He was quick to congratulate the star of the evening. In the wake of the suspenseless presentation of the Ballon d’Or 2022 to Karim Benzema, Emmanuel Macron published two tweets to pay tribute to the captain of Real Madrid, honored on the stage of the theater in Châtelet in Paris this Monday evening October 17 . With enthusiastic words for the player who found the Blues before Euro 2021.
« KB9 ! (the player’s nickname consisting of his initials and his shirt number) Two letters and a number that will go down in football history,” the head of state posted on Twitter. A message “liked” more than 150,000 times and shared more than 43,000 times in one hour. Well beyond the usual statistics of the president on the social network.
And to continue: “24 years after Zidane, Karim Benzema brings a new Ballon d’Or to France. Congratulations to him. A message notably shared by the Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra on her account.
Another member of the government, the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire, also reacted to the coronation of the former OL player. “In the legend”, simply tweeted the current tenant of Bercy, with the hashtag #Nueve, the new word in Spanish.
On stage, Karim Benzema especially thanked his idols Zinedine Zidane, who presented him with the trophy, and the Brazilian Ronaldo, present in the room. He also greeted his family, his president in Madrid, Florentino Perez, as well as his former leader in Lyon, Jean-Michel Aulas. Before chaining the media obligations and then spinning in the minibus with his relatives. Rich with a long-awaited first Ballon d’Or at the age of 34.