The consecration of a career.
A total achievement.
With global repercussions.
Karim Benzema has never seemed so close to winning the 66th Ballon d'Or in history this Monday evening (from 8:30 p.m. on the L'Équipe channel), while all the cream of world football is expected in the French capital at the Théâtre du Châtelet.
Twenty-four years after Zinédine Zidane, the last winner on the French side, in 1998, the Real Madrid striker presents himself as the huge favorite to win the most beautiful of individual awards and offer himself a moment of grace.
In weightlessness.
And mark the history of his sport forever.
After "ZZ", Jean-Pierre Papin (1991), Michel Platini (1983, 1984, 1985) and Raymond Kopa (1958), the kid from Bron has never seemed so close to putting his name on the charts.
After an exceptional season,
any other result would be experienced as a scandal.
Explanations.
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