Cristiano Ronaldo He has said that he believes Real Madrid are ahead Vinicius Junior Unfairly snubbed for this year’s men’s Ballon d’Or award.
Speaking at the Globe Soccer Awards on Friday, Ronaldo said Vinicius I deserved more awards than Manchester City rodriVinicius and his Madrid teammates boycotted a ceremony organized by France Football magazine in Paris.
“In my opinion, he [Vinícius] deserved to win the golden ball [Ballon d’Or award]”In my opinion it was unfair. I say it here in front of everyone. They gave it to Rodri, he deserves it too, but they should have given it to Vinicius because he won the Champions League and scored in the final,” Ronaldo said. Was.”
Vinicius was later awarded FIFA’s best men’s player of the year award earlier this month and won Globe Soccer’s best man of the year award on Friday, while Barcelona star Aitana Bonamati won the women’s player of the year award, her latest There is respect.
Ronaldo, who has won five Ballon d’Or but was not shortlisted for this year’s award, criticized France Football magazine.
He said, “You know these festivals, they always do the same thing.”
Ronaldo then praised Globe Soccer, which on Friday named him the best Middle East player of 2024.
The Portugal international has scored 74 goals in 83 games since joining on a free transfer after leaving Manchester United in January 2023.
Ronaldo hit out at his old club, saying the club is still struggling with deep-rooted issues.
“Manchester United has the same problem,” he said. “The problem isn’t always the coach. It’s much more than that.”
“If you have a fish inside and it’s sick and you take it out and fix the problem and you put it back in an aquarium you’ll get sick again.”