Modric criticized Ronaldo and Messi for not attending the Ballon d'Or ceremony

Real Madrid midfielder and captain of the Croatian football team Luka Modric criticized forwards Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi for not attending the award ceremony at which the Ballon d'Or was awarded at the end of 2018.

"I can't explain why someone would choose not to attend the ceremony, but that's their choice. It turns out that the prizes are only valuable to them when they receive them. It's not fair to other players, fans, and the people who voted for them on for ten years. However, everyone behaves as they see fit.

Ronaldo and Messi have dominated football over the past ten years. If we are talking about the game in a single season, then the majority voices coincided. Or were they wrong? If we choose based on skill, then all that remains is to give all the prizes to Messi and Ronaldo and not hold any votes,” Sportske Novosti quotes Modric’s revelations.

???? Mais où va loger le #BallonDor de Luka Modric ?

"Les premières nuits, il sera probablement près de mon lit et puis après, je trouverai un bel endroit où je pourrais l'exposer."

????️ Réaction du 63e lauréat en intégralité ici : https://t.co/AMfygzr6zs . pic.twitter.com/lwpZC6V2g0

— #ballondor (@francefootball) December 3, 2018

According to the results of the journalists' voting, Modric scored 753 points, the second place in the fight for the Golden Ball was taken by the Portuguese forward of the Italian Juventus Cristiano Ronaldo (476), the third place was taken by the French striker of the Spanish Atlético Madrid Antoine Griezmann (414).