Actual Madrid captain and French ahead Karim Benzema was named the winner of the lads’s Ballon d’Or 2022 award on Monday in Paris. Declared as an outright favorite, the Actual Madrid ahead was rewarded for his spectacular performances within the 2021-2022 season the place Los Blancos secured a record-extending European title after a outstanding LaLiga marketing campaign. Legendary footballer Zinedine Zidane was beaming with delight when the French icon offered the golden ball to the Actual Madrid striker in the course of the gala occasion.
After the previous Actual Madrid head coach handed the Ballon d’Or trophy to Benzema at Paris’s Theatre du Chatelet, the unforgettable interplay between the 2 French stalwarts of the gorgeous sport grew to become a significant hit on the web. “Have a look at how pleased Zinedine Zidane is for him. What a phenomenal second,” a Twitter consumer stated. “Zinedine Zidane was all the time there for Karim Benzema,” one other fan added.
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Apparently, Madrid captain Benzema is the primary Frenchman to win the Ballon d’Or since Zidane. The previous Actual Madrid head coach and membership icon lifted the well-known trophy in 1998. Zidane guided the French nationwide crew to their maiden FIFA World Cup title in the identical 12 months. Zidane additionally received three back-to-back UEFA Champions League titles when the French maestro was the pinnacle coach of Los Blancos.
“Zizou is an enormous brother. He was my coach (at Actual from 2016-18 and 2019-21), it means quite a bit to me. He is the very best French participant in historical past, so it makes it much more particular,” Benzema stated after accumulating the Ballon d’Or trophy from Zidane. Benzema smashed 44 objectives in 46 video games for La Liga giants Actual Madrid final season. Main Carlo Ancelotti’s males to their fourteenth European title, Benzema netted 15 objectives within the 2021-2022 season of the UEFA Champions League. Benzema additionally received the UEFA Nations League title with France within the earlier season. The veteran striker pipped Sadio Mane, Kevin De Bruyne and Robert Lewandowski to win his maiden golden ball in Paris.