A few days following FC Barcelona\u2019s 4-0 win against Real Madrid, Gavi publicly commented on the Ballon d\u2019Or award.<\/p>\n
In that match, marking his return to the first team after nearly a year away, the Spanish midfielder entered the game in the 87th minute, with Barcelona ahead thanks to goals from Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, and Robert Lewandowski. Gavi substituted for Pedri at the match\u2019s conclusion and quickly engaged in a spirited exchange with Vinicius Junior, reminding him of the score by holding up four fingers. Vinicius responded, \u201cYes, yes, but on Monday I will pursue the Ballon d\u2019Or.\u201d Although he was nominated for the prestigious award, it was Manchester City\u2019s Rodri who ultimately won. Real Madrid chose to boycott the ceremony, arguing that Vinicius was the true recipient. After the event, Vinicius took to social media, writing in Portuguese, \u201cEu farei 10x se for preciso. Eles nao estao preparados,\u201d which translates to, \u201cI will do it 10 times if necessary. They are not ready.\u201d Gavi, in turn, congratulated Rodri, saying, \u201cCongratulations, my friend. Well deserved.\u201d Former Real Madrid player Clarence Seedorf also weighed in on the situation, suggesting a potential conflict between Real and UEFA. \u201cI voted for Vinicius almost a year ago and believe he deserved this award,\u201d Seedorf stated to TNT Sports Brasil, adding that \u201cthe issues between Real Madrid and UEFA should not influence these types of decisions. It\u2019s a shame.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A few days following FC Barcelona\u2019s 4-0 win against Real Madrid, Gavi publicly commented on the Ballon d\u2019Or award. In that match, marking his return to the first team after nearly a year away, the Spanish midfielder entered the game in the 87th minute, with Barcelona ahead thanks to goals from Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":24372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n