Vinicius is angry when Rodri wins the 2024 Ballon d’Or

Vinicius Junior organized a party with his closest friends until dawn. After the party, he found out he was not going to win the Ballon d’Or. He had even promised to give each Real Madrid player a Rolex watch.

Florentino Pérez was informed yesterday that Vinicius Junior was not going to win the Ballon d’Or. The message from Real Madrid was: “You’re going to be right. There’s a mess.”

Relevo reports that Vinicius hosted a house party with friends until early Monday morning.

Vini even promised to gift each of his teammates at Real Madrid a Rolex watch after receiving the Ballon d’Or.

Vinicius missed out on the 2024 Ballon d’Or

On his personal X page, Vinicius posted a status with the content: “I will do it 10 times if necessary. They are not ready”.

This clearly shows Vinicius’s dissatisfaction because he ultimately could not win the Golden Ball after an excellent 2023/24 season with Real Madrid with an impressive performance, helping the club win La Liga and the Champions League.

Previously, Vinicius himself was sure he would be the winner at the award ceremony in Paris when international media leaked information about the 2024 Ballon d’Or winner.

However, close to the award ceremony, the “bomb” exploded when Vinicius received the news that he was not the winner but Rodri. That made Vinicius angry and he and his delegation did not go to Paris to attend the gala. The same was true of Real Madrid players and coach Carlo Ancelotti.

Overall, with his “childish” behavior, Vinicius only made his image worse in the eyes of fans. After all, Rodri deserved to win the award , both for his personality and ability on the field.

Rodri kisses the Golden Ball at the gala at the Chatelet theater, Paris, France on the evening of October 28. Photo: Reuters

On the evening of October 28 local time (early morning of October 29 Hanoi time), the 68th Golden Ball Awards Ceremony took place at the Théâtre du Chatelet in Paris (France).

Rodri (full name Rodrigo Hernández Cascante) – the Spanish player currently playing for Manchester City Club – has been awarded the 2024 Men’s Ballon d’Or.

To the thunderous applause of the audience, Rodri walked onto the stage on crutches with the help of former Côte d’Ivoire international Didier Drogba.

The Golden Ball award for Rodri is completely worthy of his outstanding achievements in the past year.

The Manchester City midfielder was voted Euro 2024’s best player, making a huge contribution to Spain’s European Championship campaign.

Before that, in nine months, he helped Manchester City “run full speed” to take the lead in the harsh Premier League and was only defeated on penalties by Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said: “A worthy representative of the Spanish school, Rodri’s game is more about the mind than the feet. He perfectly embodies the role of the modern holding midfielder, both for club and country. He sees everything, he anticipates everything, directs, makes the ball neater than what we pass to him.”

Alongside Rodri, female player Aitana Bonmatí continues to hold the title of the 2024 Women’s Ballon d’Or. Silver screen star Natalie Portman named the Spanish midfielder from FC Barcelona, ​​the player who won the 2024 Ballon d’Or with the votes of 50 journalists from 50 countries.

The names of the awards remain the same, including the Men’s Ballon d’Or, Women’s Ballon d’Or, Kopa Trophy (best U21 player), Yashin Trophy (best goalkeeper), Gerd Muller Trophy (top scorer of the season), Johan Cruyff Trophy (best male/female coach), best male/female club and the Socrates Award (Dedication Award).

The 2024 Ballon d’Or award ceremony is considered quite special when for the first time since 2003, neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo were named in the list of 30 promising players.

The surprise was kept secret until the last minute of the ceremony. The Paris evening became lively and exciting when the France Football Organizing Committee decided to present the secondary awards first.

Emiliano Martinez retained the Yashin Trophy for Best Goalkeeper, while 18-year-old Spanish star Lamine Yamal won the Kopa Trophy for Best Under-21 Player.

Kylian Mbappé and Harry Kane, both with 52 goals in a season, were both awarded the Golden Boot but only the England international took to the stage while Mbappé was absent from the ceremony.

Spanish female player Jennifer Hermoso was awarded the Socrates Prize for her efforts to develop women’s football.

Despite their absence, Real Madrid were voted best men’s football club, while Barcelona won the title of best women’s club.

Real Madrid’s Italian head coach Carlo Ancelotti received the Johan Cruyff Award for Best Men’s Coach, while American coach Emma Hayes received the Johan Cruyff Trophy for Best Women’s Coach, but she was also absent from the ceremony.

At the ceremony, all nominees, players, coaches were present, except for members of Real Madrid club. Images of Real Madrid players only appeared in the introduction video.

Before the ceremony took place, Real Madrid announced that they would boycott the event because they learned that Brazilian star striker Vinicius Junior did not meet the criteria to win the award.

This year’s men’s Ballon d’Or jury has been narrowed down to 100 people, from the top 100 countries in the FIFA rankings (compared to 170 members previously), and another 50 members for the women’s Ballon d’Or.

When France Football compiles its list of 30 nominees, each judge will submit their top five picks. In order, the first-place player gets 6 points, the second gets 4 points, the third gets 3 points, the fourth gets 2 points and the fifth gets 1 point. These votes determine the final rankings.

The award criteria have also undergone a major change. “Individual performance” and “decisive and impressive character of the candidates” are the top criteria, ahead of “team aspect and titles won” as well as “player class and spirit of fair play.”

The achievements of the entire career will no longer be taken into account, to avoid “holding on to the title forever”, illustrated by the 12 crowns shared between Lionel Messi (7 times) and Cristiano Ronaldo (5 times) in the last 13 award ceremonies, from 2008 to 2021.