"Being a sports writer has its privileges. It allows, among other things, the chance to live out some of football's biggest nights from the inside, infiltrated, sometimes like a spy the Champions League final, the World Cup final or, once every year, the Ballon d'Or. However, unlike Marcelo Bielsa's Leeds, we could leave the binoculars and pliers at home. After securing our accreditation for this year's gala evening, FourFourTwo was off to central Paris and the 2,500-seat Theatre du Chatelet, just a couple of hundred"
"On the banks of the River Seine, we found it completely overrun in the hours before the ceremony. The Ballon d'Or has had its roots in Paris since France Football handed out the award for the first time in 1956 Paris Saint-Germain didn't even exist back then, and since their formation in 1970, a player from the club has won the award only once."
Accredited sports writers attended the Ballon d'Or gala at the 2,500-seat Theatre du Chatelet in central Paris, a few hundred metres from Notre-Dame and the Louvre. The banks of the Seine were overrun in the hours before the ceremony. The Ballon d'Or has been rooted in Paris since 1956. Paris Saint-Germain formed in 1970 and had produced only one Ballon d'Or winner until recently. Lionel Messi's 2021 victory reflected his Copa America triumph rather than Paris performances. George Weah spent much of 1995 with PSG before winning the award as a Milan player. This time a current PSG star won after delivering the club's first Champions League crown.
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