Vinicius-Ancelotti move after Ballon d’Or boycott, Barca taunt Real Madrid

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Vinicius-Ancelotti move after Ballon d’Or boycott, Barca taunt Real Madrid

The aftermath of Real Madrid, the famous team from La Liga, Spain, the champion of the league and UEFA Champions League last season. Boycotting the award ceremony for the best player, “Ballon d’Or” in Paris, France on October 28. After learning that Vinicius Junior, the ยูฟ่าเบท team’s forward, missed out on the big award, “Best Male Footballer”, with the second highest number of points after Rodri of Manchester City.

Vinicius-Ancelotti move after Ballon d'Or boycott, Barca taunt Real Madrid

Vinicius posted X after the awards ceremony: “Will do 10x better if necessary. They are not ready yet.”

Hours before the announcement, there were rumours that Rodri would win the award. Even the Manchester City social media accounts posted a video reviewing Rodri’s performance. Seemingly implying that the Spaniard had won the award. Leading the Ballon d’Or organizers to issue a statement saying that no one knew the result in advance.

While the “AFP” news agency revealed a statement from the Los Blancos team. That no representatives would travel to the event because they felt that the team was not respected. Even though Carlo Ancelotti won the Best Coach award and Kylian Mbappe won the Best Forward award with Harry Kane. The English striker of Bayern Munich. Because they felt that even if Vinicius and Jude Bellingham, who got the third place, missed the award, Dani Carvajal. The Spanish national team defender of Madrid should have won it because Carvajal was successful in winning championships at both the club and national level in the “Euro 2024” tournament, just like Rodri. If he did not. It would show that the Ballon d’Or and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) did not respect Real Madrid. Madrid would not attend the event that did not respect each other.

Spanish media outlet Marca reported that Madrid had originally planned to send 50 representatives of executives, players, staff, coaches and officials to the event. Including a live broadcast on the team’s RMTV, but it was abruptly canceled.

Ancelotti posted an X thanking his family, the president, the club, the players and, above all, Vinicius and Carvajal.

As Madrid midfielder Aurelien Chuameni posted a picture of himself with Vinicius, with the caption: “Nothing can take away from you. Everyone knows. They are not ready for what you are going to show them.”

Madrid’s arch-rivals Barcelona, ​​who thrashed Los Blancos 4-0 in El Clasico last weekend, appeared to mock Madrid by posting an X, saying: We are very honored to be here. Thank you Ballon d’Or for the warm and wonderful welcome.

The Ballon d’Or, which is awarded by France Football magazine is voted on by journalists from 100 nations ranked in the top 100 by FIFA. In the past, the winners were announced two or three days before the award. But this year they have chosen to keep it a secret.