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Benzema Secures His Ballon d'Or

ESPN FC

ESPN

Soccer, Sports

4.32.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

The FC crew discuss Karim Benzema winning this year's Ballon d'Or, but question if he's the most dangerous striker in today's game. Alejandro Moreno gives his grades for every player in El Clasico. Plus, they debate the controversial calls in the Premier League this weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I think that the holidays feel like frozen noses. I love walking with the dog for long periods of time.

0:10.0

Hopefully it's snowing and you've got to wrap up warm. So I think a frozen nose is a sweaty armpit

0:15.0

because your wrapped up so warm but then you're climbing hamps and heath and you get to the top

0:20.0

and you're like, and then you can see the breath but then your nose is still freezing to touch.

0:25.0

Joy in every sip with red carp snown back at Starbucks.

0:34.0

Hello and welcome into the latest edition of ESPNFC. We have Alim Reino,

0:38.0

shack of his lap on my self-cam, where we have a lot coming up on the show.

0:42.0

We'll be talking about El Classico and some of the fallout from that.

0:46.0

We'll also be talking about City's loss to Liverpool and Killian and Bappa

0:50.0

who seem to have done a U-turn on some of the things that he's been putting out there lately.

0:54.0

But we'll get to all of that. First we must talk about the ball on door.

0:59.0

Karim Benzema becoming the fifth French player to win the award.

1:03.0

And the first since the man who presented it to him tonight, Zinadine Zidane behind him.

1:08.0

Sadio Manekeven to Boine, Robert Lewandowski and Mo Salabuk.

1:12.0

Karim Benzema finally lifts that special award as we know. Welcome in Stuart Robsen,

1:18.0

Nader Manua and Julian Laron. And soon as our Jules is here, go on Jules,

1:24.0

let's get it out of the way.

1:27.0

Karim the dream.

1:33.0

It feels right, Jules. It feels right, Karim Benzema getting to win this award.

1:38.0

I mean, it was no secret. Everyone pretty much knew he was going to get it this year.

1:42.0

Yeah, your rights completely deserved. I think it was pretty unanimous.

1:47.0

It's a dream of a lifetime for him since he was a young child to win one day this individual trophy

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