Toni Kross believes that they should ‘be fairer’ when choosing the winner of the Ballon d’Or

The German from Real Madrid gave his own top 3, very different from the original.

The reactions after meeting the winner of the Ballon d’Or 2021 continue to appear, and it is that more and more players and people involved in football have spoken out on the subject. One of them was Real Madrid player Toni Kross, who had two of his teammates in the race for the award: Luka Modric, winner of the Ballon d’Or in 2018, and Karim Benzema, a strong candidate to win the award. according to various specialists around the world.

The German midfielder disagreed with the final classification. In statements issued in his podcast Just lift it that collects daily MarkHe assured that he would have preferred it to be otherwise. So that He would have awarded the award to his partner Karim Benzema. The second place would have been for Robert Lewandowski, while Jorginho would occupy the third position.

“First of all, I must say that I am not interested in individual awards at all. However, if there are, they should be fair. In my opinion, this is not the case at all.. For me, Benzema would have been number 1 if you were really picking the best individual player from last year, because I see closely how exceptional he is. There is no doubt that Messi is next to Cristiano Ronaldo as the player of this decade and has qualities that others will never have.. What fails in the election is above all the first place, ”explained Kross.

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