There have been no shortage of people ready to tell Rodri Hernandez that he did not in fact deserve the Ballon d’Or, and that Vinicius Junior did – particularly in Madrid. In the past week, Cristiano Ronaldo added himself to that list, but Rodri has explained the hole in their arguments.
The Portuguese was present at the Globe Soccer Awards last week, and said that he would have awarded it to Vinicius, while Real Madrid neglected to attend the ceremony too, after finding out the Manchester City midfielder was likely to win. In an interview with Diario AS, Rodri pointed out that Ronaldo’s view was hypocritical, as was Real Madrid President Florentino Perez’s suggestion that the journalists from some countries shouldn’t be allowed to vote.
“Well, [it’s] a surprise, really, because he knows better than anyone how this award works and, above all, how the winner is chosen. This year the journalists who vote have considered that I should win it. Probably, these same journalists were the ones who at some point voted for him to win, and I imagine that then he would agree [with the voting system].”
Do you see yourself playing again this season?
"Yes, yes, yes. Furthermore, I know myself, I am a person who recovers well, a person with a positive mentality. They have said that the coconut issue was very important in the recovery."
🗣️Rodri to Diario AS #mcfc pic.twitter.com/VQ4y3h8yVc
— Football España (@footballespana_) January 2, 2025
Rodri went on to say that he expects to be back from his cruciate ligament injury before the end of the season. While he was not keen to put a date on it, he did note that he was keen to be back before the Club World Cup in the USA next year. Spain could also be involved in the Nations League final four if they win their quarter-final against the Netherlands in March.
it was okay whed real madrid,s luka modric won a few years back when messi had far superior stats! that and la liga favoring real all the time in referring decisions! sour grapes madrid!
Real madrid is obsessed with winning trophies than seeing their players win individual awards.
We are proud of our club for they bring us joy each and every season
Hala Madrid
nonsense, absolute utter nonsense, you whinge and cry every time your player doesn’t win the balon dor or any other accolade.
That’s why they didn’t show up for Rodri’s award.
Maybe Rodri deserved to win after City won the CL … oh, wait – that year they had to give it to Messi again for playing in some American team.
Absolutely Vini Jnr deserved to win – if the criteria they suggest (Euros being considered), then Dani Carvajal was the deserved winner … he won both the CL and the Euros … and even scored in the CL final.
UEFA bought the votes of the smaller countries… rigged it so that a Madrid player did not win the award. In case you did not notice, Real Madrid are involved in the Super League and the Super League have been in a legal battle with UEFA. BTW – this also happens a lot when they decide via vote which country gets the World Cup. How else do you think Arab countries get to host the World Cup out of season and with the human rights controversies they are involved in (not to mention women’s rights). Cerfarin and Al-Khalaifi are corrupt to the core.
Here is the list of midfielders that Rodri was supposedly better than in 2024:
1 Rodri (1170)
3 Jude Bellingham (917)
9 Toni Kroos (291)
11 Phil Foden (157)
12 Florian Wirtz (101)
13 Dani Olmo (86)
16 Granit Xhaka (60)
17 Federico Valverde (58)
19 Martin Ødegaard (16)
Rodri … seriously ?
We Madrid fans care only about prizes that matter the most and we were obliged last year.
Messi has 8. CR7 has less than that. All that matters here.