Pedro Aquino congratulates Benzema for winning the Ballon d’Or

Happy for him. Karim Benzema he won Golden Ball this Monday and generated debate in the football world. Some criticized his choice, but the majority celebrated with the Frenchman, as Peter Aquinaswho surprised locals and strangers after dedicating a message to the Real Madrid striker on social networks.

“Golden ball for this crack”, highlighted the midfielder of America through a publication on Instagram, along with a photograph of both Oracle Park in San Francisco (United States), when they met in a friendly in July of this year.

Aquino’s reaction did not go unnoticed and was also commented on. “crack is you”, pointed out in his style André Carrillo, also a member of the Peruvian team, one of the first to comment on the post.

The Frenchman from Real Madrid established himself as the best player in the world after receiving the Ballon d’Or at the age of 34, which has been awarded by France Football magazine since 1956, an award he won from his compatriot Zinedine Zidane.

The merengue striker, who will turn 35 on December 19, author of an exceptional season culminating in victories in the Spanish league and the Champions League, succeeds the Argentine Lionel Messi, who last season won his seventh Ballon d’Or, but was not among the candidates on this occasion.

Benzema became the first Frenchman to win the Ballon d’Or since Zidane did it in 1998, and the fifth in history, along with Raymond Kopa, Michel Platini, Jean-Pierre Papin.