Awesome Video Emerges As Karim Benzema Shares His Ballon d’Or With Santiago Bernabéu Faithful

• Real Madrid stars Karim Benzema and Thibaut Courtois showed off their Ballon d'Or awards to the Santiago Bernabeu crowd
• Benzema won the 2022 Ballon d'Or award, producing arguably the best period of his career, following his magnificent 2021-22 season for club and country
• Courtois was adjudged to be the best goalkeeper in the world, fending off competition from Alisson Becker and Ederson

Karim Benzema presented the Ballon d'Or to the Santiago Bernabéu crowd prior to kick-off in Saturday's game against Sevilla.

The Frenchman posed with his award out on the pitch alongside the rest of the starting eleven in the LaLiga match 11 encounter.

In a video posted on Twitter, spotted by Sports Brief, the Ballon d'Or was presented to the 34-year-old by former winners Zinedine Zidane and Luka Modric.

Benzema deservedly saw off competition from Sadio Mane, Kevin De Bruyne and Robert Lewandowski to win the world's best player crown.

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Thibaut Courtois also got the opportunity to present his silverware to the Santiago Bernabeu fans.

The Belgium shot-stopper won the Lev Yashin Trophy for best goalkeeper of the 2021/22 season, for his sensational performance with Real Madrid in the Champions League and La Liga.

He won the accolade ahead of Alisson Becker, Ederson Moraes and Edouard Mendy.

Vinicius Junior was named in the Ballon d'Or top ten standings 2022, along with Croatia midfield maestro Luka Modric.

Benzema and Courtois were hot favourites to claim the awards after their outstanding 2021/22 season.

The duo played integral parts of Carlo Ancelotti's side winning the Champions League, rounding off a 1-0 victory over Liverpool in May's Paris final.

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Earlier, Sports Brief reported that football fans took to social media to congratulate Karim Benzema, after the Real Madrid frontman was crowned the 2022 Ballon d'Or winner on Monday, October 17.

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Benzema was the icon of the 66th edition of the Ballon d'Or ceremony held at the Theatre du Chatelet, Paris.

He became the fifth French footballer to receive the coveted prize on the back of a spectacular 2021-22 campaign.