Vinícius Júnior

soul24rage

Senior Member
He lost it because his antics are not that of the poster boy for the Balon D'or.

Probably watched this weekends Clasico and called an audible.

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You just don't abuse your teammates like that.
FDJ is shocked that Vini would do such a thing to team member.
 

Total-Football

Senior Member
It's always been communicated to winner contenders to get ads from sponsors, presenters etc in place
Had to book Zidane to give to Benzema in Paris before
Allegedly this time they are/were having R9 hand it over

Whether or not it's changing is yet to be seen
If my memory serves me correct .. in 2010 nobody knew messi won it until the ceremony.
 

El Gato

Villarato!
If my memory serves me correct .. in 2010 nobody knew messi won it until the ceremony.
Yh admittedly not 'always', just not sure how long things have been a practice in modern way in Internet age (since 2011 or so). They've combined and split the FF award with federations several times so at least 3 different sets of conditions now

Even then rather sure they had to get told whether to bring family around for those in top3 even if not talking to the winners
 

Total-Football

Senior Member
Yh admittedly not 'always', just not sure how long things have been a practice in modern way in Internet age (since 2011 or so). They've combined and split the FF award with federations several times so at least 3 different sets of conditions now

Even then rather sure they had to get told whether to bring family around for those in top3 even if not talking to the winners
To me the best most transparent way was the fifa ballon dor system. (1 Captain 1 coach 1 journalist ) of each country. That's as fair as it can get. Leaving it entirely to journalists is not good.

Edit : 2010 was also special because it was an fc barca gala basically. (Messi Iniesta xavi). Maybe that's why they kept it a secret.
 

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