Golden Ball to Rodri, Franck Ribery laughs: his thoughts turned to 2013

The Golden Ball awarded last night to Rodri annoyed Real Madrid, convinced that the winner had to be one of Vinicius jr. and Dani Carvajal. For this reason, Florentino Perez’s club deserted en masse the ceremony held in Paris but, in addition to the Blancosmany other insiders seemed to disagree with the vote that awarded the Manchester City midfielder.

Among these there is also Franck Riberywho doesn’t have good memories of the ceremony that elects the best player in the world. The former French winger came third in 2013, behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, but for many he deserved the trophy. Always outspoken, Ribery seemed surprised by Rodri’s coronation: in a story on Instagram he simply reported some amused faces together with the writing “Ballon d’Or”, thus mocking this choice.

In 2013 he said: “It was unfair. It was an incredible year for me, I should have won. They extended the time for the delivery of votes, a strange thing. It seems to me a political decision.” Ribéry that season was one of the stars of Bayern who won the treble, scoring 11 goals and 23 assists.