Benzema sided with Messi, although Messi called Carragher a donkey

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Benzema sided with Messi, although Messi called Carragher a donkey Messi | Benzema | Carragher Benzema: “He is not scoring a lot of goals, but watch what he does on the pitch. He who criticises Messi, knows nothing about football in fact!” Lionel Messi is a football genius. Football player Lionel Messi has won many honors. Lionel Messi is the father of 3 children. Lionel Messi plays for Paris Saint-Germain. Lionel Messi’s life at Paris Saint-Germain has been quite difficult, at least in the opening few months. The Argentine maestro has not reached his own exceedingly high standards. Halfway into the season, he is still with just a goal to his name for the Parisians in the league and many have consequently attacked him for this lack of form. Messi has netted just once in Ligue 1 so far for his new club and it comes in the aftermath of Jamie Carragher questioning the star’s high-profile summer transfer to PSG from Barcelona. Karim Benzema is not one of these. The Real Madrid number nine has come to the aid of his former El Clasico rival during an interview with TF1, saying, “Who says he won’t succeed at PSG? It’s a period of adaptation. Karim Benzema has backed Lionel Messi to be a massive hit signing at Paris Saint-Germain despite his slow start to life at the club. More often than not when players make moves to football clubs, their form deteriorates and this initial phase of adaptation is one which even Messi is vulnerable to. The current Ballon d’Or winner has six goals across the season, and this is far below his usual standards. Benzema has often advocated for people to look at performances beyond mere goals and assists. Before Cristiano Ronaldo left, he scored just five La Liga goals, and 11 across all competitions. Back then, despite being integral to the functioning of Real Madrid, barely anyone commended his efforts. Now that he averages more than 20 a season in the league, he is getting acknowledgement that is long overdue. His words here echoed the same sentiment: “He is not scoring a lot of goals, but watch what he does on the pitch. He who criticises Messi, knows nothing about football in fact!” Despite not scoring many goals, Messi’s performances are still at a high level. The automatisms he developed with Jordi Alba do not exist anymore at PSG. Nevertheless, he is still one of the very best footballers in the world. It is only a matter of time before the goals start raining in. As for Benzema, it’s business as usual with Real Madrid and France. This season he already has 29 goals and 10 assists for both Real Madrid and France. His exploits have been integral in Los Blancos‘ Super Cup triumph, Les Bleus‘ Nations League win, as well as Los Merengues’ league and cup title challenge. Messi Called Carragher a donkey The former Liverpool defender and Gary Neville had excluded Messi from their team of 2021 with his switch to Paris being questioned, leading Messi to message Carragher and allegedly call him a 'donkey'. Carragher did indeed stick up for Messi during a heated debate with Neville back in September when the former United defender was putting his case forward that Cristiano Ronaldo was a better player. Yet the Sky Sports pundits does not believe his move to the Parc des Princes has worked out as was hoped. Have Your Say! Would Messi have been in your XI of 2021? Tell us what you think here. The Argentine superstar has netted five Champions League goals this campaign for Mauricio Pochettino’s but his struggles domestically have ramped up scrutiny over his form. Benzema told TF1: “How won’t he succeed? It is just a period of adaptation because he is not scoring a lot of goals. “But watch what he does on the pitch. “In any case, you cannot criticise a player like that, he who criticises Messi, knows nothing about football in fact!” Those quotes come in the aftermath of Carragher revealing that the PSG star had messaged him on Instagram following his comments on the player. The ex-Reds defender explained on Friday Night Football that he had been approached by Messi after questioning his summer move and subsequent form. Carragher : “No Messi. We had that debate at the start of the season, Ronaldo or Messi? “I was the Messi man. He [Neville] was Ronaldo, but unfortunately, even though he’s... Neville : “He’s not happy with you is he, Messi?” Carragher : “No, he’s not happy with me at all.” Neville : “Why?” Carragher : “I had a little pop at Ronaldo early in the season. I didn’t think it was a great signing for United. And I said the example of Messi. I didn’t think Messi was a great signing for PSG…” Jones : “That was on Monday Night Football wasn’t it?” Carragher : “Yeah, it was on Monday Night Football and I got a private message on Instagram…” Jones : “From the man himself?” Carragher : “From the man himself. I will not be showing private messages, but he basically called me a donkey.” Jones : “So he watches his football then?” Carragher : “He watches Monday Night Football, so hopefully he’s watching Friday Night Football as well, because Lionel I absolutely love you. The greatest player of all time – and compared to you, I was a donkey, I accept that. But you’re not getting into this team. Source: Barca Universal Mirror