{"id":163773,"date":"2024-10-29T10:51:22","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T10:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/29\/vinicius-jr-believes-speaking-out-against-racism-resulted-in-ballon-dor-defeat-as-real-madrid-boycott-event\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T10:51:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T10:51:23","slug":"vinicius-jr-believes-speaking-out-against-racism-resulted-in-ballon-dor-defeat-as-real-madrid-boycott-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/29\/vinicius-jr-believes-speaking-out-against-racism-resulted-in-ballon-dor-defeat-as-real-madrid-boycott-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Vinicius Jr believes speaking out against racism resulted in Ballon d&#8217;Or defeat as Real Madrid boycott event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2024\/10\/79527-1730195462.jpg?fit=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Vinicius Jr believes speaking out against racism resulted in Ballon d&#8217;Or defeat as Real Madrid boycott event\" title=\"Vinicius Jr believes speaking out against racism resulted in Ballon d&#8217;Or defeat as Real Madrid boycott event\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : GETTY<\/span> Vinicius Jr missed out on winning the Ballon D&#8217;Or<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\">One of the top contenders to win the Ballon d&#8217;Or 2024, Brazilian and Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr, didn&#8217;t sit back quietly after being defeated by Spain&#8217;s Rodri to the title. Vinicius Jr probably believed that his fight\u00a0and him speaking out against racism probably cost him the most prestigious award in football. However, the 24-year-old promised that he will do it again if he felt like it in reaction to the snub.  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will do it 10 times if I have to. They&#8217;re not ready,&#8221; Vinicius posted on X (formerly Twitter). Vinicius&#8217; La Liga side Real Madrid, however, came up with a really strong reaction as the club boycotted the whole thing after they got to know that their forward was not winning the main award of the night.<\/p>\n<p>Madrid won the Men&#8217;s Club of the Year award while their manager Carlo Ancelotti won the Manager of the Year award, however, since the club decided to boycott the ceremony, nobody received it.<\/p>\n<p>As per the news agency Reuters, Vinicius&#8217; post referred to his fight against racism and that they believed it was one of the reasons for him not winning. &#8220;The football world is not ready to accept a player who fights against the system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old Brazilian star has had his bouts of facing racism in Spain, in particular, on a couple of occasions, which led to a couple of couple of convictions for racist insults and jeering.    <\/p>\n<p>Vinicus Jr also found support on social media from fellow Brazilian or Real Madrid players. &#8220;&#8221;FOOTBALL POLITICS X. My brother, you are the best player in the world and no award can say otherwise. Love you my bro,&#8221; Real&#8217;s Eduardo Camavinga said on the bench.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I waited all year for Vini Jr to be deservedly recognised as the best player in the world and now they come to tell me that the Ballon d&#8217;Or is not for him?&#8221; Brazilian women&#8217;s\u00a0Marta said in an Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>While Vinicius Jr finished second, his Real teammate Bellingham was third.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async>\nfunction loadFacebookScript(){\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '529056027274737');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n}\nwindow.addEventListener('load', (event) => {\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n        loadFacebookScript();\n\t}, 5000);\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/sports\/football\/vinicius-jr-believes-speaking-out-against-racism-resulted-in-ballon-d-or-defeat-as-real-madrid-boycott-event-2024-10-29-959447\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : GETTY Vinicius Jr missed out on winning the Ballon D&#8217;Or One of the top contenders to win the Ballon d&#8217;Or 2024, Brazilian and Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr, didn&#8217;t sit back quietly after being defeated by Spain&#8217;s Rodri to the title. 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