Adil Rami and the misogynistic attack on Alexia Putellas: "You're at the Ballon d'Or ceremony, enough talking. I was shocked"

Harry Kane triumphed for the first time in the men's category, while Alexia Putellas won the most coveted award among those who play football for the third time. Both celebrated this moment with heartfelt, deep and long speeches. Adil Rami, former Milan and French national team player, harshly criticized the length, according to him excessive, of the Spaniard's speech during a live broadcast on Twitch. Meanwhile, about Kane's speech, which was significantly longer, he said not a word. A completely wrong intervention.

Kane and Putellas gave lengthy speeches after winning the Ballon d'Or

Before Kane, the award was presented to Alexia Putellas. The Spanish footballer returned to triumph after four years and, as soon as she took the stage, amazed the audience with a heartfelt speech, expressed naturally and with great elegance. She showed extraordinary class. A little later, it was the turn of the English footballer, who received the award from “Phenomenon” Ronaldo. Both footballers gave quite long speeches.

According to the stopwatch, the London City Lionesses player's speech lasted almost seven minutes, while that of the Bayern Munich striker lasted nine and a half minutes. The length of Putella's speech did not please Rami, the former defender, who, during a live broadcast on Twitch, joined a large group of users who had reacted negatively on social media to those almost seven minutes of the Spaniard's speech. A clear sign of a lack of respect for women's football, but also of a hidden misogyny.

Rami's humiliating words against Alexia Putellas

Rami was extremely harsh and, consequently, extremely excessive in his comments about Alexia Putellas and her speech. He did not question the award the footballer had won, but criticized the length of the speech, using an exaggerated tone: “She started talking and continued. But sister, put down the microphone, leave it! Why, Alexia Putellas? Yes, you want to speak, no problem. Go to your house, get a camera, put up two lights and get a microphone just for yourself. This is the Ballon d'Or ceremony, you are at the Ballon d'Or ceremony. At one point I thought: enough, you took the floor, but now let someone else speak. I was shocked. How many times did I tell myself that this was not possible. I thought: 'Am I crazy or what the hell is this delirium?' Then, when it ended, I said to myself: 'Finally, it's over.'”

The video of this outburst against Putella ended up on the internet and caused a series of reactions, generally negative towards Rami. Unfortunately, there were also those who supported her, waiting for just such an opportunity to throw a spanner in the works against women's football.