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0:00Lamine has seen the Ballon d'Or votes
0:02and has lashed out at one man.
0:05José Félix Díaz, the journalist voting
0:07for Spain, the only Spanish vote in the
0:09entire Ballon d'Or.
0:11And in the year that Spain wins the
0:13World Cup, his top pick went to Mbappé,
0:15not Lamine, not Rodri, not Fabián, but
0:18to Mbappé, a player who won absolutely
0:20nothing.
0:22And according to his inner circle,
0:23Lamine summed it up in a sentence that
0:24is already circulating through the
0:25entire locker room. I expected it from
0:27the outside, but not from home. But it
0:29doesn't end there, because there is a
0:31phrase that José Félix said 4 years ago
0:34about Mbappé on television, and when you
0:36hear it, you won't believe it. There is
0:38a points statistic that proves this vote
0:40could have changed everything. There is
0:42another vote, that of a France Football
0:44boss, which is even worse. And there is
0:46a ballot so surreal that in Europe they
0:47are already calling it the most
0:49ridiculous in the award's history. Stay
0:51until the end because I'm going to show
0:53you one by one the votes that portray
0:55this Ballon d'Or. And if you aren't
0:57subscribed yet, subscribe and hit the
0:59like button. Let's start with the first
1:01thing, what happened this week. The gala
1:03was a few days ago in London.
1:06Harry Kane, Ballon d'Or; Mbappé, second
1:08; Lamine third, with the Kopa Trophy in
1:10his hand.
1:12And let one thing be clear from the
1:14start: Kane's was deserved.
1:17No one on this channel is going to
1:18dispute his award. What we are disputing
1:20is what’s behind it, that Mbappé,
1:22without a single title, finished ahead
1:24of the world champion. How does that
1:26happen? Well, now we know. Ballot by
1:28ballot.
1:30France Football has published the
1:31ballots, all 100, country by country,
1:33journalist by journalist.
1:35Because that is how the Ballon d'Or
1:36works. 100 journalists, one for each of
1:38the top 100 countries in the FIFA
1:40rankings. Each one votes for 10 players
1:43.
1:44The first receives 15 points, the second
1:4512.
1:47The third gets 10, and so on until the
1:49tenth, who gets one. Only one journalist
1:52per country. That means Spain's vote is
1:54decided by a single person, and that
1:56person had the responsibility to defend
1:58the world champion. And on Spain's
2:00ballot, signed by José Félix Díaz,
2:02director of the newspaper AS, this
2:04appears. First, Kylian Mbappé. Second,
2:07Lamine. Third, Harry Kane. Fourth,
2:10Kvaratskhelia. Fifth, Rodri. Sixth,
2:14Fabián. Seventh, Cubarsí. Eighth, Messi
2:17. Ninth, Haaland and tenth, Olise.
2:21Mbappé first, ahead of the 19-year-old
2:23kid who just won the World Cup with
2:25Spain. And Vinicius out, not even in the
2:28top 10. And that's even though José
2:31Félix said for years he was the best in
2:33the world. But the important thing here
2:35is the first place, because that spot
2:37says it all. 15 points for Mbappé, 12
2:40for Lamine, 10 for Kane. That was
2:42Spain's contribution to the Ballon d'Or
2:44. And look at another detail. Messi
2:47eighth, the player who led Argentina to
2:49the final at 39 years old.
2:52Eighth for the Spanish journalist and
2:53Rodri.
2:54Fifth. The same Rodri who was chosen as
2:57the best player of the tournament Spain
2:58won. Fifth. Look at what other countries
3:01did with their stars.
3:04England voted Harry Kane first, France
3:06voted Mbappé first, Argentina voted
3:08Messi first.
3:09Every country defended their own, as is
3:11normal, as has always been done.
3:14And Spain, Spain, world champion, didn't
3:16put a single Spaniard in first place,
3:17and it wasn't for lack of options.
3:21They had Lamine, they had Rodri, they
3:22had Fabián, they even had Cubarsí, who
3:25was placed seventh.
3:26But no, the first place, a Frenchman.
3:29And from Real Madrid, what a coincidence
3:31. And how did Lamine react? Well,
3:33according to those around him, very
3:35poorly, worse than many people think.
