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Journalists and politicians successful Brazil person criticised Rodri being voted the victor of the Ballon d'Or up of Vinicius Junior.
Brazil guardant Vinicius, 24, was Real Madrid's apical scorer past play arsenic the Spanish giants won the Champions League and La Liga.
Manchester City's Spain midfielder Rodri helped his state triumph Euro 2024 successful July and besides won the Premier League, Uefa Super Cup and Club World Cup with City.
Rodri was awarded the prize successful Paris connected Monday with Vinicius absent from the ceremonial on with representatives from his club.
Brazilian quality commentators described the determination arsenic an unjust and retaliatory move, with immoderate concluding that it was the astir arguable determination successful the award's history.
Many claimed the Real Madrid subordinate was denied the grant due to the fact that of his stance connected the racism helium faces successful Spain.
"We cognize that Vinicius is simply a people of racism successful Spanish shot and different parts of Europe, and helium actively fights against racism," said Guga Chacra, a commentator from the starring Brazilian TV quality web Globo News.
"This leads america to question whether the effect that gave Rodri the triumph was influenced by prejudice and racism against Vinicius."
Gustavo Faldon, sports exertion for the Brazilian regular Estadao said: "The [treatment of] Vincius was the biggest injustice successful the past of Ballon d'Or.
"The information that helium is Brazilian, plays for Real Madrid, and is simply a guardant should person worked successful his favour successful the past of the award."
"It sounds similar an injustice to me," added Rodrigo Bueno, a sports commentator for ESPN Brasil.
Milly Lacombe, a sports commentator for Brazil's UOL quality website, said that the Ballon d'Or "missed the accidental to wage a heartfelt tribute to the astir talked-about subordinate of the play - known for his dribbling, goals, quality to marque decisive plays, and societal activism".
The awards, organised by France Football, are based connected voting by a sheet of journalists from the apical 100 Fifa-ranked nations.
Each writer selects 10 players from a database of 30 nominees, placing them successful bid from 10th to first.
Galvao Bueno, 1 of the biggest Brazilian sports commentators, posted a video successful his YouTube channel, with implicit a cardinal of followers, criticising the enactment methods.
"It's not conscionable a substance of football, of who plays better; this grant has a European bias," helium said.
Bueno added that Vinicius did not triumph due to the fact that of his conflict against racism, and that his communicative "causes discomfort".
Commentators besides powerfully disagreed that victor Rodri had performed amended than Vinicius this year.
"The information that Vini Jr wasn't awarded the rubric of champion subordinate successful the satellite astatine the Ballon d'Or is yet different mode to effort to penalise the Brazilian for his outspoken stance connected radical issues, some connected and disconnected the field," wrote Douglas Ceconello, a writer for Globo Esporte, a sports website successful Brazil.
Following the Ballon d'Or results, Vinicius posted a connection connected X which said: "I volition bash it 10 times if I person to. They are not ready."
His station received implicit 100,000 comments, with galore Brazilians showing their support.
Brazil's curate of radical equality, Anielle Franco, reacted to the connection and said: "You are amazing, Vini! Racism volition ne'er halt us. Let's support making history."
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