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Interesting, Rodri has been absolutely phenomenal and good to see a midfielder win the award if this is true.
Very rare they don't give this award to one of the more fashionable clubs like Real Madrid or Barca....
Ballon d'Or
Depends on who's paying, innit?
Vinicius and Real Madrid taking this news well I see....
There’s a lot of shit (done) in football that really weakens the aura of the game. Fuck these petty ass players, clubs, and awards.
God, what a bunch of whiny f***s.. Pouting in the corner i guess. As much as i can't stand Rodri, i can hardly begrudge him for winning. He was outstanding for City last year and also for Spain during the Euros.
he's naive for thinking he's special. they'll always find a way to finally give it to a player at a less fashionable position over one of you people. thierry says hi.
rodri won the treble last year and they couldn't give it to him over MLeSsi. they probably said hey rodri we'll sort you out when the alternative is one of those people.
Football’s become such a joke now
Rodri is a fine choice in my book
There was always a decent chance of Vini not getting it based of his poor performance with Brazil.
Lamine youngest Kopa trophy winner. This guy is going to own the game
Claudius
Nwaneri says hi
Sicario2 - Tier 1 is he at the show?
Lol we may rate Nwaneri highly, but come on. He's not even in the same conversation as Yamal right now. He's a Euro winner, and he just tore Bayern and Real Madrid a new asshole...
Ballon d'Or is a joke. How is Saka so low? Main player for PL 2nd place team. Top 2-3 player for England. Saka isn't top 20 but Lautaro is 7, fucking Lautaro.
And giving the Yashin to Martinez is a joke.
Well done to Madrid, we should have done the same in 2003.
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For Real Madrid it is like a matter of pride that they win the Ballon d'Or, someone like Mbappe probably had that in his mind when he joined them. He wants to win the trophies but he also wants to win the Ballon d'Or and that won't happen at PSG.
The reaction on social media is laughable though, Rodri is a worthy winner of this award. Henry got shafted twice, should have won it in 2003 and 2004. At the time many thought it was down to his CL performances and performances for France.
MistaT There was always a decent chance of Vini not getting it based of his poor performance with Brazil.
I think his performances for Brazil have probably stopped him winning it. Even when Brazil were shit players like Neymar shone and Vini Jr just hasn't done it for them. Sometimes the player just doesn't have it but sometimes it takes time to click. Look at Messi, for a long time many judged him as a failure for Argentina because he couldn't get to his Barca level for them but eventually it clicked for him.
People compare him Neymar and some even try to make it out like he's better but for me it isn't even close.
JazzG changed the title to Ballon d'Or.
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Neymar was magic for a few years. For a while he was the player closest to take over from Ronaldinho as the most entertaining footballer. But he then decided to trade global success for mega money in the farmers league with PSG. I can't hate on him for it, just like I wouldn't have hated on Vinicius if he went to the Saudi Sunday League for 1 billion.
But don't let that be a slight on Vinicius. The guy is absolutely electric. That combination of dribbling, close control, speed and guile is very, very rare. He shone last season in both the CL and and La Liga and for me deserves to win it over Rodri, and I don't think it's even that close.
Yeah he may not have been a winner with Brazil yet but they've been shit for years and years now. I think it's mainly the start to this season with Madrid that's cost him rather than anything with Brazil as Madrid have been anything but great during the first 2 and a half months of the season, ever since they signed Mbappe and have struggled to figure out how to fit everyone into the same side. But on the basis of last season, Vinicius should have won it.