The country that didn't have Vinicius Jr in the top 10 Ballon d'Or ranking

Real Madrid‘s anger at Vinicius Jr not getting the 2024 Ballon d’Or has set everything alight. The fans, the press, the Pets in your house, they‘re all apparently fuming about Rodri, Manchester City’s best player, taking home to golden trophy.

If they are apoplectic with rage and fury, don’t mention El Salvador.

How does the Ballon d’Or work?

For the men’s award, 100 journalists—one from each of the top 100 countries in FIFA’s world rankings—vote for the winner from a shortlist of 30 players. They also cast their votes for the Yashin Trophy (awarded to the best men’s goalkeeper), as well as the Men’s Coach of the Year and Men’s Club of the Year awards.

In contrast, the women’s Ballon d’Or is determined by a panel of 50 journalists, one representing each of the top 50 countries in the FIFA women’s world rankings, who select from the same 30-player shortlist. This panel also decides on the winners of the Women’s Coach of the Year and Women’s Club of the Year awards.

Each juror ranks their top 10 candidates for the Ballon d‘Or, assigning points in a descending order: 15 points for their top choice, followed by 12, 10, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 point for their remaining selections. The Ballon d’Or is awarded to the player with the highest total points from all jurors’ votes.

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According to various reports in Spain, the El Salvador journalist did not include the Real Madrid winger in their top 10 players for the Ballon d’Or.

While nothing has been confirmed, reports suggest that Bellingham, Haaland and Kroos were in the top 3 of the person in question. Of course, nothing has been confirmed and when we get the news we will have it over at AS USA.