Karim Benzema aims for the Ballon d’Or, a « goal »

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The situation has now changed. Recently, France Football has indeed announced a list of major changes regarding the awarding of the Ballon d’Or. From now on, the individual trophy coveted by the football stars will be awarded at the end of the football season, and the jury reduced to 100 people (choice based on the first hundred nations in the FIFA rankings). Finally, the election criteria have also changed. First, the individual performances and the decisive and impressive character of the contenders will be taken into account, then the collective performances and the record accumulated during the season, and finally the player’s class and his sense of fair play. So many changes that could make Karim Benzema the next winner.

Untenable with Real Madrid (34 goals in 35 games), the 34-year-old striker in any case makes this reward a real « goal ». « Especially since last year I was not far away, » recalls the fourth in the last ranking in an interview with L’Équipe on Tuesday. « But I hadn’t won a trophy (in club). I’m having a very good season there, » said the former Lyonnais, on track to win the Spanish Liga and still in the Champions League race. Another argument: the coronation in the League of Nations with the Blues acquired last fall. « The Ballon d’Or is a motivation, but not only personal. I include the team, continues Karim Benzema. Because if I manage to take my team to win trophies, necessarily behind there will be individual rewards », he finishes. Answer in a few weeks!

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Untenable with Real Madrid and the France team, Karim Benzema makes the Ballon d’Or a real « goal ». « Especially since last year I was not far away, » recalls the fourth in the last ranking in an interview with L’Équipe on Tuesday.