Golden ball, what legend to put the trophy back?

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By: Nicolas Gerbault

Twenty years after his coronation, Ronaldinho will put the Ballon d'Or in the coming hours. But who? The suspense remains whole.

Tomorrow evening, we will finally be able to fix.
Will Ousmane Dembélé be awarded the Ballon d'Orat the Théâtre du Châtelet, in Paris?

If this is the case, it is Ronaldinho who will give him the trophy awarded to the best footballer of the year. Indeed, the Brazilian was chosen as guest of Prestige the Cadena Cope. Twenty years after having won the prestigious individual reward himself.

In 2005, Ronaldinho won the Ballon d'Or with 225 points, quite largely ahead of the English Frank Lampard (148) and Steven Gerrard (142). That year, surely that corresponding to the peak of his career, “Ronnie” had raised the Liga and the Champions League with FC Barcelona.

Golden ball, Dembélé served by Ronaldinho?

Ronaldinho also appreciates the game of Ousmane Dembélé.
“He has a slightly Brazilian style!” He is confusing, he invents, he causes. It is often illegible and, in addition, it scores a lot of goals. He is revealing himself, to break out in a different role from that of PSG last year or even Barcelona before ”, had he entrusted last April in the columns of The team.

In case of coronation on September 22, at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Ousmane Dembélé would become the sixth French player in history to lift the Ballon d'Or. He would succeed the record at Raymond Kopa (1958), Michel Platini (1983, 1984 and 1985), Jean-Pierre Papin (1991), Zinedine Zidane (1998) and Karim Benzema (2022).

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