Following the drama of the Ballon D’or ceremony where Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr was snubbed by Manchester City midfielder Rodri to the award in Paris, we’re breaking down the events and comments made by the European Champions as the announcement wasn’t taken well by the majority of the football world.
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00:00Real Madrid won the Club of the Year award but were absent from the Ballon d'Or ceremony
00:05in Paris, where forward Vinicius Junior was beaten to best men's player by Manchester
00:10City's Rodri.
00:12The European champions said their representatives would not go where Real are not respected
00:17after learning Vinicius would miss out on the prestigious trophy, according to reports
00:22from news agency AFP and Spanish media.
00:26Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti and forward Kylian Mbappe both won individual honours
00:31but neither were present to receive their awards.
00:35After Rodri was confirmed as the winner, Vinicius took to social media,
00:39I'll do it 10 times if I have to, they're not ready.
00:43If the award criteria doesn't give it to Vinicius then those same criteria should point to Carvajal
00:48as the winner, the club said in a statement.
00:52The Brazilian is joint favourite for the 2025 award with Erling Haaland, but there's
00:57a long way to go until then.