Ancelotti’s message and dart: “Thanks, above all, to Vinicius and Carvajal”

10/28/2024

Updated at 11:30 p.m.

Nobody from Madrid was present at the Ballon d’Or gala, in which Rodri won the award and Vini was left without it. But the white club did not leave Paris empty. It was named best club of last season and Carlo Ancelotti took the Johan Cruyff trophy for best coach in the world. The Italian, who added a new double for Real Madrid and his third Champions League as a white coach, expressed himself in his ‘X’ account in a brief, message-based way.

«I want to thank my family, my president, my club, my players and, above all, Vinicius and Carvajal», wrote the Real Madrid coach in gratitude to everyone who has made it possible for him to be the number one coach of the 23-24 season. His final message, naming the Brazilian and the white captain, was his way of expressing what for him has been an injustice.

Ancelotti had been ensuring for several weeks in his appearances before the press that there was no doubt that Vinicius had to be the winner of the Ballon d’Orand saying that it was an election that did not allow debate. We will have to listen to him carefully next Friday, before the game against Valencia, in which it will be his first press conference after what happened this Monday in Paris.