Real Madrid knew that Brazilian striker Vinicius Junior would not win the Ballon d’Or, but did not want to upset him before the Barcelona match. This was reported by “Soviet sport” Referring to Cadena SER journalist Anton Meanu.
“Real knew the results but decided not to tell Vinicius in order not to distract him before the Barcelona game. The player’s circle was suspicious that he would not win the Golden Ball. They contacted the club and found out that Vinicius would not win,” Meana said on the Carrusel Canalla podcast.
28 October, midfielder of the Spanish national team and Manchester City Rodri became the owner “Golden Ball”.
He beat Real Madrid players Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappe as well as teammate Erling Haaland in the voting.
Rodri appeared on crutches at the Ballon d’Or ceremony. He injured his cruciate knee ligaments in the match against Arsenal in the English Premier League (EPL) on 25 September.
Vinicius Junior was confident of receiving the award. He even managed to celebrate, but he couldn’t.
On October 26, Real lost to Barcelona with a score of 0:4 in the Spanish championship match. In one of the episodes, Vinicius said to the midfielder of the Catalan team Gavi: “yes, 0:4, but I will go to the Golden Ball on Monday.”
The Ballon d’Or is an annual football award given by the French magazine France Football to the best football player of the calendar year. It is generally considered the most prestigious individual award given to a football player. The first Ballon d’Or award was awarded in 1956.
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Source: Gazeta
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