How did Real Madrid turn its attitude and boycott the Golden Ball?

Within just a few hours, Real Madrid suddenly changed its attitude and boycotted the Golden Ball awards ceremony after receiving news that Vinicius did not win this noble award.
The entire Real Madrid team experienced many different emotional states yesterday. Until the beginning of the day, they still firmly believed that Vinicius would be the owner of the Golden Ball award.

This information was revealed by Marca and the media many days before the awards ceremony in Paris. On social networks, fans even shared detailed photos of the score showing that Vinicius ranked ahead of Rodri in this race.

The Real Madrid delegation of 50 people, led by President Florentino Perez, was preparing to go to Paris to “rejoice” to receive the award. The Royal Spanish Football Team has prepared a special 5-hour documentary to be broadcast on Real Madrid TV on the day Vinicius received the award.

Vinicius is also ready for the honor. A party in Madrid has been prepared to welcome the Golden Ball. The striker even promised to give each teammate a Rolex watch in gratitude.

However, at the last minute, Real Madrid’s excitement turned into real anger after hearing “sources on the sidelines” confirm that Vinicius missed the Golden Ball award.

Immediately, Real Madrid responded by canceling their plans to go to Paris. As a result, although France Football awarded the “Best Team” award to Real Madrid, no one came forward to receive the award. Coach Ancelotti was also absent to “support his students” even though he was honored as the best coach.

If every year, France Football announces the recipient of the Golden Ball award a few days before the award time in order to submit the winner’s issue for publication in a special magazine issue, this year, this information is kept confidential. up to the minute. This is because they are afraid that those who do not receive a solution will actively not attend (as was the case with C. Ronaldo) in the past.

The only two known recipients of the award are Marc Las, the awards show’s production editor, and the Editor-in-Chief of France Football magazine, Vincent Garcia. This is what caused Real Madrid’s attitude to turn so sharply. A few days before the Golden Ball award, Real Madrid continuously contacted France Football to ask if Vinicius had won but they did not receive an answer.

Instead, the Spanish newspaper, Relevo, was the first to reveal information that Rodri would win the Golden Ball through an independent investigation. This report raised many unusual points related to the awards ceremony, including the fact that the Organizing Committee continuously avoided questions related to Vinicius from Real Madrid.

On Monday morning, Relevo received an internal message from Real Madrid with the content: “Maybe you are right, there is trouble…”. Faced with suspicion, Real Madrid sent someone to investigate and determined that Vinicius did not win the award. Rumors began to spread through Real Madrid’s internal chat group, creating an atmosphere of suspicion at the Bernabeu.

At 10:52 a.m. Monday, Relevo newspaper decided to publish the article: “If Rodri wins the Golden Ball award…”. After that, Real Madrid’s homepage posted unofficial information claiming that the Golden Ball award event did not respect them. The club argued that in case Vinicius did not win the tournament, Dani Carvajal would be honored by winning the Champions League, La Liga, Spanish Super Cup and Euro 2024.

After confirming the information that Rodri received the award, Real Madrid decided to cancel the flight to Paris. The entire team stayed in Madrid to show protest to the Organizing Committee.

Notably, this is the first year UEFA participates in organizing the Golden Ball award ceremony. The pro-Real Madrid press hinted that UEFA intentionally “revenged” the team. Everyone knows that Los Blancos is the pioneering club calling for separation from the UEFA tournament to organize the Super League. They have always been in a position of opposition to the highest authority in European football for a long time.