End of suspense. The 2025 gold ball ceremony, organized Monday evening in Paris, at the Théâtre du Châtelet, ended on the coronation of Ousmane Dembélé. Preferred to Lamine Yamal, the PSG striker becomes the sixth French player to register his name at the trophy list, after Raymond Kopa, Michel Platini, Jean-Pierre Papin, Zinedine Zidane and Karim Benzema.
“This is exceptional what just happened. I have no wordshe reacted hot on stage, before melting in tears. I had a lot of things that happened during my career … win this trophy and that Ronaldinho, a legend of football, gives it to me, it's really exceptional. I am proud of everything I have accomplished during my career. »»
The quintuplet of Adidas at the Ballon d'Or
The coronation of the French international came to complete an incredible Grand Slam for the other big winner of the evening, which nobody thinks: Adidas. The German firm can be congratulated to equip the winners of the main prizes.
“Adidas athletes have offered a perfect five -star evening to the three -band brand”she rejoices in a press release.
The two male and female gold balloons (Ousmane Dembélé and Aitana Bonmati), the two male and female Kopa trophies (Lamine Yamal and Vicky Lopez) as well as the Yachine (Gianluigi Donnarumma) trophy were indeed won by Adidas ambassadors. An important victory over its main rivals, including Nike and Puma, at the marketing level.
