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

The horizon of his ultimate dream has come considerably closer. He now sticks to his reality. Karim Benzema’s fate changed on Monday, October 17 at 9:55 p.m. when the Real Madrid striker became the 2022 winner of the 66th France Football Golden Ball, the supreme award. Life ahead of him, the trophy in his hands, the striker is a happy man, the fifth Frenchman in history to be honored with this award after Raymond Kopa, Michel Platini, Jean-Pierre Papin and Zinédine Zidane, who presented him with the trophy. , twenty-four years after his own coronation.