France Football reveals the number of points that separate Manchester City midfielder Rodri, Ballon d'Or 2024, and Real Madrid star Vinicius, his runner-up. And it came down to very little.
This is enough to put a small part in the machine. About ten days after the presentation of the Golden Ball, marked by the psychodrama around Vinicius' second place and the boycott of the ceremony by Real Madrid, France Football reveals this Friday the difference in points between the Brazilian striker and Rodri, winner of this 2024 edition.
According to the monthly magazine, organizer of the Ballon d'Or, there are only 41 points between the first two in the ranking. A very small gap when we know that each voter (journalists from the first 100 countries in the Fifa ranking) give 15 points to the first in their ranking, 12 points to the second and 8 points to the third.
More generally, there are three jurors who did not include Vinicius in their top 10. Rodri was put aside by five voters.
Lookman cited at least once in first place
If the details of the votes will be revealed in full this Saturday, November 9, certain choices have already leaked on social networks. This is particularly the case with the ranking of Bruno Porzio, a journalist from El Salvador. According to the Catalan daily Sport, he placed Jude Bellingham in the lead, ahead of Erling Haaland and Toni Kroos. Followed by Lautaro Martinez, Dani Olmo and Hakan Çalhanoğlu. Rodri is only 7th in his ranking, ahead of Florian Wirtz, Phil Foden and Ruben Diaz. Vinicius did not appear in the top 10.
In preview, France Football also reveals that seven different players, in addition to Rodri and Vinicius, have been cited at least once in first place. Among them, Kylian Mbappé, Lautaro Martinez or… Ademola Lookman.
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