"Creamy" outraged that the team's forward Vinicius Junior will not win the award.
Real Madrid will boycott the 2024 Golden Ball award ceremony.
According to authoritative insider Fabrizio Romano, none of the representatives of the “Royal Club” will be present at the ceremony, which will take place on Monday, October 28, at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris.
Real made this decision after learning that the team's Brazilian forward Vinicius Junior would not win the “Golden Ball”.
This caused indignation in the Madrid grandee. In response, they refused to go to the ceremony at all, despite the fact that Real representatives are in other nominations.
In particular, the Ukrainian goalkeeper of the “creamy” Andriy Lunin, who was among the contenders for the title of the best goalkeeper of 2024, will also not be at the ceremony.
Due to the fact that the main favorite for the award, Vinicius Junior, will not receive it, the media assume that the winner of the “Golden Ball” will be the Spanish midfielder of “Manchester City” Rodri.
The “Golden Ball” award ceremony will begin at 20:00 Kyiv time.
Recall that the current holder of the “Golden Ball” is the forward of “Inter Miami” and the Argentina national team Lionel Messi.
It is Messi who holds the absolute record for the number of “Golden Balls” won – he received this prize eight times (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023).
The Argentine's closest pursuer is Al-Nassr and Portugal national team forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who was recognized as the best footballer in the world five times (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017).