Two days after Barça’s 4-0 defeat in the classic, Real Madrid, Madrid fans and Vinícius have suffered another tremendous setback: the Brazilian striker has been left without the Ballon d’Or. There was no individual consolation prize either. The anger has been enormous in the white club, which has suffered the second consecutive humiliation of planetary reach, an affront to the Florentino Pérez empire.
Such was the anger and indignation that took over the White House that neither the Brazilian striker nor the club attended the Ballon d’Or gala in Paris last night, where, according to all the predictions, forecasts and calculations, the Madrid striker had to having been crowned best footballer of the 2023-24 season. Mere conjectures, because in this edition of the Ballon d’Or the voting control system had been changed and for the first time the secrecy about the winner was absolute. Only two people in the entire world knew the name that would come out of the envelope at the Le Châtelet theater in Paris.
However, for Real Madrid fans, that Vinícius would be the chosen one was practically a revealed truth, a dogma of faith. This is what the white parish supposed, this is what related media reported urbi et orbe, and this is what Vinícius himself had believed until Saturday, as he had arrogantly let Gavi know during the classic. Well, no. The winner of the Ballon d’Or was Rodri, the footballing antithesis, in style, behavior and education of Vini.
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Vinícius had made a suit for the gala, had 20 guests and had reserved a venue for the party in Paris.
The information bomb exploded early in the afternoon, when the editorial staff was preparing the work and miracles of the Brazilian, whitened for the occasion. In Madrid, however, all the celebration and pomp had come to a halt. The charter prepared in Barajas to fly at 3:00 p.m. would not take off for Paris. And Vinícius would not be able to show off his custom-made suit for the gala, nor receive the affection of his 20 guests, nor perform his dances in the venue he had already reserved.
As far as he could know The Vanguard From sources at the white club, Real Madrid ordered the trip to Paris to be dismantled. Before the offense of leaving Vinícius without a prize, the plan of the spiteful. A delegation from the white club, made up of around 50 people, had to have traveled to the French capital, with the president Florentino Pérez at the head, the coach, Carlo Ancelotti, and five or six players from the squad, as well as the player’s relatives, to cover Vinícius. The white club, in favor of a full squad for the Ballon d’Or ceremony, did not even send Emilio Butragueño to Paris as the highest institutional representative.
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Real Madrid justifies the plan by considering that ‘France Football’ and UEFA have not respected it
Trying to load itself with reasons to mask the lack of dignity of his absence and the de facto boycott of the award ceremony to a Spanish footballer, Real Madrid argues that the criteria for proclaiming the winner of the Ballon d’Or have not taken into account the merits by Vinícius. The white club does not understand that the same criteria that do not serve to crown Carvajal as the best player (he won the Champions League and Euro Cup with Spain) do not serve to elevate Vinícius either. For this reason, the white club deduces that France Football and UEFA – the co-organisers, for the first time jointly – do not respect Real Madrid. “And Madrid does not go where it is not respected,” they added from Concha Espina, hurt by so many consecutive affronts, the classic and now the non-Ballon d’Or.
And on Saturday, visit to Mestalla, where Vinícius has a relationship special with the public.
Low marks in ‘fair-play’ and selection
The 100 journalists who send their votes to France Football To choose the winner of the Ballon d’Or they had to take into account three criteria: the individual performances and how decisive the nominees were with their clubs and their national teams, the trophies won, and a third decisive aspect, introduced at the request of UEFA, such as It’s fair play. And there, Vinícius, despite having become a standard-bearer of the fight against racism, has earned the reputation of being controversial, an arrogant footballer, rude to fans, and despising rivals and referees. On merits, Vini He had the Champions League, League and Super Cup, but with Brazil he had not won anything (he reached the quarterfinals of the Copa América, a match he did not play). And Rodri treasured the Premier League, the Club World Cup, the European Super Cup and the Euro Cup with Spain.
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