France Football comes under pressure from Madrid over Ballon d’Or

Gala concert Golden ball This year 2024 is already historic, since for the first time the award was received by two footballers of the same nationality: the Spaniards Rodri Hernandez and Aitana Bonmati. They were the main characters of the holiday, where real Madrid He was also the center of attention, in this case due to a sit-in the white club staged at the ceremony after learning Vinicius would not win the award. The rudeness that was explained after the gala concert Vincent Garcia, editor-in-chief of L’Equipe.

As he explained on television in a French newspaper, Garcia claims that he “had a lot of pressure from Madrid, perhaps my silence pushed them to the limit.”

“ This year the winner and runner-up will not be notified.“

“There was a lot of pressure on me from Real Madrid, but, as happens with other clubs, I have always been clear, honest and perhaps my silence drove them to the extreme. But it was the same as with the others. I was very unpleasantly surprised by his absence.. We have been very clear with them and with all the other clubs. This year the winner and runner-up were not notified. I thought everyone agreed, but At the last minute, I don’t know why, they wanted to change the rule.

So, according to the story of Vincent Garcia, before the trip to Paris, the Madrid team tried to find out the result of the vote for the best player. However, faced with Garcia’s silence and feeling that Vinicius was not going to accept him, they canceled the trip to Paris. A decision that prevented them from receiving other awards they had won, such as award for the best team of the year or best coach

for Ancelotti.

In addition, the editor-in-chief of L’Equipe explained one of the possible reasons why Vinicius did not win. In this sense, Garcia believes that the Brazilian was offended by the presence of other Real Madrid fans among the finalists.

A French newspaper executive gives his opinion on the absence of a white club and explains how he thinks voters acted.

“Obviously, Vinicius must have suffered from the presence of Bellingham and Carvajal. in the top 5 because mathematically it took away a few points. It also sums up Real Madrid’s season, in which there were 3 to 4 players and the jury distributed its decisions among them, which benefited Rodri,” Garcia commented after the gala.