3:37They say he found out on his phone at
3:38the training complex.
3:41After training, a teammate showed him
3:42the ballot, and he just stared at the
3:44screen for a while without saying
3:46anything, until he finally said, "I
3:47expected it from outside."
3:50Not from home. Not from home. Because
3:52it's one thing to get a bad vote from a
3:54journalist in Greece or Angola, and
3:56something else entirely when it comes
3:57from your own country.
3:59And according to those same sources,
4:01Lamine went even further with those he
4:03trusts. I beat him for the League, I
4:05beat him for the Super Cup, I knocked
4:07him out of the World Cup, and the
4:08journalist from my country puts him
4:10ahead of me, "What else do I have to do
4:11?" What else does he have to do? That is
4:13the question. And the answer, I'm afraid
4:15, has nothing to do with football. And
4:17there is one number that explains it all
4:19.
4:20In the end, Mbappé got 146 more points
4:22than Lamine, 146 more points than the
4:24player who beat him for the league, beat
4:26him for the Super Cup to his face, and
4:28knocked him out of the World Cup that he
4:30ended up winning.
4:32A well-known Catalan columnist asked it
4:34this week, "How can Mbappé have almost
4:36150 points more than a guy who has won
4:38everything in front of him?"
4:41Well, because of votes like Spain's.
4:43It's that simple, because we are going
4:45to review each person's year with facts
4:47. No tricks. Lamine, league champion
4:50with Barça, Super Cup champion, beating
4:52Mbappé's Madrid in their faces.
4:5512 out of 12 wins in major tournaments
4:57as a starter, 19 years old, and a season
4:59in which he decided matches in all
5:01competitions.
5:03And at the gala, the Kopa Trophy for
5:05best young player, which with all the
5:07elegance in the world he dedicated to
5:09Cubarsí, and world champion with Spain,
5:11eliminating France in the semifinals,
5:13the Mbappé of France, and winning the
5:15final.
5:16Semifinal against France 2-0,
5:18Oyarzabal's penalty and Porro's goal.
5:21Mbappé missing in action. Final against
5:24Argentina in New Jersey, 1-0 in extra
5:26time.
5:27Ferrán's goal in the 106th minute with
5:29an assist from Nico Williams, eight
5:31Barça players world champions and Lamine
5:33, one of the great protagonists of the
5:35entire tournament.
5:38Mbappé, La Liga, didn't win it from
5:40Barça, Super Cup didn't win it from
5:42Barça.
5:43Champions League eliminated precisely by
5:45Harry Kane's team, World Cup, eliminated
5:48in the semifinals by Spain, by Lamine,
5:50by Rodri, by Fabián, by Cubarsí.
5:53Zero titles, zero. And on top of that,
5:56he finished the season listening to
5:57whistles from his own fans at the
5:59Bernabéu. And the World Cup Golden Boot
6:01.
6:02Yes, many goals in the group stage and
6:03against affordable rivals, but when the
6:05real match against Spain arrived,
6:07nothing.
6:09The Ballon d'Or is not an award for the
6:11top scorer. If it were, it would be
6:13called the Golden Boot. It is an award
6:15for the best player of the year and the
6:16best player of the year won the World
6:18Cup. And this is the player that the
6:20Spanish journalist puts first ahead of
6:22the one who won everything against him.
6:23How do you explain that? Well, José
6:25Félix himself has tried to explain it
6:28and watch out for his arguments. He said
6:30that Spain won the World Cup thanks to
6:32their collective, that Lamine didn't
6:34stand out so much above his teammates,
6:36that Mbappé was more consistent
6:37throughout the season, that he won the
6:39World Cup Golden Boot and led France to
6:41the semifinals, and then he dropped this
6:43phrase: "If it were for this start to
6:45the season, I would vote for Lamine."
6:48But we are analyzing last season and for
6:50me, Mbappé was superior.
6:53So, Spain won because of the collective
6:55, but France, which fell to that
6:57collective, has the best player in the
6:59world. The one who won doesn't stand out
7:01. The one who lost is the best. That's
7:04the logic. If the argument is the Golden
7:06Boot, what about Kane? And if the
7:08argument is consistency, what about the
7:10titles?
7:11Every argument falls apart on its own,
7:13because when the vote is already decided
7:15, the arguments are just made up later.
