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An hour before the Balón de Oro ceremony, a polemica was decided: when their player Vinicius was not even the winner of the prize, Real Madrid decided not to travel to Paris and announce the act.

After the organization, we insisted even before the gala that “no player sat in the club” before he was expected.

“Todos los clubes y los jugadores reciben el mismo trato” (Todos los clubes y los jugadores reciben el mismo trato) (Todos los clubes y los jugadores reciben el mismo trato), after recording the strict confidentiality norms that apply to the edition 2024 had been decided until the players gathered at a gala in Paris on Monday, i.e. before 22:00 GMT.

When Vinicius was the winner, the Spanish name Rodri (Manchester City) was chosen as favorite, leading in the female category Miradas another Spanish figure, Aitana Bonmatí (Barcelona).

After six weeks and a few months, Vinicius’ name sang with Fuerza to win the Balón de Oro this year. Have you reached the moon, much more than what I owe to the Triunfador de la Velada in the men’s category.

But Real Madrid’s reaction was on everyone’s lips and he reflected on Rodri’s persuasion “Vini” when the vote was realized between the members of a Jurado team represented in the top 100 FIFA ranking countries became.

“While the pricing criteria were not announced to Vinicius, these other criteria had to be announced to Carvajal. Since this was not the case, it is obvious that Balón de Oro-UEFA gave no response to Real Madrid. And Real Madrid didn’t do it.” “Se le respeta,” AFP told the Madrid club.

The Balón de Oro organization decided to innovate this year and kept the prize identity under wraps to avoid further filtering in the press. In previous years, the name of the award winner was kept confidential before the ceremony. All nominees were invited to the ceremony organized in Paris on Monday.

The elimination of the Real Madrid players and the club’s explanation consisted of Vinicius being taken over by Dani Carvajal and Jude Bellingham, protagonists of the League of Campeones, from the club, receiving the trophy and reporting over the Spanish midfielder of Manchester City Rodri . Winner of the Eurocopa 2024 with Roja, Rodri (28 years old) was recognized by UEFA as the best goal jugator.

Real Madrid, in the Spanish and European European Cup in 2024, has been Balones de Oro for the last two years, thanked Cristiano Ronaldo, one of them with Luka Modric and the other with Karim Benzema.

With Vinicius, those responsible for the white team included a decade-long Balón de Oro in their historic palmares, but the parecía was torn into a monumental enfado on the day of the festival.