Vinícius Júnior is losing the 2025 Ballon d'Or early on. In fact, he started to lose it at the very 2024 gala by not showing up and not accepting defeat.
The Ballon d'Or rewards an exemplary athlete for his soccering virtues and for his human qualities. Soccer-wise, Vinícius has everything to be considered the best footballer on the planet.
His Reactions Create a Mood against Himself
On a personal level, he has many shortcomings. His problem is that he transmits them on the field. Inevitably, he becomes unpopular and disliked by all those who aren't Real Madrid fans.
Whether he likes it or not, his reactions create a negative mood for those watching. 25 cameras record everything that happens in his matches from every angle. Everything is seen and captured.
What happens to him, soccer merits aside, leaves him in a very bad position. He protests about everything; he fakes everything; he confronts his rivals; the audience, the referees; he turns the audience against the referees...
That's Not what One expects from the Best Player in the World
Inevitably, this influences those who have to cast their vote. A very good footballer, yes. An example for children, no.
It is even less expected that the Ballon d'Or winner will fight against the world and reeact by accusing others of being racist. Moreover, he is carrying a flag that he's never raised in Brazil. Such a country, by the way, is not the best example of good coexistence between races.
Vinícius causes rejection with his actions. When he notices that reaction, he resorts to racism very lightly. This is probably forced by the script of the famous soap opera he is filming for Netflix. Its content requires "brilliant" moments to fill it with interest.
In Madrid They Laugh at His Jokes
He has fired at Spain, accusing it of racism. In Madrid, the capital of Spain, they applaud him for doing so. They laugh at his jokes. As long as that happens, there will be no solution, because he feeds off self-flattery.
He will never win the Ballon d'Or unless someone who cares about him gives him common sense advice. He needs to be shown the path of sportsmanship and fair play that he's never wanted to follow. In conflict, Vinícius lives better and is happier.
This is the option he's chosen. It shouldn't surprise him that his image causes rejection. Not because of the color of his skin, as he wants us to believe in his permanent, consented deception.
Javier Clemente Puts Him in His Place
Javier Clemente told him this today on Radio Marca. He would do well to listen to him: "I would like him not to be so angry on the field. If he gets kicked, he should bear it and take the kick."
In soccer there are bad kicks or wrong refereeing decisions, but if you can't stand that, people won't like it."
More from Clemente: "He's a great player, but he argues with his opponent, the audience, the referee, even my sister..."
One final piece of advice: "I think that if the kid were to reflect on it, he would be loved by everyone. It's not a matter of color.
We are not a racist country and that is very clear. What happens is that he has focused on it this way because it was in his interests. I think it's not good for him."
The Example of the Leganés Match
In the last match he played in Leganés he claimed three penalties that the cameras showed did not exist. He claimed them vehemently, as if the rest of us mortals hadn't confirmed with the different takes that he was again resorting to deception.
The same happened when he faked a blow to the face in the same match. It was nothing more than a light contact on the shoulder.
Why Vinícius will not win the Ballon d'Or in 2025
1.-There is no intention from him to redeem himself
That's his problem. He's not willing to change, to behave like the rest of the footballers, leaving aside his love for stardom. If he doesn't change, he'll still be a great footballer. However, he'll only be remembered for the trouble he caused.
Against everyone and everything. You can't be at odds with the world and expect the world to surrender at your feet.
2.-He is encouraged by his president
His club is not helping him either. Its president prefers to accept that Spain is racist rather than face the problem. He invites him to sit at his right hand in the box, acting as a father.
However, a good father would point out his flaws, especially if they are exaggerated, and help him change for his own good.
However, nobody does that at Real Madrid. They are OK with it, perhaps because playing victim makes it easier to justify everything.
Florentino Pérez's decision to boycott the Ballon d'Or gala to show his tantrum may be accepted by a section of Real Madrid fans. But the whole world is moving in another direction and that remains in everyone's memories.
3.-The scene of the boycott of the Ballon d'Or is added to the Super League
The president of Real Madrid is the same one who leads the project of a Super League that nobody likes, in any country. This is because he identifies with the arrogance of a great team that feels above the rest.
When it comes to voting for the next Ballon d'Or, everyone, from the Namibian to the German voter, will remember the episode of arrogance of a club that doesn't know how to lose. Here we are talking about sport.
The reactions of the press around the world regarding Real Madrid's failure at the Paris gala speak for themselves. they express the damage that its president and its star are causing to the image of Real Madrid.
4.-Florentino's offensive attitude toward those who didn't vote for him
The disdain with which Florentino Pérez has spoken of journalists from countries that didn't vote for Vinícius doesn't help either. Real Madrid's image in the world is at rock bottom. The club that says in its anthem that "when it loses, it shakes hands[with the rival]" has never been worse.
Florentino Pérez said at the assembly: "It is surprising that there are countries in which journalists from countries with less than a million inhabitants have a vote."
Should we take away their votes because they don't have a million people? What will the people of Finland, El Salvador, Namibia and Uganda think of Florentino Pérez, Real Madrid and Vinícius?
Did the Namibian jury make a mistake in voting Bellingham as the best player in the world?
Sheefeni Nicodemus, the journalist who voted for Namibia, has put Florentino Pérez in his place: "Basically, I suspect that these are just words from someone who is as frustrated as Mr Pérez.
"That is, he feels that people from my country and the other countries mentioned don't have a significant vote because we are inferior people. I would like to know, if I were from one of the major soccering nations and I didn't agree with your opinion, what would be your argument?
If what Florentino Pérez and Real Madrid want is for Vinícius to be left without the Ballon d'Or next year, they have done very well.