Golden Ball, Buffon and boycotted the vote due to the absence of goalkeeper in the top 59. Missing the preferences of the captain and the coach of the National . Choice of the Football Association for the exclusion of goalkeeper from the list. Even Casillas and Bravo not vote.
Usually that list contains the oddities as coach a Pacific atoll voting Ronaldinho with a few years late. But this time from the list of votes, for coach, captain to captain , broke out a real case. It concerns us : the voting for the Ballon d’Or, in fact, did not participate in our coach, Antonio Conte , and our captain , Gigi Buffon. It would not be the result of failure to some technical problems, as has happened in the past and perhaps again in this year ( we will return later). Conte and Buffon did not vote in protest . Or rather, they followed the dictates of the Football Association, who chose not to vote in protest.
Without Buffon – A sensational case, and probably overreacted a bit ‘child in a grievance, a clear error of those who have compiled lists. Yes, because the reason for the protest decided by the federal president and members Tavecchio is the failure to include in the list of 59 initial candidates of Gianluigi Buffon, goalkeeper for Juventus and Italy finalist of Champions. A choice that the same journal had “ridiculed”. Incomprehensible, with the inclusion of other 5 goalkeepers: not only the unquestionable Courtois and Neuer but De Gea, Bravo and even Ospina. A wrong choice, but that does not justify a response, “Aventine”, which is probably a first. And on which weighed perhaps even the absence, at this time, a true summit FIFA (would have been more difficult for our Football Association, implement a protest so blatant with Blatter in the full of his powers). The fact is that after Isreal, the list of votes, is Jamaica.
Iker Casillas even not named for Golden Ball at this time. (Source:www.sports.terra.com)
At the time nor Buffon nor Conte commented, so we do not know if they agree with the choice or have suffered. They are not the only ones missing votes : a swift examination, stand out even the absences of Iker Casillas and Claudio Bravo, captains of Spain and Chile. Two goalies, which got me thinking now to a sort of solidarity with Buffon. Spaniard however arrive denials journalists close to the number 1 of the port ensure that Iker did not vote because they “received the forms 24 hours before the polls closed.” Technical reasons, therefore, while the reasons for the non – voting Bravo are not known for now.
