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The look of bad days for Real Madrid. This Monday, the Spanish club had a very complicated day with the holding of the 2024 Ballon d’Or. In fact, Rodri was elected winner of this edition ahead of three elements from Real Madrid, namely Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham and Dani Carvajal . Which had the gift of annoying Casa Blanca who decided at the last moment not to participate in the ceremony.
A delegation of 50 people was expected in Paris while a special Ballon d’Or program was planned on the Merengues channel before finally being canceled. A position taken by Real Madrid, but which was really not appreciated since it is the image of the institution which takes a hit. Besides this, the Madrid representatives lost in other distinctions where they were engaged like Andriy Lunin third in the Yachine trophy won by Emiliano Martinez.
The Ballon d’Or did not allow us to forget the Clàsico
This is also the case for Arda Güler second in the Kopa trophy won by Lamine Yamal even if his chances were very low against the Spanish winger. However, the Merengues did not return empty-handed since Carlo Ancelotti won the Cruyff trophy for best coach, Kylian Mbappé shared the Gerd Müller trophy with Harry Kane while Real Madrid was crowned best club of the year 2024. A review mixed in the end, but above all an evening to forget for Real Madrid which came 48 hours after another difficult night.
Indeed, to return to the field side, Real Madrid still have to digest a humiliation on their lawn against FC Barcelona. Swept 4-0 during the Clàsico, the Merengues suffered quite a setback in this 2024/2025 season and are six points behind their Barcelona rival. Two big setbacks in quick succession which hurt a lot, even for a club of the stature of Real Madrid. From now on, it is the matches against Valencia (Saturday November 2) in La Liga and against AC Milan (Tuesday November 5) in the Champions League which present themselves to the Merengues. The opportunity to react after very complicated last days…
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