Sheefeni Nicodemus, a journalist from Namibia who voted in the Ballon d’Or election, responded harshly to Florentino Pérez at the microphones of the Chain Being after the latter undervalued the votes of certain countries because they were not football powers. The journalist of The Namibian He said that he was “a frustrated person.”
The president of Real Madrid spoke about the voting system, the journalists and the organization of the award: “The readers of ‘L’Equipe’ gave Vinicius a favorite. It is surprising that the UEFA statement indicates that it remained unchanged. They have changed the voting system. It is surprising that when it comes to football, there are countries in which journalists with less than a million inhabitants now have a vote.”
It is surprising that when it comes to football, there are countries in which journalists with less than a million inhabitants now have a vote.”
“There are journalists who no one knows and have entered to vote this year, without the votes of journalists from these countries like Uganda, Namibia, Albania and Finland, Vinícius would have won this Ballon d’Or… The system must change and they have to to be recognized people who risk their prestige with those votes,” he explained.
Florentino Pérez insisted that “everyone understands that journalists risk their reputation with their vote, we do not know who voted and some countries that we do not even know, due to all these circumstances we did not attend the Ballon d’Or Gala.”
Without the votes of journalists from countries like Uganda, Namibia, Albania and Finland, Vinicius would have won this Ballon d’Or.”
After these words, Namibian journalist Sheefeni Nicodemus declared on the program ‘El Larguero’ that “Florentino Pérez is a frustrated person.”
“Basically, I suspect these are just words from someone who is as frustrated as Mr. Perez. That is to say, you feel that the people of my country and the other countries mentioned do not have a meaningful vote because we are inferior people. “I would just like to know, if I were from a major football nation and I didn’t agree with your opinion, what would your argument be?” he said after Pérez’s accusations.
It must be remembered that Sheefeni Nicodemus voted first for Bellingham and then for Rodri and Lamine Yamal.
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