Re: Karim Benzema - BIG Ballon d'Or 2022 campaign

by halamadrid2 Thu Apr 07, 2022 6:06 pm

RM go further than Bayern and the balon d'or is in the bag

by Kaladin Thu Apr 07, 2022 6:08 pm

If City win it and PL, you could make a case for KdB to win it, even if he doesn't have 'big moments'. He'll be considered as a midfielder.

He'd make a stronger case than Jorginho Laughing

by Le Samourai Fri Apr 08, 2022 4:19 am

Been a good 10 years since I posted here haha. Just gotta say, I like that my man Benzema is finally getting some shine!

Hope everyone has been well!

by FennecFox7 Fri Apr 08, 2022 4:24 am

Wow.. long time no see my man, welcome back.

by Doc Fri Apr 08, 2022 11:48 am

Ten years and the same ridiculous men are still here lol.

Welcome back bro...

by sportsczy Fri Apr 08, 2022 12:53 pm

Dude! Good to see you man. As Doc says, we're all very silly... and still here lol.

by RealGunner Fri Apr 08, 2022 9:26 pm

Le Samourai wrote:Been a good 10 years since I posted here haha. Just gotta say, I like that my man Benzema is finally getting some shine!

Hope everyone has been well!

my man

by Lord Awesome Sat Apr 09, 2022 1:45 am

Some of us can't truly leave the madness here

by Lord Awesome Sat Apr 09, 2022 1:47 am

Also yeah he's making the case for it this time. If he takes it that would be a 4th Ballon D'Or player at Madrid the past decade.

by BarrileteCosmico Mon Apr 11, 2022 8:23 pm

As of today Benz has equaled Suarez' career stats

by RealGunner Tue Apr 12, 2022 10:26 pm

What else can you say?

King Karim Benzema.

It just had to be him. pic.twitter.com/gLLMQMvQkT
— VERSUS (@vsrsus) April 12, 2022

by Cruijf Tue Apr 12, 2022 10:38 pm

Surely it has to be in the bag, especially with Lewa getting eliminated the same day

by FennecFox7 Tue Apr 12, 2022 10:41 pm

Best player in the world

Creativity, goal scoring, technique, hold up play, dribbling, footballing iq..

by The Demon of Carthage Tue Apr 12, 2022 10:41 pm

As much as he has been the best and most important player for us this season, tonight he wasn't the best player on the pitch.

It wasn't entirely his fault though because Tuchel knew exactly how to isolate him and nullify his danger.

Fo this game, I would put Modric, Cama and Vini in front of him.

Also, Carvajal had a very solid game which is something I haven't seen from him in a long time. It was nice to see glimpses of his 2014 self. He made some erros, but still.

by BarrileteCosmico Wed Apr 13, 2022 7:37 pm

Haven't seen a surer BdO since prime Messi. France absolute favorites to win WC as well

by Casciavit Wed Apr 13, 2022 8:56 pm

Ballon d’or this year won’t include the WC. I believe the voting is from July to July now.

by FennecFox7 Thu Apr 14, 2022 12:53 am

One thing I’ll say about benzema. He is such a classy player. Doesn’t dive, rarely gets booked, doesn’t abuse the ref, doesn’t start fights with the opposing team, just plays the game clean and how it should be played

by M99 Thu Apr 14, 2022 9:20 am

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Haven't seen a surer BdO since prime Messi. France absolute favorites to win WC as well

Its not a sure thing yet. If Madrid get knocked out in the semis and City/Liverpool win CL I can see De Bruyne or one of Salah and Mane winning.

by El Gunner Thu Apr 14, 2022 10:00 am

also i'm not so sure that France will win the WC either... very rarely does a country repeat-win a WC

by halamadrid2 Thu Apr 14, 2022 6:32 pm

Karim Benzema masterminded the tie winning goal with Vinicius Jr. pic.twitter.com/WnyaxrVsEg
— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) April 14, 2022

Biggest robbery if he doesn't win the balon d'or this season.

by farfan Thu Apr 14, 2022 6:54 pm

The lead-up to this goal reminded me once again of how terrible football directing is. They always zoom in on the wide attacking player taking on the full-back and completely miss the off-the-ball movement happening elsewhere on the pitch. And don't even get me started on the unnecessarily long full-screen shot of players' faces after they missed a chance while a counterattack is being launched.

by halamadrid2 Thu Apr 14, 2022 7:48 pm

Or the replays at the worst time that make us miss potential goals or chances

by The Demon of Carthage Thu Apr 14, 2022 8:16 pm

M99 wrote:
BarrileteCosmico wrote:Haven't seen a surer BdO since prime Messi. France absolute favorites to win WC as well

Its not a sure thing yet. If Madrid get knocked out in the semis and City/Liverpool win CL I can see De Bruyne or one of Salah and Mane winning.

Which is a shame because CL or not, Benzema has already outperformed all the other BdO contenders by a country mile.

Since the WC will not be taken into account here, the only scenario I can think of where Benzema may lose this BdO would be if either Liverpool or City wins the CL AND they also end up winning the PL as well. In that case, it will be very hard for France Football to snub a contender from a double-winning team and pick a La Liga winner instead.

But honestly, if we're talking strictly about individual performance here, double or not (heck treble or not), nobody in Europe deserves the BdO more than Benzema even if he ends up trophyless this year.