Real Madrid had everything ready to experience a historic night at the Ballon d'Or gala and thus forget the heavy defeat suffered in the classic against FC Barcelona (0-4). However, on Monday morning there was an unexpected turn of events.
Real Madrid found out that Vinícius would not be the winner of the Ballon d'Or and immediately passed sentence. "France Football and the Ballon d'Or have not respected Madrid," reported some sources close to the club.
The club's expedition, made up of about 50 people, cancelled the planned plan and did not travel to Paris. A decision that France Football did not like at all, which this year had changed the rules of the awards and had not informed the winners that they would be. In fact, not even Luis Figo himself, very close to the club, could explain the absence of Real Madrid in Paris.
"I was surprised because they had told me that they were leaving Madrid at 1:30 p.m., and when I was at the hotel I heard the news: I don't know what could have happened"
Shortly after Rodrigo Hernández collected the Ballon d'Or award, Vinícius has broken his silence on his social networks. The Brazilian has sent a defiant message:
"I'll do it 10 times if I have to. They're not ready"
The player was very brief in his statement. As expected, the Real Madrid player, who believed himself to be the winner of the Ballon d'Or, did not offer a single word of congratulations to the real winner of the award.