Safonov's wife congratulated Dembele on his victory

Marina Kondratyuk, wife of Russia national team goalkeeper Matvey Safonov, commented on the victory of French forward Usman Dembele, who won the "Ballon d'Or" award for the 2024/2025 season. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.

She expressed her sincere happiness on social media about Usman's achievement. It was emphasized that this award is a great honor for the player.

In the voting process, the French footballer was ahead of the Spanish national team and Barcelona club forward, young talent Anssumane Fati. Fati took second place.

Third place was taken by Dembele's teammate, Portuguese midfielder Vitinha. Fourth place went to Liverpool club forward Mohamed Salah, and fifth place to Barcelona club winger Raphinha.

These results show that there is interesting competition among the leading players in world football.