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UKarim Benzema we-Real Madrid uqokwe njengomdlali ovelele kulo nyaka emcimbini waminyaka yonke we-French Football Federation wemiklomelo ye-Ballon d’Or ngoMsombuluko.
Umcimbi uqale ngokuklonyeliswa ngendondo ye-Kopa Trophy kumdlali osemusha ovelele. UGavi we-Barcelona uhlule izihlabani zaseNgilandi uBukayo Saka kanye noJude Bellingham kule ndondo, wayibuyisela e-Nou Camp ngemuva kokuthi uPedri eyiwine nyakenye.
Kube nomuzwa wokuthi ekugcineni abadlali abasha bayazibonakalisa. UCristiano Ronaldo uqokwe endaweni yesi-20 – ukuqokwa kwakhe okuphansi kunakho konke kusukela ngo-2005. Khonamanjalo owawina nyakenye uLionel Messi akazange afakwe ohlwini lwabakhethiwe kulo nyaka, uphuthelwe ukuqokwa okokuqala eminyakeni engu-17.
Isihlabani se-Bayern Munich uSadio Mané, ohole izwe lakubo ngesikhathi liwina umqhudelwano we-Africa Cup of Nations waphinde wasiza i-Liverpool ukuthi iwine izindebe ezimbili kanye nowamanqamu we-Uefa Champions League ngesizini edlule, uklonyeliswe ngendondo ye-Socrates ngokubonga impumelelo yakhe yobuntu.
Lo mgadli wase-Senegal uphinde waqeda endaweni yesibili emjahweni we-Ballon d’Or ngaphambi kwalowo owayedlalale i-Liverpool uMohamed Salah (obe ngowesihlanu), uRobert Lewandowski (obe ngowesine) kanye noKevin de Bruyne (obe ngowesithathu).
I-Manchester City iwine indondo ye-Club of the Year ngokuqokwa kwabadlali abaningi kwi-Ballon d’Or ebholeni labesilisa nabesifazane ngesikhathi i-Liverpool iqokwa endaweni yesibili kwathi i-Real Madrid yaqokwa kweyesithathu.
Njengoba umklomelo ohamba phambili ukhethwa ngendlela okudlalwe ngayo ngesizini edlule esikhundleni sonyaka wekhalenda, akubanga khona ukumangala ngesikhathi abawinile bebizelwa esiteji ukuyothatha izindondo zabo.
Phambili kwabesifazane bekuyisihlabani we-Barcelona u-Alexia Putellas oqophe umlando ngokuwina i-Ballon d’Or okwesibili kulandelana, ehlula uBeth Mead we-Arsenal kanye noSam Kerr we-Chelsea.
Bekuwunyaka wesibili kuphela kusukela ngo-2008 lapho uMessi noma uRonaldo behluleka khona ukuwina indondo ye-Ballon d’Or ngemuva kokuthi uzakwabo uBenzema Luka Modric ewine le ndondo ngo-2018.
Futhi manje lo mdlali wase-France ekugcineni uzoklonyeliswa ngemizamo yakhe njengoba umphathi we-Real Madrid uCarlo Ancelotti eqhathanisa lo mgadli “newayini elimnandi,” ethi “ngokuhamba kwesikhathi uba ngcono.”
UBenzema waba umdlali webhola lezinyawo wase-France wokuqala ukuwina le ndondo kusukela kulowo abukela kuye uZinedine Zidane owayiwina ngo-1998, futhi bekufanele ukuthi inqalabutho ye-Real Madrid ibe khona ukuze imnike le ndondo.
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