Benzema plays her like Tupac: maybe it’s a detail for you

He knew he would have, we all knew that he would have it and yet, Monday, October 17, at the Châtelet theater, Karim Benzema did not lead wide when receiving his Ballon d’Or . At 34, the Real Madrid striker, fifth French in history to win the prestigious trophy, even appeared touched, even destabilized by so many honors. That turns out well. We were touched, even destabilized, by his pace and that of his stagemate, the so-called Zinédine Zidane.

Beautiful mischief

In fact, for the great occasion, Karim Benzema had attempted a historic wink. His outfit of the big evening was indeed the perfect remake of the wooded outfit twenty-six years ago, by his idol, the rapper Tupac Shakur, on the occasion of the 23 e ceremony of the ceremony of American Music Awards. Like him that evening, the scorer thus wore this funny neck accessory baptized continental tie by the Americans, because he was introduced in the country, at the end of the 1950s, by European creators, called “Western Western “, In particular, eager to dust off the bow tie.

eternal pair

Similarly, Karim Benzema had put on a pair of glasses with the gold mount identical to that carried by Tupac in 1996. It was, at the time as today, a creation of Jean Paul Gaultier, model 56-6106. An oval and bling-bling pair which has become, over time, so legendary that the brand has continued to produce it and that it has never ceased to be a “it” taken up by the young generations.

Additional time

Finally, as Tupac in his time, Karim Benzema also flouted on Monday evening the rule of elementary decency which prohibits wearing a watch with a tuxedo … In this case, if Tupac owned a rolex day-date 36 mm in Now 18 carats, set with diamonds mounted on president bracelet, the Madrid player displayed a Richard a thousand of 45 mm RM65-01 in pink and carbon gold mounted on a rubber bracelet. A good choice ? A choice of footballer. Which is not exactly the same thing.

Decisive passer

Impossible, obviously, to finish this study without mentioning Zinedine Zidane. Coming to give the trophy to his former Real Madrid player, the Ballon d’Or 98 was not dressed as a rapper from the 1990s but as a man of his time, alas well unable to opt for a whole highlighting him. His three -piece navy costume thus presented sad characteristics: too tight jacket, too low pants, too shiny material. In the end, the appalling costume had the sole quality of enhancing the real evening hero, Karim Benzema. It’s better than nothing.