Having become one of the strong men of Real Madrid, Vinicius is promised the Ballon d’Or, according to his coach.
The new wave will still have to wait. Unless there is a major surprise, neither Erling Haaland, author of 45 goals in 46 matches and a large part of the hat-trick achieved by Manchester City, nor Kylian Mbappé, despite his major World Cup with a hat-trick in the final, will win their first Ballon d’Or.
Buoyed by Argentina’s coronation in Qatar, Lionel Messi should indeed win his eighth Ballon d’Or, despite his nightmare season with PSG. And the competition should still be tough for Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé in the future. The fault in particular of the prodigies of Real Madrid: Jude Bellingham and Vinicius.
Merengue coach, Carlo Ancelotti, tipped to become the Seleçao coach at the end of the season, is also convinced of the Brazilian striker’s next coronation. “Vinicius will win it soon”, he assured at the microphone of TNT Sports. The clash between the two men at the end of September is forgotten and the Italian technician now has only good things to say about his scorer. “He scored an offside goal and made two assists. We can say that he is back and that he has worked well. He made the difference,” he stressed after the victory against Braga.
