A historic moment for French football. Three years after Karim Benzema, Ousmane Dembélé became the sixth French Ballon d'Or on Monday after Raymond Kopa, Michel Platini, Jean-Pierre Papin, Zinedine Zidane and therefore the former Real Madrid striker. Having won all the possible titles with the PSG except the club World Cup during the last cuvée, the player trained in Rennes also compiled 35 goals and 16 assists in 53 matches. An exceptional season which was therefore rewarded with a deserved golden ball.
Cited for months as one of the big favorites for the final victory, the former FC Barcelona was however put behind many of his competitors in recent weeks. Achraf Hakimi, Vitinha, Raphinha but especially Lamine Yamal, all were cited as fierce competitors to personal distinction. Finally, Ousmane Dembélé was widely rewarded as Vincent Garcia, editor -in -chief of France Football had explained: “Ousmane Dembélé has largely won the votes on all continents, whether in Africa, Europe, South America or North America. A clear and clear golden ball.»»
Ousmane Dembélé had 321 points more than Lamine Yamal
Well placed to find out what he said, the boss of the French media can now rely on the ballot figures. Indeed, this Friday, the details of the votes of the coronation of Ousmane Dembélé were revealed by FF. And not surprisingly, Ousmane Dembélé reigns without sharing at the top of the ranking. First with 1380 points, the 28 -year -old striker finished 73 times out of 100 in first place in voters. Present in all the top 10 of the latter, Ousmane Dembélé is also accompanied by Lamine Yamal in this statistic.
In order to illustrate the chasm between the two men, the young Crack of Barça has 321 points behind his former teammate in Catalonia. The Spaniard has finished 11 times at the top of the votes. Among the other first of the voters, we find Vitinha (6 times), Mohamed Salah (4 times), Achraf Hakimi (3 times) and Kylian Mbappé (1 time). In Scotland, first place was given to Scott MCTOMINAY. Same vote supporting in Georgia where Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was rewarded with first place.