Karim Benzema Disapproves Ballon D'or Award Decision
Karim Benzema, former Real Madrid forward and one-time Ballon d'or winner has dropped his scent on the recent Ballon d'or award presentation to their adjudged best player. The professional French player disapproved the decision that placed Rodri ahead of deserving Vinicius.
The organizers of the Ballon d'or, on Monday ended the debate on the most performing player of 2023 session by giving due primacy to the Manchester City midfielder, Rodri out of 30 nominated Ballon d'or candidates.
The decision of the organizers on the winner of the Ballon di'or award arouse controversial criticism. Some quarters have argued that Rodri did not do too well to deserve the award.
Prior to the day of the ceremony, Real Madrid forward was anticipated to be the favourite of the organizers and the deserving player for the award, after citing and reciting his profile for the last session. The outcome of the award ceremony proved otherwise by placing Vinicius Jr behind Rodri.
Upon losing the award to Rodri, Real Madrid representatives and associates did not only express disappointment to the outcome of the ceremony but also treated it with contempt. This they did by boycotting the ceremony.
Recall that the early tip off informing Real Madrid about their favourite Vinicius losing the Ballon Di'or to Rodri prompted the club to boycott the ceremony. No one from Real Madrid traveled to Paris to attend the ceremony - no Florentino Pérez, no Vini Jr, no Carlo Ancelotti, no Jude at the award night.
Karim Benzema expressed to Elchiringuitotv his dissatisfaction to the disappointing decisions of the Ballon d'or. He described Rodri as not particularly fit for the award. He however contended that Vinicius Jr had proven beyond doubt with his incredible profile in the last season that he utterly deserved the award.
Karim Benzema: “I spoke to Vini, he’s sad… it’s also normal. He deserved to win the Ballon d’Or”.
“I’ve nothing against Rodri, good player… but I’m in my sofa watching TV and Rodri doesn’t do anything that makes you say: wow!”, tells @elchiringuitotv.