7:17And the Vinicius situation is quite
7:18something too. José Félix left him out
7:20of the top 10 with this phrase. "For me
7:23, Vinicius has been the best player for
7:25a few years, but now he is not among the
7:27top 10 in the world." Regarding Vinicius
7:30, cold and objective. Regarding Mbappé,
7:32the best in the world, without winning
7:33anything. Everyone can draw their own
7:36conclusions. But it doesn't end here,
7:38because there is something that makes
7:40this vote even more serious, and it's
7:41what José Félix himself said before
7:43voting.
7:45Before the gala, José Félix publicly
7:47stated this: "I would like a Spanish
7:49player to win it, but it's going to be
7:50Mbappé."
7:52"He would like a Spaniard to win it."
7:54And then he has the vote in his hand and
7:56he votes for Mbappé. And not only that,
7:58he said on Cadena SER that the gala had
8:01lacked recognition for the Spanish
8:03national team. "Spain lacked recognition
8:05." This is said by the only man who
8:07could have given it that recognition
8:08with his vote. And he didn't give it to
8:10them.
8:11He spoke about how the gala had
8:12forgotten the world champions, that
8:14Spain deserved more prominence, and that
8:16Spanish football had made history.
8:18He said all of that. And on his ballot,
8:21first place went to a Frenchman who lost
8:23against those world champions.
8:25It’s like complaining that no one
8:27invites you to dinner after having
8:28turned down every invitation. A former
8:30Spanish international said it very
8:32clearly this week.
8:33"He would like a Spaniard to win it and
8:35he votes for Mbappé."
8:37"That is being a fake patriot." Fake
8:39patriot. Harsh, but difficult to refute
8:42with the ballot in front of you. And
8:43this is where many Barça fans have
8:45started to speak clearly. A former Barça
8:47player said it bluntly.
8:49"We won a World Cup and the only
8:51journalist from our country doesn't vote
8:53for one of our own.""The enemy is at
8:55home."
8:56The enemy at home.
8:58That is how half of the Barcelona
9:00fanbase sees it, and another well-known
9:01Catalan journalist wrapped it up with a
9:03phrase that has gone viral on social
9:05media: "Spain must be the first country
9:06in history to win the World Cup and that
9:08same year its Ballon d'Or voter does not
9:10give the top spot to a player from their
9:12country; the first country in history,
9:13just think about it."
9:15And all because of one man's vote. And
9:18it's not a question of cheap patriotism
9:20; it's a question of justice.
9:22If the best player of the year is
9:23Spanish, the normal thing is for the
9:25Spanish journalist to see it.
9:27And if the journalist from that country
9:28, who has watched him play every week,
9:30doesn't see it, who will?
9:33By the way, if you want to see all the
9:34Ballon d'Or ballots and what comes out
9:36of this controversy, I'm posting it on
9:38X. You have the link in the description
9:40because now comes the quote I mentioned
9:42at the beginning, the one from 4 years
9:44ago.
9:45And this is one that won't be forgotten
9:47. The year 2022.
9:49Mbappé just said no to Real Madrid to
9:51renew with PSG.
9:53The Madrid fan base is furious and José
9:56Félix Díaz goes to El Chiringuito,
9:58hotter than ever, and says this looking
10:00at the camera. Remember the context.
10:03Mbappé had been hinting for months that
10:05he was going to Madrid. Florentino had
10:07everything ready, the Madrid fan base
10:09already considered him signed, and at
10:11the last minute, Mbappé renewed with PSG
10:13, with the French president involved,
10:15with the entire city of Paris putting on
10:18the pressure. A historic snub. At
10:20Madrid's training complex, they talked
10:22about nothing else, and in the
10:24Madrid-leaning programs, the indignation
10:26was absolute.
10:27Mbappé, you're not a man, you're a
10:29traitor.
10:31You have no word, you're not a man,
10:33traitor. Without a word. That’s what
10:36José Félix said about Mbappé 4 years ago
10:38, and it didn't take even a day for the
10:40video to resurface.
10:42As soon as the ballot was published,
10:44social media dug it up, and it’s gone
10:46viral in Spain, in France, and half the
10:48world, because the contradiction is so
10:50great that it doesn't even need
10:51explaining; you just have to put the two
10:54things side by side.
