Cristiano Ronaldo criticizes Ballon d’Or decision in Dubai | sport

CR7 is dishing it out!

Portugal’s football star Cristiano Ronaldo has criticized the awarding of the Spanish European champion Rodri (28) with the Ballon d’Or. Someone else would have deserved the award, he said at the Globe Soccer Awards ceremony in Dubai – namely the Brazilian attacker Vinícius Junior (24) from Real Madrid.

“That was unfair, in my opinion,” said the professional from Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia, “they gave it to Rodri, he deserved it too. But I think they should have given it to Vinícius because he won the Champions League and scored the final goal.”

The award ceremony in Paris started with a huge scandal!

After it became known that Vinícius Júnior would not win the trophy, no representative of the “Royal” was present Gala traveled. Vinícius himself also stayed away from the event, as did Carlo Ancelotti, who was honored as Coach of the Year.

The Ballon d’Or has been awarded since 1956 and has long been the award for the best European player. From 2010 to 2015, the Ballon d’Or was awarded as a prize to the world footballer through a cooperation between the French media group Groupe Amaury, to which “France Football” belongs, and the world association Fifa.

The collaboration with Uefa has been in place since this year – the umbrella organization no longer has the sole choice of European Footballer of the Year.

Ronaldo took a swipe at the Ballon d’Or organizers in Dubai: “That’s why I love Globe Soccer. You gave the honest prize.” Vinícius Junior received the prizes for the best footballer of the year and the best attacker in Dubai. “If Cristiano says that I am the best player, I believe it,” he said during the live broadcast of the ceremony on stream. The star striker had already been named FIFA World Player of the Year in December.

Ronaldo was honored with a special award for his 916 career goals to date. He will soon be 40 years old. “But I’m not done yet. I will continue because I want to win titles, I want to be champion, I want to score more goals.”