Ronaldo Yet To Congratulate Me On Ballon d’Or Win – Benzema Reveals

Ronaldo Yet To Congratulate Me On Ballon d’Or Win – Benzema Reveals

Karim Benzema has revealed that his former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo has yet to congratulate him on his Ballon d’Or victory in October.

Ronaldo has won the prestigious individual award five times, which Benzema held aloft in front of a rapturous crowd in his hometown Lyon earlier this week, but the current Manchester United striker has not congratulated his former Real Madrid strike partner on his maiden triumph. Benzema mentioned Ronaldo after insisting that he had always believed in his ability to win the Golden Ball, especially after stepping up his efforts to make the dream a reality in 2018.

“I always believed in myself; I knew that with my qualities and ambitions, I could win it at some point,” he told Téléfoot. “That’s why, over the last four years, I pushed and pushed to get that trophy.”

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When asked if Ronaldo had congratulated him, Benzema replied, “no, not yet,” despite the fact that the award was given nearly a month ago.

Benzema is the first Frenchman to win the award since Zinedine Zidane in 1998, and the 34-year-old was quick to dismiss any talk of pressure as Les Bleus prepare to defend their World Cup title in Qatar.

‘I’m proud to play in this World Cup,” Benzema said. “We know what it means. I can’t wait for it to start. Stress? No, just want to start soon. To be able to show what we can do in front of millions of people. To represent France. Inevitably, we think about it [a third world cup triumph]. But I don’t tell myself that I have to win it, because I don’t play alone. We are a group and every match is a final. And the closer we get to it, the more we will say to ourselves that we have to win. On paper, we are the best and we should not hide it. But football is 11 against 11, but we will have to take our opponents with ambition and respect.”

France’s defence of their world title kicks off against Australia on November 22.

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