10:55And what has changed since then? Well,
10:58one very simple thing: Mbappé now plays
11:00for Real Madrid. When he said no to
11:03Madrid, he was a traitor. Now that he
11:05wears white, he's the best player in the
11:07world, ahead of the world champion. If
11:10that isn't Madridismo, someone tell me
11:11what is.
11:12And there's more, because weeks before
11:14voting, José Félix did an exclusive
11:16interview with Mbappé for the newspaper
11:18AS.
11:19A long, close interview, the kind that
11:21takes months to work on, and a few weeks
11:23later, the vote.
11:25I'm not saying anything, I'm just
11:27leaving it there because an exclusive
11:29interview with Mbappé isn't achieved by
11:30making a phone call; it's achieved with
11:32contacts, with trust, with a good
11:34relationship with the player's circle
11:35and the club.
11:37And when you have that relationship, how
11:39freely do you vote a few weeks later?
11:42That is the question half of the
11:43Barcelona fan base is asking, and let it
11:45be clear we aren't saying there was a
11:46deal. We're saying the image is terrible
11:49. Exclusive interview in October, first
11:52place on the ballot. It's as clear as
11:54that, and then there's who's in charge.
11:56José Félix Díaz is the director of AS.
11:58He succeeded Alfredo Relaño in the
12:00position. On social media, many fans
12:02recall that the environment of AS and
12:04the Bernabéu VIP box have always gone
12:06hand in hand, and in France, as they say
12:08, they have been very surprised by this
12:10vote.
12:11You get what I mean. For many Barça fans
12:13, José Félix isn't a journalist who
12:15votes, he's Florentino's puppet with a
12:18ballot in his hand. And look at the
12:20timing. This year, Madrid returned to
12:22the Ballon d'Or gala after a two-year
12:24boycott. Florentino is back in the VIP
12:27box, and just this year, the Madrid
12:29player falls 28 points short of the
12:31award, yet still gets Spain's vote
12:33despite winning nothing.
12:34A well-known columnist summarized it
12:36with a phrase many culés are already
12:38repeating: sociological Madridismo is
12:40unstoppable. And looking at this ballot
12:42, it’s hard to disagree. And the most
12:44serious part is that this isn't the
12:46first time. There is a pattern, and it
12:47goes back a long way. Do you remember
12:49who voted for Spain the year Rodri won
12:51the Ballon d'Or? Alfredo Relaño, José
12:54Félix’s predecessor at AS. And who did
12:57he put ahead of Rodri? Vinicius, while a
12:59Spanish player wins the Ballon d'Or. And
13:01the Spanish vote goes to the Madrid
13:03player. That year, Rodri had won the
13:05Euros with Spain, was the best player of
13:07the tournament, and won the Premier
13:09League with City. And Madrid, upon
13:11finding out Vinicius wouldn't win,
13:13didn't even go to the gala. A total
13:15boycott, a historic snub to the Spanish
13:17winner. And even so, Spain's vote went
13:20to Vinicius ahead of the Spaniard who
13:22ended up winning the prize. And if we go
13:25even further back to 2012, the year of
13:27Iniesta, European champion, the best
13:29player of the Euros. And who did the
13:31Spanish journalist vote for that year?
13:33Cristiano Ronaldo, ahead of Iniesta.
13:37Iniesta, the man who scored in South
13:38Africa, who won everything with Spain
13:40and Barça, the player the whole planet
13:42respected, and the Spanish vote went to
13:44Cristiano, the Madrid player; 12 years
13:46before this year, exactly the same thing
13:48was happening.
13:512012, Cristiano ahead of Iniesta; the
13:53year of Rodri, Vinicius ahead of Rodri;
13:56and this year, Mbappé ahead of Lamine.
13:59Always the same, always the one from
14:01Madrid, even if the Spaniard has won
14:03more, even if the Spaniard has won
14:04everything; sociological Madridismo,
14:06unstoppable.
14:08Three votes, three eras, and only one
14:10pattern. If this makes you as indignant
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14:20data that changes everything: the points
14:22.
14:23Final Ballon d'Or results. First, Harry
14:25Kane with 1055 points. Second, Mbappé
14:29with 1027.
