Despite the two star soccer players sharing a golden period at Real Madrid, Ronaldo’s choice seems to have hurt Benzema.
Cristiano Ronaldo is once again making headlines. This time, though, it’s not for his on-field achievements. Instead, he’s gone viral for an interview he’s done on Rio Ferdinand’s YouTube channel (to be released on Thursday, September 12).
Ronaldo prefers Mbappé
During the chat, Ferdinand asked Cristiano Ronaldo to choose between Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappé. Ronaldo didn’t hesitate. Despite sharing a highly successful era at Real Madrid with Benzema, the Madeira native picked French striker Mbappé, who has just joined Real Madrid.
Ronaldo, currently playing for Al Nassr, also left out Toni Kroos and Xabi Alonso from his ideal lineup, opting for Ryan Giggs instead. He chose David Beckham over Ángel Di María as well.
Benzema responds to Ronaldo
Benzema didn’t take long to fire back his response. The Frenchman posted a photo of his Ballon d’Or on Instagram, but with a twist—he placed the award on his kitchen counter, as if it were just another household item.
It was in 2022, after a stellar season with Real Madrid, that Benzema finally lifted the Ballon d’Or for the first time. Mbappé, on the other hand, has yet to win the prestigious accolade. Nevertheless, Cristiano is betting on the French player, saying, “He could be the Ballon d’Or winner in the coming years.”
Conaptuyz
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It’s not about CR having 5, 6, or 7 it’s about the fact that Ronaldo has never respected Benzema as a player and that’s the truth. Even when Benzema won the Ballon d’or he expected CR to reach out to him or congratulate him but CR never did and personally I think that is bad for someone who you shared soo many years playing with
Pacdopsu
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CR7 a selfish football player I ever seen,,,,,,very hypocrite person in some issues concerning football
Jobklnopuz
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when I read all the comment here ,I see how short sighted most of us are ,we have watched benzema nd mbape play, one is a star nd the other is jus an average player ,but bcos its coming frm cr7 ,it must be an issue.as a football lover benzema at his best and mbape at his best ,whom will u like your team to buy,besides even if u ask kroos to choose between himself nd gigs he will still chose gigs but I guess most of us never watch gigs play .it takes a gentleman with courage to be this honest
sirYo
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Lets be honest here, cristiano only chose mbappe because he idolize him to boost his ego.. benzem literally sacrificed his career to creat space for you to score and that’s how you repay him?!
cebbkmnpt
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when Rooney choose Messi over Ronaldo despite been together for many years you all applaud him
RevLambert2002
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Someone made a personal choice of players he likes n he is being called selfish Every human being is selfish because we all have choices to make in life
Vunaceilnr
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It’s not about CR having 5, 6, or 7 it’s about the fact that Ronaldo has never respected Benzema as a player and that’s the truth. Even when Benzema won the Ballon d’or he expected CR to reach out to him or congratulate him but CR never did and personally I think that is bad for someone who you shared soo many years playing with
Where were you when benzema choose Ronaldinho over CR. Nobody said anything then bcos it's a matter of choice, now it's Ronaldo's time to choose you people are complaining. I'm not a Ronaldo fan but preferring someone to someone doesn't mean he didn't respect him. Moreover mbappe is Ronaldo boy right from day one.
lanblmnpt
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It’s not about CR having 5, 6, or 7 it’s about the fact that Ronaldo has never respected Benzema as a player and that’s the truth. Even when Benzema won the Ballon d’or he expected CR to reach out to him or congratulate him but CR never did and personally I think that is bad for someone who you shared soo many years playing with
0 world Cup Ronaldo is a flop in Saudi and in the world Cup thinks he is the best where he is not even top 100 when it comes to overall gameplay even, bukayo saka is better
bieaeipsyz
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It’s not about CR having 5, 6, or 7 it’s about the fact that Ronaldo has never respected Benzema as a player and that’s the truth. Even when Benzema won the Ballon d’or he expected CR to reach out to him or congratulate him but CR never did and personally I think that is bad for someone who you shared soo many years playing with
Bro you ever watched real madrid matches between 2017-2019. When benzema was literally booed every single match for terrible misses. Only ronaldo stood there by him even giving his hat trick penalty to benzema to lift his spirit. Every match he shut up audience when they booed benzema. Only zidane and ronaldo believed in him. Stop saying nonsense when you don’t know the overall scene
adedefender
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It’s not about CR having 5, 6, or 7 it’s about the fact that Ronaldo has never respected Benzema as a player and that’s the truth. Even when Benzema won the Ballon d’or he expected CR to reach out to him or congratulate him but CR never did and personally I think that is bad for someone who you shared soo many years playing with
Let's just say he opted for his SON Mbappe. Is that bad as well?
kuyablosuy
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It’s not about CR having 5, 6, or 7 it’s about the fact that Ronaldo has never respected Benzema as a player and that’s the truth. Even when Benzema won the Ballon d’or he expected CR to reach out to him or congratulate him but CR never did and personally I think that is bad for someone who you shared soo many years playing with
Guys, it CR7 team and that's final, everybody have his own team, he prefer Mbape because CR7 is Mbape Idol........ it doesn't matter he play with Mbape before including him in his team, he have preference over him than Benzima.
Jaysonkayson
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Let's just say he opted for his SON Mbappe. Is that bad as well?
Let’s say he acted like his fans😂 who on this earth chose Mbappe over Benzema? And then when someone prefers Messi over him he doesn’t wanna greet them 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
zecdlmop
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It’s not about CR having 5, 6, or 7 it’s about the fact that Ronaldo has never respected Benzema as a player and that’s the truth. Even when Benzema won the Ballon d’or he expected CR to reach out to him or congratulate him but CR never did and personally I think that is bad for someone who you shared soo many years playing with
infact many are so bias and blind to see the truth. statistically between Benzema and Mbappe who is better? Mbappe is fa better than Benzema. That's cr7 choice leet the guy be. When people says Messi is better than cr7,he came public that Messi is better than him in some aspect yet you guys said his arrogant. Cr7 is a popular brand so keep talking about him as he keep getting money.
ciuablosz
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Lets be honest here, cristiano only chose mbappe because he idolize him to boost his ego.. benzem literally sacrificed his career to creat space for you to score and that’s how you repay him?!
But Ronaldo assisted Benzema more than the assists Ronaldo got from him ? So who helped each other 😀😂
it_s_opto
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It’s not about CR having 5, 6, or 7 it’s about the fact that Ronaldo has never respected Benzema as a player and that’s the truth. Even when Benzema won the Ballon d’or he expected CR to reach out to him or congratulate him but CR never did and personally I think that is bad for someone who you shared soo many years playing with
but mbappe is better than benzema