LThroughout the year, the 34-year-old scored 29 goals in all competitions for Real.

Ahead of the award ceremony, Lewandowski told Vamos, he said: “The Ballon d’Or is likely to be won by Benzema… if they don’t cancel it.”

Lewandowski will go head-to-head with Benzema in Sunday’s El Clasico to be played at the Santiago Bernabeu