Benzema leads top-five power ranking in the Ballon d'Or award after Champions League heroics

MARCA, Spain's largest sports newspaper and has the second highest circulation of all newspapers backs French star Karim Benzema, the Real Madrid striker, putting him at the forefront of the list of nominees for the Ballon d'Or award as the best player in the world for the year 2022 ahead of Manchester City's Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid..The newspaper stated that Benzema's crowning of the Ballon d'Or award has become easier than ever, as it considered that the matter is almost settled in favor of the French star, who is alone in the race for the award after the impressive levels he presented in the last period. MARCA added that the four players: Mohamed Salah, Kevin De Bruyne, Kylian Mbappe and Robert Lewandowski are being considered as competitors in the Golden Ball race, which seems to be completely settled in favor of Benzema. The Spanish newspaper indicated that with one step after La Liga achieved and scored 25 goals, Benzema reached the semi-finals of the Champions League with 14 goals so far in the competition. The French star crowned the Spanish Super Cup, scoring two goals, explaining that he achieved This season what Real Madrid has not achieved since they gave up Cristiano Ronaldo.