La Orejona and the Ballon d’Or at stake: Benzema and Salah the duel apart in the Champions League final

It will be a giant Saturday. At the Stade de France, this weekend the Liverpool and Real Madrid will seek European glory by winning the Championsbut there is much more than the Orejona dispute in that meeting, there is also the opportunity to Mohammed Salah or Sadio Mané of Liverpool for snatching the Ballon d’Or candidate badge from Karim Benzemameringue scorer.

Yesterday, “France Football” announced that this prestigious award will be presented on October 17 and what has been done during the 2021-22 season will be considered, so the Champions League final, a match that closes the year of European football, can decide who takes it

On August 12, the nominees will be announced under new criteria in which “individual and decisive performance” will weigh more than collective results and fair play.

Benzema is ahead of the game, thanks to his goals in the Champions League (15 so far with victims like PSG and City) and his campaign as top scorer in the League.

But Mohamed Salah is not far behind, as he is a Premier League scorer for the third time and a figure in this Liverpool that has won the FA Cup and was one point behind City in the Premier League.

In the fight they can also be Robert Lewandowski, Golden Boot with 35 points; Kylian Mbappé himself and Kevin de Bruyne, driver of City, champion of England.

In addition, the Champions League final is surrounded by rematches. For Liverpool, due to the lost 2018 final in which Salah was injured due to a foul by Sergio Ramos, while Real will try to show the Parisians their greatness in the face of the controversy over the renewal of Mbappé by PSG.

There is much more than the Orejona at stake. A final always has much more to discuss.