If Kylian Mbappé made an appearance at the 67th Ballon d’Or ceremony, the Paris Saint-Germain striker seemed elsewhere in his thoughts, giving the impression of enduring an evening he didn’t really want.
The supreme distinction is still refused to him. Kylian Mbappé hoped that this year would perhaps be his, but the Bondy prodigy will still have to be patient before he can find a place alongside Lionel Messi on the Ballon d’Or list. The Argentinian has made the distinction his own, of which he is now the eight-time winner, definitively widening the gap that separates him from his only rival since 2008, the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo.
The votes for the 67th Ballon d’Or leaned in his favor and showed that the prolific season of the Norwegian Erling Haaland, crowned by a Champions League-Premier League-Cup treble, ultimately weighed too little in the face of a certain idea of aesthetics in football.
The mask throughout the evening
The Norwegian did not seem shocked by the verdict, he even showed a broad smile when receiving the trophy for top scorer of the season. Third on a podium on which he stood for the first time in seven participations, last night, Mbappé left empty-handed from an evening which he obviously did not want to attend, if we trust his attitude, which betrayed a certain boredom.
The Paris Saint-Germain striker, whose presence has long been uncertain, kept the suspense until the end regarding his participation. He was the last to make his appearance on the red carpet, his face rather closed, before the start of the ceremony which took place at the Théâtre du Châtelet.
He barely cracked a smile for the photographers, giving the impression of not wanting to be there the rest of the time, reports Le Parisien. He didn’t show much enthusiasm when he took the stage as a nominee either. Last to arrive and first to leave, the attacker hastened to leave the premises once the ceremony was over.
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2023-10-31 11:00:24
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