Rodri - The 2024 Ballon d'Or Winner! (Pg 131)

[RobinHood]

Is Jnr there

Department S?

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

My God, this whole ceremony is so fucking awkward.

It's a complete Cake & Arse Party... and they've just run out of cake.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Is Jnr there

No, no one from Real Madrid attended, even though the won Team of the Year and Ancelotti won Manager of the Year.

They apparently cancelled their flight to the ceremony at the last minute after City notified them that they had learned Rodri would be winning the Ballon d’Or and there is an apparent statement from the doing the rounds that reads like “We didn’t want it, anyway!”

 

[discopop]

?

RM contemptible

 

[bladdered]

BBC:

Another slightly awkward moment.

Real Madrid are named men's club of the year after winning La Liga and the Champions League last season.

Unfortunately there is no one in Paris to accept the trophy, as Real Madrid have boycotted this ceremony in protest over reports Vinicius Jr will not win the Ballon d'Or.

So, we move on quickly...

 

[Josh_D]

Not just several—she speaks English, French, German, and Spanish fluently and often does translation for all of them during CL coverage (when they interview players after matches).

She absolutely should be the host for this.

Oh, I know.

She’s very professional. Just surprised they didn’t with someone like her. Those translation in-ear pieces can be shit

 

[manimanc]

Madrid mardarses.

 

[N1985]

My God, this whole ceremony is so fucking awkward.

It's about to get absolutely brilliant in about an hour

 

[I'm With Stupid]

My God, this whole ceremony is so fucking awkward.

Award ceremonies are stilted at the best of times, but when you've got football people in charge and everyone speaking different first languages, it's just awful. Like that shit bit of Eurovision (who am I kidding? It's all shit) where they try to have a bit of banter with the points.

 

[super_city_si]

No, no one from Real Madrid attended, even though the won Team of the Year and Ancelotti won Manager of the Year.

They apparently cancelled their flight to the ceremony at the last minute after City notified them that they had learned Rodri would be winning the Ballon d’Or and there is an apparent statement from the doing the rounds that reads like “We didn’t want it, anyway!”

We should have kept our gobs shut. Would have been poetry to watch their smacked arses when Rodri wins