Di María's response to Matthaus after his complaint about Messi's Ballon d'Or

Lionel Messi's victory in the Ballon d'Or was generally well received in the world of football, so much so that even Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé, his two main competitors for the award, publicly congratulated him on social networks. However, there are always exceptions to the rule and some detractors began to appear this Tuesday, October 31.

One of them, and the most resonant of all, was Cristiano Ronaldo, who liked and commented with laughing emojis on a post with some statements by Spanish journalist Tomás Roncero ensuring that Messi did not deserve this Ballon d'Or nor any others in last. In fact, the Portuguese played a match with Al-Nassr today and the fans of the rival team shouted for Leo, to which CR7 responded by putting his finger to his mouth asking for silence.

Now, another emblem of the world of football also came out to criticize the consecration of the Argentine captain. This is Lothar Matthaus, a former German midfielder who knows what it means to win a World Cup and a Ballon d'Or. In the last hours, the German stated: “Throughout last year, Haaland performed better than Messi. It is undeserved that Messi has won. The election is a farce, although I am a Messi fan.”

These words quickly went around the world and thousands of Lionel's fans disowned him. However, one of those who generated the most noise was Ángel Di María, who responded through a comment on the Olé newspaper's post. “Cry somewhere else,” was the message that the Benfica winger dedicated to Matthaus.

Di María has already recovered and will return to the Argentine National Team in November

Fideo was the most sensitive casualty of the national team for the matches against Paraguay and Peru in October, but the man from Rosario has already returned to the playing fields with Benfica and everything is in place for him to be called up again by Lionel Scaloni for the matches against Uruguay and Brazil.