Ballon d’Or vote: three countries veto Vinicius

Magazine France Football, As every year, on October 28 at the Chatelet theater, he announced the votes of 100 journalists who declared Rodri the best player in the world. The Manchester City midfielder beat Vinicius in the final vote by 41 points. and won the second Spanish men’s football award after the Luis Suarez award in 1960.

The gala, which, surprisingly, was not attended by Real Madrid, left several curiosities. For example, out of a hundred journalists, three did not give Vinicius a single vote: Finland, Namibia and El Salvador. The Finnish journalist voted first for Rodri, second for Haaland and third for Bellingham, leaving the Brazilian aside and voting first for players such as Rice or Wirtz, for example.

The Namibian journalist, who also did not include Vinicius in the world’s top ten players for the Ballon d’Or, chose Bellingham first, Rodri second and Lamine Yamal third. Their votes include, for example, Lautaro Martinez, who finished fourth, or Haaland, who finished fifth in the final vote, who finished tenth. for an African journalist.

For his part, a journalist from El Salvador, who said in an interview that he did not vote for Vinicius because he took into account the criterion of fair play, He gave first place to Bellingham, followed by Haaland and third to Kroos.. In his top ten positions, which do not include a Brazilian, the vote for Dani Olmo, fifth, or Calhanoga, sixth, is surprising.

Of the 49 first places that Rodri received, England, Germany, Portugal, Italy and Holland stand out. Of the 35 that Vinicius received, there are Spain with Alfredo Relaño, Brazil and France through the group director. L’Equipe to which France Football belongs specifically. Kroos, who finished ninth in the final voting, was awarded first place by Argentina and Ecuador, while three countries deemed Carvajal worthy of the Ballon d’Or: Angola, Hungary and Oman. Mbappe, who finished sixth, was selected only as the best player in the world by an Omani journalist.

Ronaldo was the only one who did not vote first for Yamal on the Kop

Lamin Yamal won the Kop Cup, awarded to the best young player in the world, by a wide margin. The Barcelona striker, a European Cup champion with Spain playing a key role, won unopposed in the final vote in which previous Ballon d’Or winners vote. and in which Zidane or Cristiano Ronaldo were absent from the vote.

All award winners were presented France Football They picked the crown jewel of Spanish football in first place, with one exception: Ronaldo Nazario. Surprisingly, the Brazilian chose Savinho first, who had an excellent season in Girona, and Yamal second. and Arda Guler – third. Benzema, the 2022 Ballon d’Or winner, named the Barcelona man the best young player in the world, as did Messi, who ranked Koubari second and Garnacho third.

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