During the ceremony now taking place in the French capital, Paris, Real Madrid star Karim Benzema talked on how he won the France Football magazine’s Golden Ball Award for 2022, defeating all of his rivals from the major European leagues.
Benzema said, in remarks carried by “On Time Sports” channel: It is a pride, it is the child’s dream, I slept my head with that, then I had the motivation, I had two example in life Zizou and Ronaldo, I never reduced my arms and was always in my head, there was a period of time I was not in the national team, but I did not give up, it was difficult, and this made me mentally stronger. ”
Added him: “I am delighted and satisfied with my effort.
I’d want to thank the national team and my Real Madrid coworkers. To my enormous head, who resembles my family. Also for the Leon Academy and President Olas, I have achieved my dream to play in Real Madrid. It is everyone’s golden ticket.
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The Golden Ball Award for the best player in the world, the “Cuba” award for the best young player, and the “Yashin” award for the best goalie are all presented during this ceremony, although the award for the best player in the world always receives the most of the attention and spotlights.
Additionally, for the first time since the award’s inception, the evaluation will not be based on the players’ performances and accomplishments during the course of the evaluation year, but rather on what they demonstrated during the last football season of 2021–2022.
The Argentine superstar Lionel Messi’s absence from the list of contenders this year marks a significant surprise for the prize, especially given that he was first chosen for the list of candidates in the 2026 edition.
Messi had won it last year to be the seventh time that he crowned this award, achieving an exciting record as the most he obtained over the course of his football career so far, and only the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored the golden ball 5 times was the last one, the last of which was the last of which was the last one. In 2017..
Karim Benzema: Winning the Golden Ball is the dream of childhood .. My life’s role models are Zidane and Ronaldo.
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