Lionel Messi's lesson to Karim Benzema, who won the 2022 Ballon d'Or
The Frenchman added his first distinction, after a superlative 2021-2022 season with the Real Madrid shirt.
France Football magazine delivered the Ballon d'Or 2022 to Karim Benzema, captain of Real Madrid, who won four titles during the previous season. However, Lionel Messi taught the Frenchman a lesson, who won his first award at the age of 34.
Benzema's previous campaign was superlative. Won La Liga, Champions League, Spanish Super Cup and European Super Cup, in addition to becoming ‘Pichichi’ in the Spanish tournament for the first time.
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All these antecedents served to place him in the first place in the vote. Sadio Mane was second and Kevin de Bruyne completed the top three.
Now, after Benzema won the Ballon d'Or, there is a record of what Lionel Messi did, the top winner of said award, and its validity today is measured. The Frenchman won the first award at the age of 34, while the 'Flea', at that age, already had seven distinctions. Thus, any discussion about who is the best player in the world is broken.
The controversial decision of France Football to leave Messi out of the Ballon d'Or 2022:
Although Lionel Messi's first year in the PSG was not the best, the captain of the Argentine national team continues to dominate world football. His exclusion from the 2022 Ballon d'Or caused controversy and Leo's response was to start the current season in a superlative way, where he has eight goals and eight assists, between Ligue 1, the Champions League and the French Super Cup.
