When Rodri and his friends celebrated winning the Ballon d’Or in one of the Parisian restaurants, he decided to poke a little fun at his great rival in the fight for the title of the best footballer in 2024. The Manchester City footballer dedicated a well-known song to him.
Although the 28-year-old midfielder is not one of those footballers who often provokes his opponents, this time he did not forgive himself for a little joke directed at <a href="https://www.archysport.com/2022/01/spains-supercup-in-the-desert-real-madrid-defeat-barcelona/" title="Spain's Supercup in the desert: Real Madrid defeat Barcelona”>Vinícius Júnior. The winner of the prestigious award sang the well-known song Bella Ciao, in which he modified the lyrics to Vinícius Ciao.
Rodri’s reaction was also a response to Real Madrid’s behavior after learning that the Brazilian winger would not be the winner of the Ballon d’Or this year. The management of the club decided to boycott the entire gala evening.
Spanish footballer Rodri won the Ballon d’Or of France Football magazine for the 2023/2024 season. He helped the national team to win the European Championship and his club Manchester City to defend the title of English champion.
Manos Staramopoulos, the only Greek journalist to vote in the Ballon d’Or poll since 1988, revealed who was his favorite for the award for the best player of the season, while commenting on the attitude of the “white ballet”.
“In my opinion, it was a big mistake that Real was missing there. Since France Football has been working with UEFA, there has never been a leak. Now we have seen that Marca wrote that the winner would be Vinícius.
It’s a huge failure on Pérez’s part not to allow his team to attend the awards ceremony, but I think it also has something to do with the 4-0 loss to Barcelona, after which he increased the pressure on Carlo Ancelotti. Otherwise it was a fantastic event in a great setting.” said a Greek journalist for the Pelop.gr portal.
“I voted for Vinícius, then for Rodri, but I consider the result to be fair,” revealed Manos Staramopoulos.
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