Real Madrid's Carlo Ancelotti: “Vinicius Junior is sad, but not because of the Ballon d'Or”

Manager of Real Madrid Carlo Ancelotti revealed that star player Vinicius Junior is affected by the tragedy of the storm DANA, and paid little attention to the Ballon d'Or result, which dominated the headlines until last Wednesday.

Ahead of their match against AC Milan in the Champions League, Ancelotti said that he tried to make the press conference as short as he did not feel appropriate to talk about football.

Brazilian journalist Tatiana Mantovani of TNT Sports Brasil apologized for being asked, but after Vinicius' reaction to the Ballon d'Or dominated the headlines last week, she said she was required to inquire about his condition emotional

“Vinicius is sad, like us, but not because of the Ballon d'Or, but because he sees the situation in Valencia.”

Of course, Ancelotti himself won the Ballon d'Or award for the best manager.

“I'm happy, the Ballon d'Or has already passed and we want to congratulate all the winners,” he told the press.

“It's been a difficult week, because it's not the normal atmosphere. But not because of what happened with the Ballon d'Or. It happened and that's enough. Congratulations to the winners. The sadness is not there, but because of what It's happening here in Spain.”

On Vinicius, Ancelotti had little more to say.

“It's normal. He understands what's going on. Luckily we didn't play on Saturday and Vinicius trained well, like everyone else.”

Real Madrid reacted furiously to Vinicius missing out on the Ballon d'Or last week, deciding that none of their nominees would attend the gala in Paris, having originally planned to go. The hot topic last week, since the DANA storm, the absurdity of the importance given to the award has become increasingly apparent in the face of a real problem.