French football legend Franck Ribery exploited the events of the 2024 Ballon d’Or to remind Cristiano Ronaldo of what happened in 2014.
All indications were that the winner of the Ballon d’Or would be Vinicius Junior, but the unexpected surprise was that the title was decided for Rodri, which sparked a great controversy that will remain almost forever.
In 2014, there was a very similar controversy, after Franck Ribery shone and led Bayern Munich to achieve the historic treble, and the indications were in his favor over the duo Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi at the time.
But in the end, the title was decided in Ronaldo’s favor, a grief that Ribery will never forget, considering that the Portuguese did not achieve anything noteworthy compared to him in that world.
With a similar crisis occurring between Rodri and Vinicius, Ribery posted a status on his Instagram account and wrote on it “Ballon d’Or” with three sarcastic emojis.
It was clear that Ribery was remembering the pain of the past and wanted to send a message that this award was unfair, and that what happened to Vinicius was similar to what happened to him 10 years ago against Ronaldo.
