{"id":799803,"date":"2024-10-31T12:19:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T12:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/?p=799803"},"modified":"2024-10-31T12:19:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T12:19:56","slug":"ballon-dor-2024-lautaro-martinez-breaks-silence-and-voices-frustration-over-his-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/ballon-dor\/ballon-dor-2024-lautaro-martinez-breaks-silence-and-voices-frustration-over-his-ranking","title":{"rendered":"Ballon d\u2019Or 2024 : Lautaro Martinez Breaks Silence and Voices Frustration Over His Ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Ballon d&#8217;Or rankings certainly seem to have left few people satisfied\u2014Rodri being an exception. Lautaro Martinez, too, voiced disappointment over his position.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Monday, the announcement of the 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/?s=Ballon+d%27Or\">Ballon d&#8217;Or<\/a> has continued to stir up strong reactions. Real Madrid even went as far as boycotting the ceremony, firmly believing that Vinicius deserved the title. The release of journalists&#8217; votes has only fueled a flurry of sharp critiques, with some players themselves struggling to accept their final rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/image-72-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Ballon d'Or 2024 : Lautaro Martinez Breaks Silence and Voices Frustration Over His Ranking\" class=\"wp-image-799804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/image-72-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/image-72-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/image-72-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/image-72.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Sometimes, these awards are unfair.&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This sentiment was echoed by Lautaro Martinez, the Argentine forward for Inter Milan. A crucial player for the team that won Serie A last May and a decisive scorer in the Copa America final against Colombia (1-0 after extra time), Lautaro believed he deserved a higher ranking than seventh place, behind players like Mbapp\u00e9 and Erling Haaland. In an interview with DAZN, he expressed his disappointment: &#8220;To be honest, I expected better than a 7th place in the Ballon d\u2019Or. Sometimes, these awards are unfair. I\u2019ll work even harder to improve my position,&#8221; the forward shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7 Lautaro Mart\u00ednez: \u201cTo be honest, I was expecting more than 7th position at the Ballon d\u2019Or. Sometimes at these awards they are unfair\u201d.<br><br>\u201cI\u2019ll be working hard to improve that position\u201d, told DAZN. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Yccir8jCUt\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Yccir8jCUt<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1851711661293314198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 30, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ballon d&#8217;Or rankings appear to have pleased only Rodri. Lautaro Martinez, on the other hand, voiced his disappointment with his position, likely expecting a more favorable ranking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ballon d&#8217;Or rankings certainly seem to have left few people satisfied\u2014Rodri being an exception. Lautaro Martinez, too, voiced disappointment over his position. Since Monday, the announcement of the 2024 Ballon d&#8217;Or has continued to stir up strong reactions. Real Madrid even went as far as boycotting the ceremony, firmly believing that Vinicius deserved the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":799806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1724],"tags":[573,1218],"class_list":["post-799803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ballon-dor","tag-ballon-dor-2024","tag-lautaro-martinez"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/NOUVEAU-POUR-SITE-2024-10-31T102757.603.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfmZoa-3m43","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799803"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":799807,"href":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799803\/revisions\/799807"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}