Real Madrid skips the Ballon d’Or celebration, and Rodri wins it instead for Man City.

Miguel Delaney of The Independent and John Cross of The Mirror talk about Rodri winning the Ballon d’Or for Manchester City and Real Madrid’s choice to skip the awards show because of it.

Real Madrid has 11 nominees for the awards organized by France Football and UEFA. In the Golden Ball category, in addition to Vinicius, the Spanish Royal team also has other players nominated such as Jude Bellingham, Fede Valverde, Toni Kroos (retired), Carvajal, Mbappe and Rudiger. At the same time, coach Ancelotti is on the list of nominees for Best Coach, Arda Güler in the Young Player of the Year category and goalkeeper Lunin is on the shortlist for the Best Goalkeeper – Yashin award.

However, a few hours before the award ceremony, officials of the “White Vulture” decided to cancel their plans to go to France. The delegation of 50 people, led by Real Madrid President Florentino Perez, stayed in Spain. In addition, the carefully prepared live program on Real Madrid TV was also cut. Sources in Spain revealed that Vinicius was one of the first players to speak out in support of canceling the flight to France and he was supported by his teammates.