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Vinicius Junior says he faces a long road to compete for the Ballon dOr, as he tipped team-mate Karim Benzema to be named the worlds best player this year.Vinicius https://www.shopwarriorsedge.com/golden-state-warriors-jeresy/willie-cauley-stein-jersey scored the only goal of the game as Real Madrid beat Liverpool to win their 14th Champions League title in May, having also played a key role in Los Blancos dominant La Liga triumph.The Brazilian scored 22 goals and recorded 16 a sists in all competitions during the 2021-22 season, the latter figure representing a team https://www.shopwarriorsedge.com/golden-state-warriors-jeresy/kaleb-wesson-jersey -high total and one bettered only by Thomas Muller (22), Kylian Mbappe (21) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (18) among players in Europes top five leagues.Brazils 2002 World Cup winner Rivaldo recently tipped Vinicius to challenge for the title of the worlds best as early as next year, but the winger believes the examples set by fellow Madrid stars Benzema and Luka Modric show he has a long way to go.Its the Ballon dOr https://www.shopwarriorsedge.com/golden-state-warriors-jeresy/james-wiseman-jersey something that has to come naturally, Vinicius told YouTube channel Que Papinho.Karim is 35 years old and now he will win it, Modric won it at 33 in 2018 .I have many years to evolve, a very long road for meif God wants me to win it one day.Benzemas total of 59 goal contributions ( https://www.shopwarriorsedge.com/golden-state-warriors-jeresy/andrew-wiggins-jersey 44 goals, 15 a sists) was only bettered by Mbappe (39 goals, 21 a sists) in Europes top five leagues last term, and Vinicius says his fellow Blancos attacker is the perfect role model.Im only 21 years old. I want to follow players like Karim,Modric, Marcelo, who won five Champions League titles, he added.I want to get as close to them as po sible. Thats when someone can call me that https://www.shopwarriorsedge.com/golden-state-warriors-jeresy/alen-smailagic-jersey a role model .Benzema repays the affection I have for him. He was a player I followed for a long time. Im a big fan and being able to play with him today is incredible.He recently in an interview put me in his top five in the world, so Im really happy.