Karim Benzema Ballon d’Or: the nirvana of a boy from Lyon who became the best player in the world

The horizon of his latest dream has come considerably closer. Now she sticks to the reality of him. Karim Benzema’s fate changed on Monday 17 October at 9:55 pm when the Real Madrid striker became the winner in 2022 of France Football’s 66th Ballon d’Or, the supreme prize. Life ahead, trophy in hand, the striker is a happy man, the fifth Frenchman in history to be awarded this award after Raymond Kopa, Michel Platini, Jean-Pierre Papin and Zinédine Zidane, who presented him with the trophy. , twenty-four years after his coronation.