‘A little bit also ours’ – Carlo Ancelotti wants Karim Benzema Ballon d’Or win after Real Madrid Clasico goal

Carlo Ancelotti said he hopes to see Karim Benzema pick up the 2022 Ballon d’Or and that his Real Madrid team-mates should take a share of the credit if the striker claims the prestigious award. The France international is the hot favourite to win the annual prize at Monday’s ceremony after firing his club to a La Liga and Champions League double last season. Ad Benzema has struggled for fitness and form at the start of 2022/23, but scored in Sunday’s 3-1 Clasico win over Barcelona to send Real top and earn plaudits from his manager.

Ballon d'Or‘He deserves it’ – Real Madrid great Ronaldo backs Benzema for Ballon d’OrYESTERDAY AT 14:49 «As I said yesterday, I saw him much better during training. Clearly his condition is going to improve every day,” Ancelotti said. “He played a good game, he scored a goal, he was important in the game.

Tomorrow hopefully he can win the Ballon d'Or and we are going to congratulate him because a little bit of that Ballon is also ours.” Benzema, Federico Valverde and Rodrygo were on target for Ancelotti’s side at the Bernabeu, while Ferran Torres netted for the Catalans. Ballon d’Or betting odds: Who is the favourite to win the award? ‘He deserves it’ – Real Madrid great Ronaldo backs Benzema for Ballon d’Or The result saw the Merengues pull three points clear of Barca at the top of the standings, with the two rivals looking set to battle it out for the title. However, Ancelotti dismissed the notion that the win was worth more than three points.

»No, it's not one more point, it's just three. It's three points we take away from the most credible rival in this competition in this season,” said the Italian. “Barcelona are a strong team which has many weapons and we took three points from them.