The Ballon d’Or has become one of the most important talking points in the world of football since the list of 30 final candidates to win the most important individual award became official.
2021, taking into account that the season is not valued but the calendar year, is one of the most interesting years for this award because there are several important candidates to win the award, taking into account that Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo they are lowering the level – for natural reasons – compared to previous years.
The Frenchman has become the leader of Real Madrid since the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo. His performance has been impeccable throughout, even showing an impressive evolution in his game that has transformed him into the most complete center forward in the world above Robert Lewandowski, Roberto Firmino, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku and Erling Haaland. No one can argue that he is one of the best players in the world today with even a start to the season that very few can match so far.
Recent Benzema Issues
-10 goals and 7 assists in 10 games played with Real Madrid at the beginning of the campaign.
-30 goals and 9 assists in 46 games played last season with Real Madrid.
The big “but”
The only problem with Karim Benzema is that he does not have any title this calendar year with the UEFA Nations League as the only card to play in this regard. The titles are valuable when choosing the Ballon d’Or and it seems very difficult for them to choose a player who did not lift a single trophy, considering that his Eurocup with the French team was not the best.
Names like Robert Lewandowski, Lionel Messi and Jorginho, in addition to performing at a very high level and winning collective and individual titles, appear to be ahead of the French in this dispute. A pity because their performance should be recognized with an individual award, but not having trophies is a very important negative point, especially when you play for Real Madrid and with France.
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