Ballon d’Or 2022: no sense of revenge for Karim Benzema

The continuation after this advertisement After leaving to seek his first Ballon d’Or at the age of 34, Karim Benzema worked hard to achieve this consecration. KB9 has improved over time and has proven it thanks to its last seasons, especially the past one (2021-2022) with a new Champions League and a La Liga, with monstrous statistics and a very big importance in the game. A coronation which caused no possible discussion (first in the votes for 89 journalists out of 93). “It’s been a long time since I was appointed (in 2008 for the first time) but, in the end, I was too far, even if I could have sometimes been higher. But quiet, each his time. Last year, we won nothing collectively, I finished fourth. It was tough, but no worries. Do I need to do more? OK, I’ll go out there and do it. But this is not revenge. I went looking alone, I coaled alone, from the bottom, with my life as it is, ”he explained to France Football. Before adding that “it’s a special Ballon d’Or, one of the most beautiful. That’s actually the story. He comes from very far away. Five years ago, nobody would have predicted this, nobody. That’s why it’s exceptional, magnificent, that it will mark the history of the Ballon d’Or. I went to find him. »