Bad news that Vinicius missed the Golden Ball award, Real Madrid angrily “boycotted”

Immediately after learning that Vinicius missed out on the Ballon d’Or to Rodri, Real Madrid reacted strongly. They declared that they no longer cared about this award.

Shocking news came to Real when their favorite striker Vinicius did not win the Golden Ball award , instead the Brazilian striker only received the Silver Ball. The prestigious award went to Rodri of Man City.

Vinicius’s failure to win the Ballon d’Or makes Real Madrid angry

Notably, the news of Vinicius’s failure to win the award was leaked right before the award ceremony and after hearing the news, Real was extremely angry. They announced that all members of the Real delegation would not attend the award ceremony despite having planned to. Not only that, the Royal team also canceled the special broadcast of the Ballon d’Or award ceremony that was expected to last up to 5 hours.

Marca reported that all information about the Ballon d’Or award ceremony has almost disappeared from the “White Vulture” headquarters in Valdebebas. Players, coaching staff and other staff are said to be banned from mentioning the word “Golden Ball” during this time.

Vinicius’ failure to win the Ballon d’Or was a huge shock and disappointment for the reigning Champions League and La Liga champions. Previously, many reports from the press had confirmed that Vinicius would definitely win the award and Real had planned to honor their player. But then everything fell apart and the final result left everyone on the Royal team “falling backwards”.

Real’s representative even “sulked” and declared that from now on they will no longer care about this award. A recent statement from the Royal team said: “The Golden Ball award no longer exists for us. We do not care. The most important thing now is to focus on the matches, on the tournaments to improve the results”.

It has been a tough week for Real Madrid. They were on cloud nine with a 5-2 win over Dortmund, where Vinicius scored a hat-trick to celebrate winning the Ballon d’Or. But then they lost 4-0 to Barca in the Clasico, and then received the bad news that Vinicius missed out on the Ballon d’Or that seemed certain to be in his hands.

Vinicius wants revenge for missing out on the Golden Ball

Spain 24-year-old striker Vinicius Junior responded on social media after missing out on the 2024 Ballon d’Or award to Rodri.

“I will do 10 times this, and they are not ready for it yet,” Vinicius wrote on his personal page just minutes after Rodri received the 2024 Ballon d’Or.

According to beIN Sports , Vinicius’ message means he will strive even harder to win the Ballon d’Or in the future. Because he believes he deserves to win this year’s award but was not awarded it.

Vinicius’ message on social media after the Golden Ball gala on the evening of October 28. Photo: 90min

On the morning of the award ceremony on October 28, a list circulated on social media showing the positions of the 30 players nominated for the Ballon d’Or, with Vinicius at the top and Rodri only second. But a few hours later, Spanish media reported that all members of Real Madrid FC would not be in Paris for the award ceremony.

The above list finally has the correct position of 28 players, except for the top two. Because Rodri just received the Golden Ball , while Vinicius only got the Silver Ball.

Before the award ceremony, European media and bookmakers predicted that Vinicius would win the award. A British bookmaker even offered Vinicius 131 times higher odds than Rodri. Spanish newspaper Marca wrote: “Vinicius will win the Ballon d’Or”.

According to Relevo newspaper , Vinicius told Barca midfielder Gavi during the El Clasico match on the evening of October 26 that he would win the Golden Ball. The Brazilian star even held a party with his close friends from the evening of October 27 to the early morning of October 28. He also promised to give Rolex watches to his Real Madrid teammates. But after the party, he received news that he had missed the award .

At the same time, the organizers said that the 2024 Ballon d’Or is the first time they have not announced the results in advance for the winner. The head of the organizing committee, Marc Las, confirmed that only two people knew the results in advance, he and the editor-in-chief of France Football magazine .

After the gala, many of Vinicius ‘ teammates spoke out to criticize the award and encourage him. Former midfielder Toni Kroos posted a picture of Vinicius with two words: “The best”. Brazilian midfielder Lucas Paqueta commented that Vinicius was “excellent, no matter what people say”.

The midfielder is not his teammate, as Mario Lemina of Wolverhampton FC also commented: “Rodri is the best midfielder, but Vinicius is the best player. Goodbye football”.

Due to being so surprised with the result, Real’s board of directors decided to cancel plans to go to Paris.

The Ballon d’Or is considered the most prestigious individual award in football, awarded since 1956 to European players, and since 1995 expanded to the world. Lionel Messi holds the record of eight wins, in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021 and 2023.

For the men’s tournament, each journalist from a country with a team in the FIFA Top 100 will be selected to form a judging panel for the 30 nominees. Each journalist will select 10 players from the Top 30 nominees, with points awarded respectively 15, 12, 10, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for each player. The player with the highest total points wins the prize.