If he valued his peace of mind at Real Madrid, David Alaba would have done better to abstain, or even to deliver a “diplomatic” vote for the best player in the FIFA The Best Trophies for the 2022 season, which went to Lionel Messi on Monday evening.
By granting his vote to, in order, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Karim Benzema, the Austrian international of Real Madrid, 30, has unleashed since Tuesday morning on his name a storm of criticism and hateful comments, including some with racist overtones from Madrid supporters on social media.
Obviously, the latter live very badly that Alaba placed the Parisian and ex-Barcelonian Messi in front of the Ballon d’Or Benzema. And that Mbappé is ahead of the Lyonnais, freshly retired from the France team, does not pass either.
Since the detailed publication of the votes for The Best trophy for the best player on Tuesday morning, the unfortunate Alaba has taken it for his rank, and this all the more so since Messi was distinguished on Monday evening, to the chagrin of the supporters in question.
Un hashtag “#AlabaOut”
From the early hours of Tuesday, the hashtag “#AlabaOut” was used massively by a crowd of Madrid supporters. And Alaba received dumps of disparaging, insulting, and racist comments for some of them – with monkey emojis for example.
Alaba, who usually gets a few hundred reactions for each of her Instagram posts, saw a surge of 22,000 comments for her latest, a series of photos in the streets of Madrid.
Hostile internet users demand the head of the Austrian and his departure from the Castilian club which he joined in 2021, transferred from Bayern Munich.
Alaba, injured at the moment following a muscle tear during the famous round of 16 first leg of the Champions League in Liverpool (5-2) last Wednesday, is one of the players very used by Carlo Ancelotti this season, with 29 appearances .
Alaba’s return is not scheduled for several weeks. Definitely time to let the storm calm down.