He Golden Ball This Monday, she starred in one of the surprises – and controversies – that will be talked about the longest. The price of Rodri Hernándezwhich was not for Viniciusprovoked strong reactions. And a lot of rejection, especially from Real Madridwho stood up to the gala when he felt they wanted their player and the club itself to be subjected to humiliation.
The emphasis is on two places. In the UEFAwho co-organizes the Ballon d’Or for the first time – and his open confrontation with Real Madrid is already known – and during the vote, carried out by 100 journalists from the 100 best countries in the world ranking FIFA. They had to choose ten footballers from the 30 nominees and give them a score between 15 and 1 point (15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1).
Traditionally, the Ballon d’Or announced the official list of votes shortly after the ceremony. This time it will be different, and France Football will not share them publicly until November 9. A new change in this year’s edition, in which, according to the organization, the name of the winner was also kept secret until the end.
However, some of the votes of the journalists who participated are known and shared. As is the case with the representative of Spain, Alfred Relaño (AS). He commented on Monday that he had given his points: 15 to Vinicius, 12 to Rodri and 10 to Bellingham.
“Each journalist votes as he sees fit. We have no indication, and the votes we give are then published by the magazine. UEFA has nothing to do with that. UEFA came this year to sponsor but had nothing to do with it “No one from UEFA spoke to me,” Relaño said that evening on COPE’s El Partidazo show.
Like Relaño, other journalists from around the world revealed their votes. There are those who, like him, also consider Vinicius the winner. This is the case of countries like Mexico, Guinea Equatorial either Morocco. Ecuador, for example, has prioritized Tony Kroos —another of the surprises of the final ranking, finishing ninth—followed by Vinicius.
Rodri has won in countries like Ukraine either Chinaand in those where Vinicius won – as far as we know – he was not far behind. What is surprising is that the Brazilian lost many places in some people’s votes. The representative of Albania put to Laminate Yamal Already Carvajal after Rodri and only scored Vinicius in eighth place (3 points). EITHER El Salvadorwhich didn’t even place the Brazilian in the top ten and therefore left him without points. We will have to wait a few days to know all the votes.
Response from France Football
The only explanation for what happened with Vinicius comes from Vincent Garciaeditor-in-chief of France Football: “Obviously, Vinicius surely suffered from the presence of Bellingham and Carvajal in the top 5 because, mathematically, that took away a few points from him. This also sums up Real Madrid’s season, which had between 3 and 4 players and the juries have divided their decisions between them, which benefited Rodri,” he said after the gala.
“I had a lot of pressure from Real Madrid but, as is the case with other clubs, I was always clear, fair and maybe my silence pushed them over the edge. But it was the same as with the others, I was very unpleasantly surprised by their absence,” he added about the decision taken by the white club.
This Tuesday, the newspaper The Team -owner of France Footballl—publishes an editorial, signed by Vincent Dulucwho accuses Real Madrid of its decision to stand up during the gala. “An electoral defeat and a moral defeat”, headlines the text.
Duluc writes: “Real Madrid, which does not accept that the winner is not known in advance, nor that it is not him, ended up refusing to come because of the rumor of Vinicius’ defeat, taking hostage his other winners Carlo Ancelotti and Kylian Mbappé, in particular. “The Madrid club has chosen, without class, to trample on this value of sport which consists of respecting its winners,” he concludes.
