Cristiano Ronaldo on Friday weighed in on the choice at hand the lads’s Ballon d’Or award to Manchester Metropolis’s Rodri, saying Brazil and Actual Madrid ahead Vinicius Jr. deserved to win as a substitute.
“In my view he (Vinicius) deserved to win the golden ball. It was unfair, I say it right here in entrance of everyone,” mentioned the Portuguese captain, who has gained the award 5 instances.
Vinicius Jr., 24, scored 24 targets in 39 appearances throughout all membership competitions final season to assist Actual clinch the LaLiga and Champions League double final season, and in addition scored of their Champions League last win over Borussia Dortmund.
Nevertheless, he was pipped to the award by Rodri in October, after the midfielder led Metropolis to a fourth straight Premier League title final season earlier than inspiring Spain to Euro 2024 success.
The awards ceremony was not attended by Vinicius’ membership Actual, who determined to boycott it in anticipation of him not successful the lads’s award. “I actually love the way in which they do their profession, (Jude) Bellingham, Lamine (Yamal) now, this younger technology, Vinicius, they do a incredible job,” Ronaldo mentioned on the Globe Soccer Awards.
“They gave it to Rodri, he deserved it too however I feel they need to have given it to Vinicius as a result of he gained a Champions League.”
The Ballon d’Or is set on the premise of a vote by a panel of journalists from the highest 100 FIFA-ranked nations.
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