Former Italy striker calls out Gary Lineker over his criticism of Karim Benzema

Christian Vieri has become involved in the spat between Gary Lineker and Karim Benzema.

And the former Italy and Inter Milan striker is on Benzema's side. Lineker suggested that the Real Madrid forward is a "tad overrated" and said that he's "decent not great." https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/920378807655305218 https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/922118713456889856 The Match of the Day presenter's comments were put to Zinedine Zidane at a press conference, and the Madrid manager unsurprisingly dismissed them. Lineker's comments also reached Benzema, and the French forward, who has only scored twice in 12 games this season, wasn't happy. "The criticism from ex-footballers who become journalists, some of who only share their hate, I feel sorry for them, frankly," Benzema said in an interview. Lineker then responded to Benzema, accusing him of being "over-sensitive", as well as overrated. https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/925716870925189122 During Tottenham Hotspur's 3-1 victory over Real Madrid in the Champions League at Wembley, Lineker took another dig at him. https://twitter.com/SportsJOE_UK/status/925841556153753600 The former Barcelona striker couldn't resist poking fun at Benzema's troubles during the match. The forward started the game, but had little impact, which prompted Lineker to ask when would Zidane bring him on. https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/925829500377673728 Benzema hasn't responded to that Lineker tweet yet, but another striker has. Vieri has said that Linker "should know better" than criticise a player going through a bad spell of form. "I don't know why Gary Lineker works on TV," Vieri said on BeIN Sports.

"He scored all of his goals in the six-yard box. The thing is, he's a striker, so when a striker doesn't score for a couple of games, you going to kill him? He should know better."

Lineker later responded to the former Lazio striker, writing:

"He's on TV to ask questions about football which, surprisingly, involves asking questions about footballers."

https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/927961568704417794 You can watch Vieri here: https://twitter.com/beINSPORTSUSA/status/927959213049081858