Benzema leads the 2022 Ballon d’Or race

On April 12, L’Equipe predict 5 candidates to win Golden Ball 2022, including Benzema, Kylian Mbappe, Robert Lewandowski, Kevin de Bruyne and Sadio Mane. All 5 players have never won the highest individual award in the football world. L’Equipe friendly with the magazine France Football – the organizer of voting and awarding the Golden Ball.

The 2022 Golden Ball will be awarded according to the achievements of the players from July 2021 to June 2022. This means that the performance of the players at the World Cup at the end of 2022 will be counted in the 2023 Golden Ball.

With only two months left to show off, Benzema are leading with hat-tricks in the last two matches in the Champions League. The 34-year-old striker has scored 37 goals and assisted 12 times in Real Madrid’s 37 games this season. The Royal Club is at the top of La Liga, and has a great chance of reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Recent form helps Benzema overcome Mbappe. The 23-year-old striker has scored 26 goals and assisted 18 times in 37 games for PSG this season. Mbappe made a big contribution to helping the team topped Ligue 1, but not enough to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Still Lewandowski still holds an impressive scoring record with 46 goals in 40 games for Bayern Munich this season. De Bruyne He has only scored 14 goals and assisted 5 times for Man City this season, but he is the mainstay of helping the team to top the Premier League. Still Mane are maintaining a high level to help Liverpool feed their dreams.

Except for Mbappe, the remaining players all have the opportunity to overcome Benzema, if the home team goes deeper in the Champions League. Previously, Benzema had never even entered the Top 3 of the Golden Ball. His highest position is fourth in 2021.

Hoang An