Vinícius Jr. calls out unfair voting and boycotts the Ballon d'Or ceremony in protest of racism.


Vinicius Jr. boycotted the 2024 Ballon d’Or ceremony and declined to attend including real Madrid players and coaches for experiencing racism and discrimination in the football industry and at the Paris Ballon d’Or ceremony.

 “If the situation with racism in Spain does not improve before 2030, the World Cup would have to be moved to a different location” Vinicius said. The Ballon d’Or the top honor prestigious prize was supposed to go to Vinicius Jr. but after his statement he was given 2ND place. even after all of his outstanding football career achievements in Brazil national team and La Liga team Real Madrid. 

It was awarded to Rodri of Manchester City instead, which created a lot of complications. It was stated that the judges' voting was unjust based on their ranking states Vinicius Jr. has made a greater ranking with 54 games, 32 goals, and, 18 assists while Rodri with only 53 games, 9 goals, and 14 assists Vinicius clearly deserved the title based on the players' rankings.

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