, but the other one, the Brazilian who played for both Barcelona and Real. And the most interesting thing of all, Benzema placed the ‘other’ Ronaldo beside himself in the attack. The Frenchman thinks that he should be in the dream 11 of his liking. “He’d say he’ll nutmeg you twice, and guess what – he would do it”, Zizou hails RonaldoHe didn’t explain his decision why he chose those players, but he did have other players for Barca in the team, like Dani Alves or Ronaldinho, but not Messi. Anyway, his list mostly consists of Real Madrid players, and it goes like this: Neuer – Alves, Pepe, Ramos, Marcelo – Makelele, Pogba, Zidane, Ronaldinho – Ronaldo, Benzema.##NAJAVA_MECA_7729506##
