A Namibian journalist has criticized Florentino Perez's comments regarding the 2024 Ballon d'Or voting process, expressing that the remarks reflect frustration towards voters from less prominent countries.
A Namibian journalist has faulted Florentino Perez's comments on how he voted in the 2024 Ballon d'Or awardIt has been almost a month since the 2024 Ballon d'Or winner was announced, but the reactions from the 28 October ceremony have yet to settle.Real Madrid
"If the journalists from Uganda, Albania, Namibia and Finland hadn’t voted, Vinícius would’ve won the Ballon d’Or. Nobody even knows who they are," he said, as quoted byThe Finnish journalist Juha Kanerva apologised before resigning from voting in future awards, but the Namibian scribe Sheefeni Nicodemus has doubled down.
"Basically, I suspect these are the words of someone who is frustrated. Mr. Perez feels that the people of my country and the other countries mentioned do not have a meaningful vote because we are inferior people.
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