Gearing up for his first-ever El Clasico within the LaLiga season 2022-2023 season, FC Barcelona star Robert Lewandowski has backed veteran Actual Madrid ahead Karim Benzema to win the Ballon d’Or award within the 2022 version of the award ceremony. Poland ahead Lewandowski emerged as a frontrunner for the celebrated award again in 2020. Nonetheless, the previous Bayern Munich star needed to accept the ‘Striker of the Yr’ honour in 2021 because the 2020 version of the Ballon d’Or ceremony was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the primary time for the reason that inception of the award in 1956, the 2020 Ballon d’Or ceremony was known as off because of the destruction attributable to the coronavirus disaster.
Whereas Lewandowski was handed the Striker of the Yr award, former Barcelona captain Lionel Messi secured his record-extending Ballon d’Or trophy on the 2021 ceremony. The Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) star has received a file seven Ballon d’Or trophies in his iconic profession. Lewandowski, who joined Barcelona from Bayern earlier in the summertime switch window, was lately requested to foretell the winner of the Ballon d’Or award for the 2022 season.
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Talking to Movistar on Thursday, the previous Bundesliga star joked that Benzema can elevate the well-known trophy below one situation. “(Benzema) might be one of many favourites to win the Ballon d’Or. “If they do not cancel it then he is in all probability going to win this Ballon d’Or,” Lewandowski stated.
Actual Madrid icon Benzema is tipped to safe his maiden golden ball after capping off a outstanding season with Carlo Ancelotti’s Actual Madrid. Underneath Benzema’s management, Los Blancos had been topped the winners of the La Liga season 2021-2022. Benzema-led Actual Madrid additionally received their record-extending fourteenth European title final season. The La Liga giants outclassed Liverpool 1-0 within the 2022 UEFA Champions League remaining. Benzema was additionally named the UEFA Participant of the Yr after the Frenchman guided Actual Madrid to Champions League glory final season. With 15 targets for Los Blancos, Benzema additionally completed because the Champions League’s prime scorer within the 2021-22 season.