14:30Third, Lamine with 881.
14:33You've seen it, Kane won by just 28
14:36points. 28.
14:37Mbappé was inches away from winning a
14:40Ballon d'Or without a single title, and
14:42votes like José Félix's pushed him that
14:44far. Let's do the math.
14:46If José Félix put Lamine first and
14:48Mbappé third, Mbappé loses five points
14:50and Lamine gains three.
14:53It might seem like little, but when the
14:55difference is 28, every vote counts, and
14:58every vote like Spain's pushed Mbappé
15:00upward.
15:02And if four or five more journalists had
15:03thought like José Félix, today we would
15:05be talking about Mbappé as a Ballon d'Or
15:07winner without titles.
15:09Imagine the scene.
15:11Mbappé lifting the Ballon d'Or with the
15:13Spanish journalist's vote in his favor,
15:15ahead of the Spanish world champion,
15:17would have been the biggest disgrace in
15:19the award's history.
15:20And it was very close. And watch out,
15:22because there is an even worse vote, and
15:24it comes from inside France Football
15:26itself. Vincent García, the
15:28editor-in-chief of France Football, the
15:30one who organizes the award. And do you
15:32know how he voted? First, Mbappé; second
15:34, Dembélé. Third, Lamine. Fourth,
15:37Kvaratskhelia. Fifth, Messi and Kane.
15:41Sixth, the Ballon d'Or winner; sixth on
15:42the ballot of the boss of the magazine
15:44that gives out the award. How can it be
15:47that the head of France Football puts
15:49the actual winner sixth and Mbappé, who
15:51won nothing, first? Many see it as a
15:53clear attempt to tilt the award.
15:56And if this is happening now, imagine
15:58the coming years, because be careful,
15:59Vincent García isn't just another
16:01journalist: he's the face of the award,
16:03the one who goes out to explain the
16:04criteria, the one who defends that the
16:06season is voted on, not the name, yet he
16:08himself puts Mbappé, with no titles,
16:10first and Kane, who won almost
16:11everything and eliminated Madrid in the
16:13Champions League...Sixth?
16:15How will he have the nerve to come out
16:17next year and explain the award's
16:18criteria? And here comes the most
16:20surreal thing of all. Do you remember
16:21what Mbappé did after the gala? He
16:23lashed out at France Football. He
16:25complained about the award, the system,
16:27and the organization. We tell you about
16:29it here in full detail. Mbappé
16:30complaining about France Football when
16:32the head of France Football himself had
16:35voted for him first, and when the
16:36Spanish journalist had also voted for
16:38him first. A journalist who isn't even
16:40from his country votes for him first.
16:43The person who organizes the award votes
16:44for him first, and yet he still
16:46complains. There are some things that
16:47cannot be explained. Because here is the
16:49key. If Mbappé finishes second without
16:51winning anything, what will happen the
16:53year he wins a league title? And the
16:54year he wins a Champions League, that’s
16:56it, he’ll win it easily. It doesn't
16:58matter what Lamine, Kane, or anyone else
17:00does. It’s going to be very difficult to
17:02beat Mbappé for a Ballon d'Or in the
17:04coming years. And that is what worries
17:06Barcelona the most: that Lamine could
17:08have the best season of his life and end
17:10up without the award because the
17:12narrative is already written, and that,
17:14when that moment comes, Spain’s vote
17:16will again be in the hands of the same
17:18newspaper, the same circle, the same
17:20people as always. And now let's move on
17:22to the most surreal ballot of all, the
17:24one that has already become a meme in
17:26Europe. But first, a note for those
17:29watching us from Argentina, because this
17:31also concerns you.
17:33Argentina voted for Messi first, as it
17:35should be, and José Félix put him eighth
17:37.
17:38The player who, at 39, led Argentina to
17:41the World Cup final. Eighth. Behind
17:44Kvaratskhelia and Fabián. Messi. Eighth
17:47. Mbappé first. And then they talk about
17:50criteria. Greece, the journalist who
17:52voted for Greece. Do you know who is out
17:54of his top list? Mbappé, out. Lamine,
17:56out. Messi, out. Dembélé, out. Haaland,
18:00out. And who is in his top five?
