Real Madrid did not travel to Paris to attend the Ballon d'Or gala, despite having five players in the top 10, being named the best club of the last year, and Carlo Ancelotti being named manager of the year year. That's because they think Vinicius Junior should have won the award.
The Brazilian was hot favorite for the award until the final 24 hours, when Manchester City's Rodri Hermandez emerged as the winner, with Dani Carvajal and Jude Bellingham completing the top four. They have their own conspiracy theory why exactly the award didn't go away Vinicius.
Like his entourage. According to Reliefhis camp commented to Reuters that they believe that the fact that Vinicius is the face of the fight against racism in Spanish football is the reason that he did not win the award. They say the “football world is not ready to accept a player who fights against the system”.
This would certainly be a twist. Although this is the first year that UEFA is involved in the organization of the award, the voting system remains based on journalists from around the world, and last year UEFA gave Vinicius the Socrates prize for precisely that: his leading role in the fight against racism. . The director of France Football Vincent Garcia has he explained that it was about voting trends.
