Hazard backs Benzema for Ballon dOr and
Eden Hazard has backed Real Madrid colleague Karim Benzema to win the Ballon dOr, while he
Brian Flynn Kids Jersey suggestedfellow team-mate Thibaut Courtois shouldfinish in the top five.Benzema has enjoyed a remarkable season, inspiring Madrid to Champions League succe s and the Spanish title with four games to spare.The France international scored 15 times in the Champions League, including a joint-record 10 in the knockout stages to be named as the competitions Player of the Season.The Madrid talisman ended the season with44 goals and 15 a sists acro s all competitions. Only Kylian Mbappe (60) can better Benzemas 59 goal involvements among players from Europes top five leagues.Meanwhile, Courtois was the star of the show against Liverpool as he made nine saves, a record for a Champions League final since Opta began collecting data in 2003-04.Courtois has led the way among goalkeepers in the competition this season, making the most saves (59)
Gemel Smith Women Jersey and boasting the highest save percentage of those to produce five stops or more (80.6).That led to suggestions the Belgium international may be an unlikely contender for the Ballon dOr, but
Martin Hanzal Women Jersey Red Devils team-mate Hazard believes Benzema should win the coveted individual award.Ive known Courtois for ten years now and hes been doing this for ten years, Hazard told reporters at a Nations League news conference on Tuesday.That was already the case at Chelsea and now at Real. Courtois, Kevin De Bruyne, Sadio Mane, Vinicius Junior , they all had a good season.But still I think Benzema deserves to win it.Courtois should
Mike Gartner Kids Jersey be in the top five. But when you see how Benzema played in the quarter and semi-finals, that was really impre sive.Benzema will hope to carry his scintillating club form into the next season with Madrid, and also withFrance at the World Cup in Qatar.The 34-year-old will partner with Mbappe at thetournament in November, and the Paris Saint-Germain star was almost Benzemas club team-mate before he snubbed Los Blancos earlier in the month.Mbappe opted to stay in the French capital and sign a three-year extension with PSG, leaving Hazard to rue the impact he could have had at the Santiago Bernabeu as he aims to recover his own form for the upcoming
Jason Dickinson Kids Jersey campaign.The seats are already expensive at Real, but with Kylian Mbappe they would be even more expensive, Hazard added.Now I have to show the coach that Im ready, that I can play.But since my surgery I do feel better.My approach will not change.All my succe s is also due to how I approached it.