Rodrigo Hernández Cascante is the 2024 Golden Ball despite some predictions favoring Vinicius Jr.
As a protest, Real Madrid shunned the Parisian ceremony. Vinicius Jr was able to count on enormous support from his teammates who do not understand the choice of midfielder Rodri. In the meantime, the list of votes which should appear on November 9, the journalist Mansour Loum, believes that the Brazilian player would have suffered from the presence of Bellingham and Carvajal in the top 5. A case which would already have occurred with the team of Liverpool explains: when there is too much concentration of players from the same or the same team we saw it in particular with Liverpool, when Van Djik, Salah and Mané were all three among the favorites and they all finished behind Messi, the votes were diluted between the three players. If there was only one player of the three who had been pushed, there would be more votes at once, this is perhaps one of the explanations which could justify (the rank of Vinicus) after there is many players find Vinicus to be a divisive player.
Vinicus Junior was quick to react on X, I would do 10 times more, they are not ready, he wrote. When questioned, the player’s entourage confirmed that this reaction was specifically aimed at his commitment against racism, of which he is frequently a victim. Some on the networks saw Rodri’s choice as a racist choice.
If we make a player pay for his positions, because Vinicus is the victim of racism on a lot of pitches in La Liga, he reacts precisely, he tries to make things happen, it is a fight which is noble that he we must lead, and if we sanction someone for that, it raises questions about the state of mind of many people in society, insisted Mansour Loum.
Created by France Football magazine, the Ballon d’Or has been awarded since 1956 for men and since 2018 for women. The winner of the Ballon d’Or is chosen by a panel of journalists from the top 100 countries in the FIFA rankings. A restriction to be reviewed according to Mansour Loum to preserve the credibility of the Ballon D’or.
Before, there were almost all the countries affiliated with FIFA which voted and so that made 204 or 205 voting countries. Now, there are only 100 left, the best in the FIFA rankings, why did we remove half of the voters, does this mean that they do not recognize anything about football, moreover if we take a look to nations, it is often developed countries, he said.
Rodri, 28, won the prestigious award for the first time FOR his role in Manchester City’s Premier League victory and Spain’s European Championship triumph. He is the first City player to win this trophy.
On a good evening for Spain and the Barça players, the young prodigy Lamine Yamal, the youngest scorer in the history of the European Championship won the Kopa trophy for the best player under 21 and the Barça won the trophy for the best women’s team. Real Madrid, absent, was voted best men’s team.
