Ballon d'Or candidate disappears, causing Real to lose, coach Ancelotti misses... Toni Kroos

When Real Madrid faced Lille, all eyes were on striker Vinicius Junior in attack. Recently, Spanish newspaper Marca unexpectedly revealed the results of the 2024 Ballon d'Or vote and named the Brazilian player as the winner. According to the Spanish-based newspaper, to win this award, Vinicius Junior surpassed strong candidates Rodri and Erling Haaland - two players of Man City.

“Vinicius is fully deserving of the title of star of the Ballon d'Or award ceremony, which took place on October 28 at the Chatelet theater in the French capital. It is not easy to reach the top of the football world. Feeling like the center of the football universe, surrounded by stars, is something reserved for the greatest players and Vinicius is one of them,” Marca newspaper honored Vinícius Júnior.

Vinícius Junior is reported by Spanish newspaper to win the 2024 Ballon d'Or

Vinícius Júnior was placed by coach Carlo Ancelotti as the highest striker. His young compatriot Endrick was also used by the Italian coach from the start. Supporting this duo were Jude Bellingham, Federico Valverde and especially midfielder Camavinga, who had just returned after 4 months of injury. Mbappe was the only player to regret when he had health problems and could not start.

Having to play away at Pierre Mauroy Stadium, Real Madrid was still the better team and created many scoring opportunities in the match. However, the "White Vulture" attack was strangely unlucky when facing the home team's goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier. During the 90 minutes, Real Madrid launched 12 shots, twice as many as Lille, but did not penetrate the opponent's net once. Vinícius Júnior left a huge disappointment when he missed 2 golden scoring opportunities for Real Madrid. Meanwhile, Jude Bellingham also had a day of underperformance, completely silent. Notably, this was also the 6th consecutive match in which the player who scored the most goals for Real Madrid last season could not penetrate the opponent's net.

Not only was the match deadlocked, by the end of the first half, Real Madrid also let Lille score first. The player who brought the home team the advantage was Jonathan David with an accurate penalty kick. In the second half, although coach Carlo Ancelotti played all out, sending Mbappe, Luka Modric, and Arda Güler onto the field, the Spanish team still suffered a 0-1 defeat.

Real Madrid (white shirt) received the first defeat of the 2024 - 2025 Champions League season

Losing to Lille, Real Madrid suffered their first defeat in the 2024-2025 Champions League. Vinícius Júnior and his teammates have 3 points after 2 matches, ranking 17th in the overall rankings. Meanwhile, Lille had their first win, climbing to 18th.

After the match, coach Carlo Ancelotti was clearly disappointed. He assessed: "It felt like Real Madrid had difficulty being creative on the pitch. We were slow, lacking ideas and our attacking lines were unclear. If it were the old Real Madrid, players like Toni Kroos would bring a lot of value.

It's hard to judge the game, it was pretty bad. Lille didn't surprise me. They are a team that plays very well with the ball, they have a bigger desire to win than Real Madrid. The criticism of today's game is fair, accurate and we have to accept it. Real Madrid did not show their best version."

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After this match, Real Madrid will return to their home ground, meeting Borussia Dortmund in the third round (October 23). This encounter will also recreate the UEFA Champions League final in the 2023 - 2024 season. On the opposite side, Lille will travel to Spain, playing away at Atletico Madrid.

In the same match, another representative from La Liga, Atletico Madrid, suffered a shocking 0-4 defeat when visiting Benfica. Coach Diego Simeone's team played poorly throughout the match, allowing their opponents to shoot 19 times in this match.

Aktürkoğlu opened the scoring for Benfica with an accurate shot in the 13th minute. In the second half, Angel Di Maria (minute 52), Alexander Bah (minute 75) and Orkun Kökcü (minute 84) scored, helping Benfica win their second consecutive match, rising to third place in the Champions League.

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