The success of Aitana Bonmati and Rodrigo Hernandez in it Ballon d’Or was one of the featured topics on the covers of the main Spanish sports media, which congratulated the midfielder of Barça for his second award and the midfielder of City of Manchester for his first award as the best in the world. The young Barça star also has his share of fame Lamine Yamalwinner of Cup Trophy as the best football player under 21 years of age.
He newspaper ‘AS’ he titled his cover to “Spain is gold”while’Brand‘he was chosen for a “It’s time!” to highlight the 64-year wait, since Luis Suárez in 1960, for a Spanish footballer to earn Ballon d’Or. For its part, the Valencian newspaper ‘Super sports‘ launched a criticism of Vinicius for not attending the gala and titled his cover with a play on words “Vini, vidi, vinci”.
The plant of Vinicius and the real Madrid in wandering Ballon d’Or This caused a great stir and the rest of Europe did not hesitate to criticize the ungentlemanly behavior of the Brazilian and the white club. The French newspaper ‘L’Equipe‘, magazine owner’France Footballthe delivery of Ballon d’Orit is very difficult and in the editorial of Vincent Duluc The anger at the absence of meringues in Paris is palpable.
“Real Madrid, which does not accept that the winner is not known in advance, and neither is he, refused to go to protest the rumor of Vinicius’ defeat, taking the other winners, Ancelotti and Mbappé, hostage” , said the editorial of ‘L’Equipe‘, where he also points out that the absence of Madrid “adds moral defeat to an electoral defeat, three days after Barcelona’s defeat” and that “the Madrid club chose, without class, to trample the value of the sport that consists of respect for its winners.” in the diary’Le Parisien‘ they emphasized that “Rodri was crowned to the general surprise” and criticized that “furiously, the Madrid club is also boycotting the ceremony.”
Less interest in Ballon d’Or there are in Italy, but there are so many ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport‘as’Tuttosport‘ They pointed to the white tantrum of not traveling to Paris for the event. For its part, the newspaperBild‘, the most read in Germany, joined the criticism against the absence of Real Madrid and the England There was consensus on the classification as appropriate Ballon d’Or of Rodri and point to “boycott” of the Madrid team.
In Brazilcountry of birth of Viniciusthe main sports channels highlighted the disappointment of the Brazilian footballer, but none of them thought of the choice of Rodri as the winner of Ballon d’Or like a scandal.
Source: La Verdad
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