18:02First, Kvaratskhelia, second Rodri,
18:05third William Pacho, fourth Cucurella,
18:07and fifth João Neves.
18:09William Pacho, third in the Ballon d'Or
18:11, a player who only appeared on two of
18:14the 100 ballots. And we have nothing
18:16against Pacho, for the record.
18:18A good center-back, a great season with
18:20PSG, but putting him ahead of Lamine,
18:23Mbappé, and Messi, that is not an
18:25opinion.
18:26That is not having watched the matches
18:28or having watched them with your eyes
18:30closed—without Lamine, without Mbappé,
18:32without Messi, but with Pacho on the
18:34podium. That is how the most important
18:36award in football is voted for. And the
18:38worst part is that this vote is worth
18:40exactly the same as that of any other
18:41country. 15 points for their first place
18:43, just like England's, just like
18:45France's. And this is where another
18:47debate must be opened, because this is
18:49no longer just about José Félix. Who
18:51votes for these awards? What are the
18:53criteria? How many matches has the
18:55journalist voting for Angola or Greece
18:56actually seen?
18:58It’s unacceptable that the most
19:00important award in soccer depends on
19:02people who haven't even watched half the
19:04season.
19:05There should be minimum criteria, proof
19:07that you’ve watched matches from all the
19:09big leagues, followed the Champions
19:11League, and followed the World Cup,
19:12because otherwise, this happens.
19:15Pacho third, Caine sixth, and Mbappé
19:17first without winning anything. And
19:19don't tell me it's impossible.
19:21There are awards decided by former
19:23players, coaches, national team captains
19:25—people who know soccer.
19:27What cannot be is that a journalist with
19:29no criteria has the same weight as
19:30someone who has watched every match of
19:32the season. That needs to change right
19:34now. And mind you, not everyone voted
19:36poorly. There are countries that saw it
19:38very clearly, and the list will surprise
19:40you.
19:41The countries that put Lamine first in
19:44the Ballon d'Or were these: Albania,
19:46Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde,
19:48Honduras, Jordan, North Macedonia,
19:50Mexico, Wales, Portugal, Switzerland,
19:52Tunisia, and Turkey.
19:5413 countries, 13 journalists from abroad
19:57who saw what Lamine did and gave him the
19:59top spot.
20:0013 first-place votes for Lamine
20:02worldwide, 13 times 15 points, and not
20:04one of them from Spain, because Spain’s
20:06first-place vote, which was 15 points
20:08for the world champion, went straight to
20:10Mbappé.
20:12Mexico, yes, from Mexico they were clear
20:14about it. Portugal too, the country of
20:16Cristiano, and even Cape Verde, the
20:18country of Vozinha. And look at the case
20:20of Portugal.
20:21Spain eliminated Cristiano’s Portugal in
20:23the World Cup, and yet the Portuguese
20:25journalist voted for Lamine first.
20:28The journalist from the country Lamine
20:30eliminated gives him the top spot, and
20:31the journalist from the country Lamine
20:33made champion takes it away.
20:35Think about it for a second. And Cape
20:37Verde, the country of Vozinha, who
20:39stopped seven shots from Spain in the
20:41World Cup. Also voted for Lamine first.
20:44That is knowing soccer and having
20:46respect. 13 countries from abroad give
20:48him the top spot, and his own country,
20:51Spain, gives it to Mbappé. Do you see it
20:53now? Do you see why Lamine says he
20:55expected it from abroad but not from
20:57home? Because abroad 13 countries gave
20:59it to him, and at home, the only vote he
21:01had was taken away from him.
21:04And according to those close to him,
21:05that is the part that hurt the most: not
21:07having finished third, but who helped
21:09him finish behind Mbappé.
21:12They say that in the Barça locker room
21:14no one could believe it, that Cubarsí,
21:16whom José Félix put in seventh, joked
21:18that at least he had voted for him.
21:21And Rodri, fifth on that ballot despite
21:23being the best player of the World Cup,
21:25apparently didn't say a word, just
21:26offered an ironic smile.
21:28He already knows what this is like.
21:31He already lived through it the year he
21:32won the Ballon d'Or and his country's
21:34vote went to Vinicius, but the joke
21:36didn't last long because deep down it
21:38hurt everyone the same, that Spain's
21:40vote didn't defend Spain.
