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“Unfair”: Cristiano Ronaldo criticizes Ballon d’Or
December 27, 2024 – 7:59 p.mReading time: 2 minutes
Cristiano Ronaldo expressed his solidarity with Vinícius Junior from his long-time employer Real Madrid. He criticized the fact that he didn’t get the Ballon d’Or.
Portugal’s football star Cristiano Ronaldo has criticized the awarding of the Spanish European champion Rodri with the Ballon d’Or and described it as “unfair”. The 39-year-old said at the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai that Real Madrid’s Brazilian striker Vinícius Junior should have received the Golden Ball. “That was unfair, in my opinion,” said the professional from Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia, “they gave it to Rodri, he deserved it too. But I think they should have given it to Vinícius because he was the champion League won and scored the final goal.”
The Ballon d’Or has been awarded since 1956 and has long been the award for the best European player. From 2010 to 2015, the Ballon d’Or was awarded as a prize to the world footballer through a cooperation between the French media group Groupe Amaury, to which “France Football” belongs, and the world association Fifa. The collaboration with Uefa has been in place since this year – the umbrella organization no longer has the sole choice of European Footballer of the Year.
“That’s why I love Globe Soccer. You gave the honest prize,” said Ronaldo, taking a swipe at the Ballon d’Or organizers. Vinícius Junior received the awards for the best footballer of the year and the best attacker in Dubai. “If Cristiano says that I am the best player, then I believe it,” said the 24-year-old, according to the translation, during the live broadcast of the ceremony in the stream.
Ronaldo was honored with a special award for his 916 career goals to date. He will soon be 40 years old, said the exceptional player. “But I’m not done yet. I’ll keep going because I want to win titles, I want to be champion, I want to score more goals,” he announced.