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THE ESSENTIAL
Karim Benzema was elected Ballon d'Or on Monday evening in Paris.
He succeeds Zinédine Zidane, the last French player to have won the supreme award in 1998.
The European press pays tribute this Tuesday morning to the Real Madrid player, who fully deserves his victory.
08:34: We start with reactions from all walks of life in France. That of the Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castera, for example, who salutes her "talent" and her "resilience"
This Ballon rewards "an incredible journey with exceptional talent, a lot of work and a lot of resilience", welcomed the minister.
"I'm really very happy for him, his roots he built in Lyon, his two mentors Zidane and Ronaldo, everything he built at Real Madrid, he expressed it superbly tonight [Monday], I think it rewards an incredible journey with exceptional talent, a lot of hard work and a lot of resilience,” she added.
8:30 a.m.: WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
Or almost... France football wakes up with a cheerful spirit this Tuesday morning, the day after Karim Benzema's coronation at the Ballon d'Or ceremony.
A coronation announced, certainly, but which remains no less moving.
We had been waiting for 24 years for a successor to Zizou, the last French winner in 1998. This victory for KB9 is especially pleasing for him, it rewards an immense career at Real Madrid and a certain idea of the game - collective before everything.
>> Because we don't want to sulk our pleasure, we extend here the beautiful evening of Chatelet yesterday by keeping this live open all day...
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