'France Football' explains why Vinicius didn't win the Ballon d'Or

An expedition of 50 people had planned to attend the Théâtre du Châtelet on behalf of Real Madrid, where a party was scheduled for Monday with their triple coronation: best club in the world, Carlo Ancelotti as best coach and Vinicius Jr, Ballon d'Or. However, a tip-off just hours before the gala changed everything. That trophy was not to go to the Brazilian.
Indignation took hold of the ‘Merengue’ board, who went down the path of conspiracy in search of answers. UEFA's influence, Al-Khelaïfi, revenge for the European Super League... Although they did receive the other two awards, there was no one from Real Madrid in Paris. Nor Emilio Butragueno. Absolutely no one went to collect them and the atmosphere after the announcement of Real Madrid as the winner of both awards at the gala was very strange. The faces of Sandy Heribert and Didier Drogba, the presenters, said it all.
As expected, Rodrigo Hernandez was the winner of the Ballon d'Or. 'France Football', which had already repeated the voting system ad nauseam throughout the gala and on its social networks, wanted to explain the result. It did so through its editor-in-chief Vincent Garcia.
The journalist understands that the candidacy of other players from the club could have hurt Vinicius in the voting: "Obviously, Vinicius probably suffered from the presence of Bellingham and Carvajal in the top five because, mathematically, that took some points away from him. This also sums up Real Madrid's season, who took between three and four players and the juries divided their decisions between them, which benefited Rodri.
Furthermore, Vincent Garcia said he was disappointed with Real Madrid's response to the result and revealed that he was contacted by the club to complain: "I had a lot of pressure from Real Madrid but, as with other clubs, I was always clear, fair and maybe my silence pushed them to the limit. But it was the same as with others. I was very unpleasantly surprised by their absence.