Benzema’s party – AS.com

Paris will have new king tonight starting at 21 hours. And year after Messi’s seventh trophy, which is not even among the 30 nominees for this edition, the Theâtre du Châtelet will crown the sixty-sixth Ballon d’Or in a ceremony that is anticipated as a football party. The prestigious award will be presented by Didier Drogba and the presenter Sandy Héribert. It’s been a long time, actually 24 years, since the last time a Frenchman was chosen the best player in the world. Karim Benzema can give France the seventh Ballon d’Or of your story. The Real Madrid striker, favorite in all pools, could take Zidane’s batonwho emerged as the great winner in the the 1998 gala after having won the World Cup with the French team and being decisive in the final against Brazil with two goals. Raymond AskMichel Platinum on three occasions, Jean-Pierre The priest y Zizou they are the only French-born players to have tasted the glory of an award that is the dream of an endless number of footballers.

When Zidane won his first and only Ballon d’Or, Benzema only I was 11 years old. The one born in Lyon 34 years ago has had a long and hard journey until now. I know formed in the Olympic Lyon, with which he broke precocity records in record time. Before, in 2004, the current Real Madrid player was European Under-17 champion with the famous ‘Generation of 87’, which had talents such as Nasri, Ménez or Hatem Ben Arfa in its ranks. That Benzema was not considered the best of his generation, but perseverance, sacrifice, work and above all, regularityhas become a absolute legend of a club with as much pressure as the Real Madrid. Signed in 2009 for 35 millionin 13 years Benzema is the second top scorer of the history of Real Madrid with 328 goalshas won five Champions Leagues, has been a squire (for Cristiano in the most ferocious years of the Portuguese striker) and a star in turn, suffered a selection isolation in between (the sextape with Valbuena) and, above all, he has earned the recognition of the world of football. players like Mbappewhose presence at the gala is not confirmedo Lewandowski, both potential winners of the Ballon d’Or recognized in the run-up to the ceremony that the French international deserves the reward.

Los Benzema numbers during the past season further reinforce their favoritism. With 44 goals and 15 assists, top scorer in the Champions League League con 15 goals, top scorer in LaLiga with 27 goals and absolute leader of Real Madrid in attack, the French striker does not have, first, not a single rival that comes close to him in the final table. Salah made one great season, but lost the end of the European Cup; Vinicius, who was omnipresent, with a goal in the Champions League final included, could be a candidate if he did not have his partner ahead and Haaland and Mbappé, destined to break the Old Regime sooner rather than later, they fell far short of winning the Champions League.

Prelude to the new era. The Benzema Ballon d’Or anticipated as one of the last prior to make way for the new generations. Messi stayed for first time since 2005 without being between the 30 candidates, Christianalthough it is on the list, it is substitute at Manchester United and the burst of two bugs like Haaland or Mbappé will definitively break the bipartisanship that seemed indestructible for over a decade. Of the last ten winners of the Ballon d’Or, nine were Messi or Cristianobeing Modric in 2018 a exception that put two of the best players in history in check for the first time. So much France Football as The Teamcreators of the trophy, have already prepared a special device from 5:30 p.m. (the ceremony will start at approximately 8:30 p.m. and the winner will not be known until 9:30 p.m.) that could crown Benzema as the first Frenchman who wins the Ballon d’Or in this century.

The 30 nominees for the men’s Ballon d’Or

Courtois opts for the Yashin award for best goalkeeper

Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), Alisson (Liverpool), Ederson (Manchester City), Maignan (Milan), Yassine Bounou (Sevilla), Edouard Mendy (Chelsea), Manuel Neuer (Bayern), Jan Oblak (Atlético de Madrid), Kevin Trapp ( Eintracht) and Hugo Lloris (Tottenham) his loss nominated goalkeepers to win the Trofeo Yashin 2022which designates the best goalkeeper of the world. The last season he took it Donnarummawho is not nominated this time after a difficult first year in Paris, marked by his disaster at the Santiago Bernabéu. CourtoisLeague and Champions League winner, is the top favorite to get it. In addition, Bono’s good season at Sevilla has also had his recognition. Oblak is a fixture among all the candidates.

Gavi, the only Spaniard nominated for the Kopa Trophy

Adeyemi (Salzburg, Gavi (Barcelona)Camavinga (Real Madrid), Bellingham (B. Dortmund), Gravenberch (Ajax), Nuno Mendes (PSG), Musiala (Bayern), Gvardiol (Leipzig), Saka (Arsenal) and Wirtz (Bayer) are the ten nominees for the Kopa Award what choose the young man with the most potential in the world during the 21-22 season. Pedri, winner last year, is not on the list. Bellingham leaves with slight favoritism after breaking into Dortmund and Camavinga, who was important in Madrid’s achievement of the Champions League, could be the big surprise.