That's what Madrid's PR did to world football this time. For months they ran campaign for Vinicius, made everyone believe he already won, ignore the fact that Rodri was also a favourite to win as well.These people are all fucking pathetic. The outrage is insane. It's like a eulogy.
It's also pissing me off how disrespected Rodri is. They're acting like it's an utter joke he won it over Vini, when it's actually very reasonable and likely the right decision.
These guys put far too much importance on this award anyway. I don't need a publicity-heavy award to tell me Rodri is the best player in the world - I watch him. Same as I don't need Messi to win the BD or the World Cup to tell me he's at worst a top three player ever with Maradona and Pele.
Some journalists who are still living in the Messi vs. Cristiano era world when the only question was who won CL or international trophy that year. I joked about Carvajal in the summer, deserving of BdO because he won it all. Same scenario with Varane in 2018.Carvajal being in contention is madness.
I think football is on a downward trajectory and will never recover.
Fair examples, but I would say it's not a 100 percent success rate. I admit I am surprised that Xavi has not turned out to be an exceptional coach (so far), but I would say Rassvet's point stands in that midfielders are more likely to know about the game tactically because of spatial awareness, technique etc. They seem fairly well represented as coaches.Xavi? Pirlo?
One of the guys of the ballon dor bosses: “I had a lot of pressure from Real Madrid, but as with other clubs, I was always clear. We made it very clear to them and all the other clubs: this year, the winner would not be notified. All the clubs of the favorites insisted on receiving the information. I thought everyone had agreed, but at the last moment, I don't know why, some people panicked and wanted to change the rules. Maybe they had a feeling, maybe the Clásico didn't help. I'm not sure if they were 100 percent sure that Vinícius wouldn't win the Ballon d'Or,” said Garcia.