Rarely, if ever, is the most newsworthy thing about the gala Golden Ball This happened well before the ceremony began. Well before in fact. When we learned that the delegation of the real Madrid I decided not to travel to Paris. By then, the big news about the gala had already broken. And, if the organizers of this prize had the main objective that the winner would not be known until the moment of its announcement, the leaks confirmed that, in some incomprehensible way, they were not going to win it. Vinicius, neither one nor the other Carvajal -double European champion- and yes Rodrigo Hernández.
What followed was a sindio. Everyone can have their opinion on the decision of the the real Madrid. There are those who think that the white entity was right not to go to Paris, because it felt ignored. Vincius, but also to Carvajal. Others believe that white people should have been represented at the Théâtre du Châtelet. But we have the feeling that the ceremony was an ode to Barcelona fans, to the point of changing the name of an award such as Coach of the Year to Johan Cruyffwith Christo Stoichkovdeclared himself anti-Madrid, giving the prize to Ancelotti who did not show up.
Another moment to remember is when the anthem of the Barcelona began to play hard in the theater while Laporta and the Barcelona players, who recovered the Club of the Year Trophy feminine, accompanied by the sound of palms. A show that they would have signed in the Camp Nou. It was very different when the winner was the real Madrid with their men’s team, with whom they tiptoed. It is also true that no one came to pick him up, but the gala presenters, Didier Drogba And Sandy Héribertnor have they been recreated excessively. Mbappé was also awarded the Gerd Müller Trophy, shared with Kane, but the Frenchman had no plans to travel to Paris.
In short, this gala Golden Ball will go down in history for the one in which, in a surprising and, why not say it, somewhat incomprehensible way, since they had many footballing arguments, Vinicius It was not an award that a Spanish player could win 64 years later, as was the case Rodrigo Hernándezand for organizing a party where Barcelona fans could have fun like a child in a ball pit.
