The annual award presented by France Football magazine. Which is given by voting for the best football player in the world.
As the vote on this award approaches, there is a lot of talk among football fans about who is the player who deserves to be crowned.
On 10/8/2021, the list was announced that includes a selection of the most prominent football players in the world, and this list included important names including Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Mohamed Salah, Erling Haaland, Luka Modric, and other players.
But the subject of this article will be the star of Real Madrid and the French national team, Karim Benzema, the player who has been much praised for his performance on the field recently, and who helped the French team win the European Nations League by scoring an important goal in the final match. against the Spanish national team. He was recently nominated by many to win the 2021 Ballon d'Or because of his great performance.
The French striker has been providing excellent levels in recent years with his club Real Madrid.
Karim was playing roles related to creating play, building attacks and helping the rest of the team's strikers while Cristiano Ronaldo was scoring many goals. But since the departure of the legend Cristiano Ronaldo from the Spanish club in the summer of 2018, Karim Benzema has begun to appear better, scoring more goals than before, and has shown a remarkable development through his movements in the offensive and He plays important tactical roles. And the player had previously endured a lot of criticism and boos from Real Madrid fans, those very demanding fans, but in the end he was able to prove himself as one of the best players in the world, and win great love from the Madrid fans, and the fans of other clubs.
It is true that Karim Benzema is not a super-scorer like Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi, but he helps his team in many things, including his leadership personality on the field as one of the team leaders, and his assistance to his colleagues, especially the young ones. This prompted many fans to endorse him as the best player in the world. Many also believe that his awarding of this award will be a tribute to his distinguished career rather than a culmination of his performance in the last season only.
In my opinion, Karim Benzema is a player of a special nature. He is a striker who has many characteristics of a midfielder in addition to his high scoring sense.
He understands what the coach wants from him, he reads the game well, and he is good at handling many crucial situations. Personally, I used to be one of his fiercest critics when he didn't score many goals, but due to the development of his level in recent years, I became a fan and supporter of this player, who became a legend for the Royal Club in the eyes of many. And if he wins the Ballon d'Or this year, I think it is a well-deserved victory for the French star.