In the early morning of October 18, Beijing time, the Golden Globe Awards ceremony of French Football was held at the Chatelet Theater in Paris, France, and Real Madrid's French striker Benzema won the 2022 Ballon d'Or without suspense, followed by Bayern's Senegalese striker Mane, and Manchester City's Belgian midfielder De Bruyne ranked third.
This year's Golden Globe Awards are measured in season, no longer in calendar years. Last season, Benzema led Real Madrid to La Liga and the Champions League, scoring 44 goals in 46 games throughout the season. Among them, Benzema scored 27 goals in La Liga, winning the La Liga Golden Boot with a huge advantage of 9 goals ahead of second place; In the Champions League, Benzema scored 15 goals and won the Golden Boot, he wore a hat in the knockout stage and scored a number of key goals; For the national team, Benzema helped France win their second UEFA Nations League title last October. In addition, he won a Spanish Super Cup.
The day before the Ballon d'Or ceremony, La Liga played the first leg of the season in the Spanish national derby, with Real Madrid beating Barcelona 3-1 at home, with Benzema scoring the opening goal. This season, Benzema has scored four goals in La Liga and led Real Madrid to the top of the table.
Benzema also became the fifth French player to win the Ballon d'Or, following Kopa, Platini, Papan and Zidane, with Platini having won the Ballon d'Or three times. It is worth mentioning that today's Ballon d'Or award for Benzema is the last Frenchman Zidane to win the Ballon d'Or, and the two have won three consecutive Champions League titles with Real Madrid.