The Real Madrid He flew into a rage on Monday afternoon , when he understood that Vinicius Junior He did not win The Golden Ball They took it for granted. From Valdebebas came a lament addressed to France Football and harsh judgment: “The Golden Ball no longer exists for us“. After the ceremony, the editor-in-chief of the gala publication responded to El umpquipe TV about this complaint and gave some clues as to why the Brazilian surrendered in the votes in favor of Rodrigo Hearn ochendez.
“Obviously, Vinicius certainly suffered from the presence of Bellingham and Carvajal In the top 5 because, mathematically, that took some points. This also sums up the Real Madrid season, which took between 3 and 4 players The jurors divided their decisions among themselves , which Rhodry benefited from“, Explained Vincent Garcia.
About that conversation after which Real Madrid understood that Vinicius did not win The Golden Ball“I was under a lot of pressure from Real Madrid, but as it happens with other clubs, I was always clear, fair and maybe my silence pushed them to the limit. But he was the same as with the others. I was very unpleasantly surprised by his absence“.
That’s why he regrets that the White club is talking about cheating: “we were very clear with them and with all the other clubs. This year, the winner and Laureate were not notified. I thought everyone had accepted but at the last moment, I don’t know why, they wanted to change the rule. When Real Madrid made their decision, I’m not sure there wasn’t a bit of disappointment.”
“Electoral defeat and moral defeat”
Half as expensive Lam, The owner of French football and therefore the organizer of the Ballon d’or, strongly attacks In an editorial signed by Vincent Duluc The decision of Real Madrid not to attend the ceremony. “Electoral defeat and moral defeat” is the title of an article in which Duluc wrote: “Real Madrid, which does not accept that the winner is not known in advance, nor that it is not him, ended up refusing to attend due to the rumor of the defeat of Vinicius, He took other winners, Carlo Ancelotti and Kylian Mbappe, hostage , in particular“.
And the French media continues with another equally harsh sentence: “the Madrid club, without class, chose to trample on this value of sport, which consists in respecting its winners.”
