There was a crowd around the Châtelet theater on Monday. The Parisian supporters had indeed came en masse to celebrate the coronation of Ousmane Dembélé, winner of the Ballon d'Or 2025 before Lamine Yamal and Vitinha.
The victory of the Paris winger was expected and was praised by the Parisian press, even in Spain where the coronation of the prodigy Lamine Yamal was hoped. If the Catalan and Madrid newspapers have not failed to pay tribute to the hat -trick of Aitana Bonmati, the coronation of the old Rennais has posed in good place in most daily newspapers.
It was the same in England. But not everyone did not like the ceremony organized by France Football. Evidenced by the editorial published in the Telegraph In the aftermath of the victory of the tricolor world champion.
A golden balloon ceremony without flavor
“The absurd charabia that surrounds this event makes it so deeply unpleasant”, Can we read, the journalist adding: “The Ballon d'Or is a charming chore, followed by footballers with impassive expressions, perfected for hours by briefings on stopped kicks. »»
“Organization and management were bank. I was less bored during school assemblies and I saw more dynamic editions of sporting personality of the year. They are certainly more neat “he added, nevertheless greeting the emotion displayed by the evening hero: “He melted into tears in his speech, the only truly touching moment of the evening. Good luck to him, this worthy winner who overcome a course strewn with pitfalls to the top. »»
