If players had the opportunity to vote for the 2024 Ballon d’Or, who would win the trophy, Rodri or Vinicius? Cucurella recently explained that he would put Rodri at the top of his personal rankings.
“My votes for the Ballon d’Or would have been: Rodri, [Dani] Carvajal and Vinicius he declared, before adding that “People don’t know what Rodri has until he’s gone. »
For Cucurella, Rodri is a central player for Manchester City, an essential element who controls the game and stabilizes the team.
Manchester City’s recent run of four defeats in Rodri’s absence due to injury demonstrates, he believes, the importance of the Spanish midfielder.
The awarding of the Ballon d’Or is based on the vote of journalists
Currently, the Ballon d’Or selection process is based on the votes of 100 journalists from the highest ranked countries in the FIFA rankings.
Each journalist establishes a ranking of ten players, awarding points according to a precise scale. This points system can significantly influence the final ranking.
Some journalists did not include Vinicius in their selection, which directly affected his final position in the rankings.
Juha Kanerva, a Finnish journalist, admitted to omitting Vinicius from his list, later explaining that it was a “technical error” which he fully assumed.
In addition to Kanerva, Bruno Porzio, a Salvadoran journalist, and Sheefeni Nikodemus, a Namibian journalist, also awarded no points to the Brazilian player, thus influencing his result.
