The Real Madrid club, convinced that its striker Vinicius Jr, although favorite, will not receive the “Ballon d’Or” trophy on Monday evening, announced that it will boycott the ceremony planned at the Théâtre du Chatelet in Paris.
Vinicius (Real Madrid). PHOTO: The Truth Archive
“If the award criteria did not designate Vinicius as the winner, the same criteria should designate Carvajal as the winner. Since this was not the case, it is obvious that the “Golden Ball” of UEFA does not respect the Real Madrid club. And Real Madrid does not want to be present where it is not respected“, the Madrid club writes in a press release, according to Agerpres.
The absence of Real Madrid players and the club’s statement therefore suggests that neither Vinicius, nor Dani Carvajal, nor Jude Bellingham, the architects “coronation” of the club, will not win the trophy, leaving the way for the Spanish midfielder of Manchester City, Rodri, notes AFP. Winner of EURO 2024 with La Roja, Rodri (28 years old) was named the best player of the tournament by Uefa.
It should be mentioned that the Spanish press wrote on Monday morning that the Brazilian international Vinicius Junior, the striker of the Real Madrid team, is the successor of the Argentine Lionel Messi in the record of the Ballon d’Or trophy.
“Vinicius receives the Ballon d’Or today“, the daily Marca captioned, referring to the Ballon d’Or awards ceremony that will take place on Monday evening at the Chatelet Theater in Paris.
According to the data circulating on social networks, cited by the Spanish press, Vinicius Junior, who played a fundamental role in Real Madrid winning the Champions League last season, would have accumulated 630 points in the survey organized by France Football, ahead of l on the Spanish midfielder Rodri (Manchester City), European champion with La Roja, who received 576 points.
In third place, with 422 points, was the English midfielder Jude Bellingham, a colleague of Vinicius at Real Madrid and a finalist of EURO 2024 with his country’s national team, while the fourth on the list was the French Kylian Mbappe, the new recruit of the Madrid club, with 372 points.
For women, the big favorite to win the Ballon d’Or is the Spanish Aitana Bommati, the winner of the Champions League with FC Barcelona, who also won the France Football trophy last season.
