ballon d’Or Karim Benzema enters the chat
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Only two players have won the following trophies and awards in the same year:
UEFA Champions League
UEFA European Championship
UEFA Men’s Player of the Year
2016 Cristiano Ronaldo 
2021 Jorginho.
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Keylor Navas: “I think goalkeepers needs a separate Ballon d’Or from the rest of the players. At this rate, goalkeepers stand no chance of winning the Ballon d’Or, because people only care about the number of goals and assists and they never ever care about our saves.”
Thoughts? 
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Karim Benzema has already been directly involved in 20 goals for club & country this season:
15 games
12 goals
8 assists
1 trophy
Man of the Match in the Nations League final and making a late Ballon d’Or push. 
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Bruno Fernandes has created more chances (99) across league and European competition in 2021 than any other player in a top-five division.
The chief playmaker. 🪄
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Well, Navas has a point. Goalkeepers are the silent pillars of the team. Trophies are won by not just goal scorers but also by the goals saved.
One would also argue that Yashin trophy is for the best goalkeepers. So, in a way they get recognised.
Having said that, if Ballon d’Or is the coveted recognition then goalkeepers stand a very slim chance to win this award. Ironically, I found that Lev Yashin, a Soviet footballer, is the only goalkeeper to ever win the Ballon d’Or in 1963. Probably for the same reason they must be handing out Yashin Trophy. Hmmm…
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Kalidou Koulibaly thinks Edouard Mendy should have been nominated for the Ballon d’Or and that African players have to work twice as hard to be recognised
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Real Madrid star Karim Benzema said emulating Zinedine Zidane and the Brazilian Ronaldo by winning the Ballon d’Or would fulfil a childhood dream.
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Kevin De Bruyne has labelled Robert Lewandowski as the favourite to win the Ballon d’Or.
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has stated Mohamed Salah deserves Ballon d’Or recognition as a reward for his consistency.
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According to the Bayern Munich icon, Bavarian striker Robert Lewandowski deserves to be crowned the best footballer on the planet this year. The legendary goalkeeper claims the Polish forward surpasses everyone else in 2021, adding that he would be disappointed if he didn’t win it.
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Agree! Lewandowski deserves this year’s award!
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Dare I challenge the overpowering stats 
May the best man win! 
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