Twenty-four years that France hopes for a Ballon d'Or.
Since the coronation of Zinédine Zidane in 1998, no tricolor player has reached the individual Grail of footballers.
Thierry Henry (2nd in 2003, 3rd in 2006), Franck Ribéry (3rd in 2013) or Antoine Griezmann (3rd in 2016 and 2018) could have believed it.
But the interminable wait should break in the coming months thanks to Karim Benzema.
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