Manchester City midfielder Rodri and Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior’s 2024 Ballon d’Or competition was divided by just 41 points, the report showed. In the results of the vote released by French football magazine France Football on the 9th, winner Rodri scored 1,170, and second-ranked Vinicius scored 1,129.
Journalists from 99 countries, excluding Syria, participated in the Ballon d’Or, in which only reporters from countries ranked 100th in the FIFA rankings were given the right to vote. Each reporter scored 15 points (1st), 12 points (2nd), and 10 points (3rd).
Except for Rodri and Vinicius, only seven players received the top spot vote. Jude Bellingham of Real Madrid received the most first-place votes with five, while Dani Carvajal, a team from the same team, received four, and Toni Kroos two. Lautaro Martinez, Erling Holan, Ademola Lukman, and Kylian Mbappe each received one vote.
The two players who finished first and second in the final round were also completely excluded from the top 10 list of some reporters. Rodri was pushed out of the top 10 by five reporters and Vinicius by three reporters. This extreme evaluation led to a narrow margin between the two players.
French media L’Equipe explained, “The 41 point difference is not an unprecedented record in the history of the Ballon d’Or, but it is a very small difference considering the new scoring method that gives 15 points to the first place starting this year.” The winner of the Ballon d’Or was decided by a narrow margin, less than 1% of the total score of 6,633 points that 99 voters can give. 스포츠토토
Rodri became the first defensive midfielder to win the Ballon d’Or. He was instrumental in Manchester City’s treble achievement and Spain’s Euro 2024. Vinicius, on the other hand, led the UEFA Champions League and La Liga title double, but did not stand out in Copa America, where he played for Brazil. This gap in the performance of the national team is another factor behind the slight gap.
French Football senior editor Bangsang Garcia said that Vinicius must have been influenced by the good performances of his teammates Bellingham and Carvajal. In fact, Bellingham (917 points) ranked third and Carvajal (550 points) ranked fourth, indicating that the votes of Real Madrid players were divided.