The day before, on December 27, Vinicius José Paisão de Oliveira Júnior was not recognized as the best footballer of the current year (according to the Globe Soccer Awards), and the Golden Ball was awarded to a less successful colleague.
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As NBN reports with reference to ESPN material, star player of Saudi Arabia's Al-Nassr and Portugal's national team Cristiano Ronaldo believes that Real Madrid striker Vinicius was unfairly deprived of the Golden Ball award in 2024.
In particular, speaking at the Globe Soccer Awards ceremony on Friday, Ronaldo said that the Brazilian was more deserving of the award, since Rodrigo Hernandez Cascante, better known as Rodri from Manchester City, achieved less, although and significant successes.
Based on Ronaldo's emotional words, the fact that Vinicius didn't get the Golden Ball is somewhat unfair. The jury gave the award to Rodri, who, of course, could have also been awarded the title of best player of the year to Vinicius, as he won the Champions League and scored in the final.
Earlier, our information portal wrote that experts showed the top 15 contenders for the Ballon d'Or-2025.
