Henry crowns Benzema and Salah wand: “Revenge? We don’t talk about a final before “

Thierry Henry, former Arsenal and Barcelona striker, was at the Stade de France in collaboration with CBS together with other legends of English football to comment on the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool. And after the blancos were crowned European champions, the former French striker asked to close the ballot for the Golden Ball and to award it to Karim Benzema.

CLOSED – Closed speech, without leaving too much room for interpretation. “I just wanted to say something to France Football or whoever is voting. Close the voting, Benzema has won the Ballon d’Or.” Difficult to blame the former Arsenal player. Benzema ended this season with the best numbers of his career: 44 goals in all competitions and top scorer and winner in La Liga and Champions League. In addition to scoring, among other things, the center forward was also decisive by equaling his best assist record in a season with 15. With such numbers it seems almost impossible for the Ballon d’Or to take any other destination.

SALAH – Much less tender, however, the judgment on Salah. Henry knows both what it means to win a Champions League and to slip into the best, as happened to him with (2009) and against (2006) Barcelona. The French harshly criticized the Egyptian’s attitude and statements. “I always say, it is always better never to talk about a final before. First you win it, beat Real Madrid and then you can say this was my revenge and all that. When you talk before a final , you have to be absolutely certain to win it. And anyway the difference between saying and doing is very simple is to put the ball in the net. Real had only one chance and exploited it. Liverpool created a lot but it went to bump into Courtois who is one of the best in the world as he has shown once again “.