Golden Ball. A journalist who did not place Vinicius in his top 10 will resign from the jury

Some votes for the Ballon d’Or, revealed this Saturday, November 9 in France Footballare surprising. Among them, those of Finnish journalist Juha Kanerva, who is one of the three not to have placed Vinicius in his top 10 (with those of El Salvador and Namibia).

The Brazilian was long cited as the big favorite to win the trophy, before learning that Rodri was going to be crowned and not attending the ceremony on October 28. The Real Madrid striker was ultimately beaten by just 41 points, and votes like those of the Finn weighed heavily in the balance.

The journalist admits his “error”

Afterwards, this Saturday, Kanerva made his mea culpa and admitted “his mistake” on the social network “I am going to resign from the Ballon d’Or jury”announced the one who gave his preference to Rodri, placing Erling Haaland and Jude Bellingham in the 2^e et 3^e places, and the Frenchman William Saliba in 8th^e.

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Visibly vengeful, Vinicius scored his hat-trick against Osasuna this Saturday, November 9 in La Liga, during the big victory for Real Madrid (4-0), who revived and temporarily returned to six lengths behind the leader, FC Barcelona.