{"id":242243,"date":"2024-10-30T16:15:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T16:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/30\/real-brazil-back-vini-jnr-after-ballon-dor-snub\/"},"modified":"2024-10-30T16:15:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T16:15:24","slug":"real-brazil-back-vini-jnr-after-ballon-dor-snub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/30\/real-brazil-back-vini-jnr-after-ballon-dor-snub\/","title":{"rendered":"Real, Brazil Back Vini Jnr After Ballon d&#8217;Or Snub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior\u2019s Real Madrid and Brazil teammates have backed the star forward after he lost out to Manchester City\u2019s Rodri in the race to win the 2024 men\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or.<\/p>\n<p>Vin\u00edcius, 24, had been widely expected to win the award on Monday, but finished second behind Rodri, with Jude Bellingham finishing third, Dani Carvajal fourth, and Erling Haaland fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid boycotted the ceremony organised by France Football and UEFA, with none of the club\u2019s nominees for the various prizes \u2014 Vin\u00edcius, Bellingham, Carvajal, Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, Antonio R\u00fcdiger, Federico Valverde, Andriy Lunin, Arda G\u00fcler and coach Carlo Ancelotti \u2014 or club officials attending the event in protest.<\/p>\n<p>Vin\u00edcius posted on social media later on Monday, saying, \u201cI\u2019ll do it 10x if I have to. They aren\u2019t ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The forward helped lead Madrid to a LaLiga and Champions League double last season, scoring 24 goals in all competitions, including in the Champions League final.<\/p>\n<p>A number of Vin\u00edcius\u2019 teammates with Madrid and the Brazil national team reacted to the news on Monday, offering their support to the player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFootball politics,\u201d Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga posted on X. \u201cMy brother, you are the best player in the world and no award can say otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are the best and no one can take that away from you,\u201d \u00c9der Milit\u00e3o \u2014 who plays with Vin\u00edcius for club and country \u2014 posted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing will take away what you\u2019ve achieved my brother,\u201d Aur\u00e9lien Tchouam\u00e9ni said. \u201cWe ALL know \u2026 They are not ready for what you\u2019re gonna deliver.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Vin\u00edcius excelled for Madrid last season, he had a more difficult time at the Copa Am\u00e9rica with Brazil, scoring just twice \u2014 in a 4-1 win over Paraguay \u2014 as they were eliminated in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, all Brazilians who love football woke up expecting to see another player from our country winning an award for the best in the world after so long,\u201d Brazil forward Richarlison posted on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, due to criteria that no one can understand, the award did not come. And don\u2019t get me wrong, Rodri is a great player, who deserves to be among the best. But Vini not winning this Ballon d\u2019Or was embarrassing, and the only thing that lost today was football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior\u2019 \u00a0 Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior\u2019s Real Madrid and Brazil teammates have backed the star forward after he lost out to Manchester City\u2019s Rodri in the race to win the 2024 men\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or. Vin\u00edcius, 24, had been widely expected to win the award on Monday, but finished second behind Rodri, with Jude Bellingham finishing third, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":242244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Real, Brazil Back Vini Jnr After Ballon d&#039;Or Snub - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/30\/real-brazil-back-vini-jnr-after-ballon-dor-snub\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Real, Brazil Back Vini Jnr After Ballon d&#039;Or Snub - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior\u2019 \u00a0 Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior\u2019s Real Madrid and Brazil teammates have backed the star forward after he lost out to Manchester City\u2019s Rodri in the race to win the 2024 men\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or. 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