2023-10-23 16:59:00
2023-10-23
The 2023 Ballon d’Or award ceremony is already beginning to warm up in Paris. It will be on October 30 when we will know the winner of the prestigious trophy, although many experts assure that Leo Messi will be the winner.
The newspaper L’Equipe published a few seconds of a documentary where the Argentine star is seen talking about Karim Benzema, who won the award in 2022, in the run-up to the Qatar World Cup that Argentina ended up conquering.
Messi surrenders to the Frenchman and assures that he is one of the best players on the planet. “I think he was a fair winner. He deserves it for the great year he had and what he has been doing throughout his entire career,” comments the man from Rosario.
“Benzema is a wonderful player and I think that he has this recognition is important for him and for football,” Leo specified in the short film previewed by the French media.
Messi, who will be active again with Inter Miami until 2024, is the top candidate to win this edition of the Ballon d’Or after those won in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019 and 2021.
Cristiano Ronaldo was left with five after leaving European football to go to Saudi Arabia with Al Nassr (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017).
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