21:42And Lamine, according to those sources,
21:44has already made a decision. He is not
21:46going to give an interview to the
21:48newspaper AS for a long time. And there
21:50is another gesture that hasn't made it
21:52to any front page.
21:54According to his inner circle, Lamine
21:55has sent his thanks to some of the
21:57journalists who voted for him first, the
21:59ones from abroad, those who didn't owe
22:01him anything.
22:02While to the one from his own country,
22:04not a word, because silence is also an
22:07answer and Lamine's has been crystal
22:09clear: not a single one, until someone
22:11explains to him how you can vote for
22:13Mbappé first in the year that Spain wins
22:15the World Cup.
22:17And according to reports, the club
22:19understands his anger perfectly. In the
22:21Barça offices, this vote has also gone
22:23down very badly. According to sources
22:25close to the board, they are not going
22:27to issue any statement. They don't want
22:29to give more hype to José Félix, but the
22:31unease is enormous because it's not just
22:33Lamine, it's Cubarsí, it's Rodri, it's
22:35Fabián, it's an entire generation of
22:37world champions that their country's
22:39vote has placed behind a Frenchman
22:41without titles. And I don't blame him.
22:44Would you give an interview to the
22:46newspaper whose director has just placed
22:47you behind a player with no titles?
22:50So let's close the circle. And before we
22:52close, think about one thing. In 20
22:55years, when someone looks at the ballots
22:57for this Ballon d'Or, they will see this
22:58. Spain, world champion, and Spain's
23:01vote going to the Frenchman whom Spain
23:03eliminated. That will remain forever in
23:06the history of the award, and it will
23:08remain with a first and last name: José
23:09Félix Díaz.
23:11José Félix Díaz, the only Spanish vote,
23:13put Mbappé first and Lamine second, the
23:15year that Spain won the World Cup.
23:17The same guy who said he would like a
23:19Spaniard to win, the same guy who
23:21complained about the lack of recognition
23:23for Spain, and the same guy who four
23:25years ago told Mbappé on El Chiringuito
23:27that he wasn't a man, that he was a
23:28traitor, and that he was a man of no
23:30word. England voted for Kane, France
23:33voted for Mbappé, Argentina voted for
23:35Messi, and Spain for a Frenchman from
23:38Madrid. Mbappé finished 28 points away
23:41from the Ballon d'Or. Without winning
23:43anything, the boss of France Football
23:45placed the winner sixth and Greece put
23:47Pacho on the podium.
23:49And meanwhile, 13 countries from abroad
23:51, including Mexico and Portugal, did
23:53give first place to Lamine.
23:55Lamine said it all in one sentence: he
23:57expected it from abroad, but not from
23:59home. And as a Culer, I have it very
24:02clear. This isn't journalism, it's
24:04Madridismo with a ballot in hand. And I
24:07don't just say it for José Félix, I say
24:09it for the year with Vinicius. I say it
24:11for the 2012 vote with Cristiano.
24:13I say it for a system that allows this
24:15to happen again and again, and as long
24:17as it doesn't change, Barça's Spanish
24:19players will have to win twice as much
24:21to get half the recognition.
24:22As always. Now I want to know what you
24:25think. Did Lamine deserve first place in
24:27Spain's vote, or is José Félix right
24:29about Mbappé? José Félix with Mbappé. Do
24:32you think the Ballon d'Or vote should
24:34have minimum criteria so that the Greece
24:36incident doesn't happen again? And who
24:38is going to win the Ballon d'Or next
24:40year? Are they going to hand it to
24:41Mbappé and those from Argentina? José
24:43Félix put Messi eighth. How do you see
24:46it from there? And to all of you
24:48watching us from Mexico, your journalist
24:50voted for Lamine first. What do you
24:52think about Spain's representative
24:53voting for Mbappé?
24:54If you liked the video, hit the like
24:56button and smash the hype so this shame
24:58reaches everyone.
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25:02. Here we tell what others prefer to
25:03keep quiet.
25:05And if José Félix sees this video, which
25:07I doubt, just one thing: the day Spain
25:08wins something again, make sure the vote
25:10is held by someone who celebrates it.
25:12We'll be back tomorrow with more. Yeah.

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