The legendary former Barcelona striker Hristo Stoichkov shared his opinion on the absence of Real players at the Ballon d\'Or ceremony.
Hristo Stoichkov— If they decided not to come, we must respect that; what can we do? I would have liked them to still be present, like everyone else. I finished second in 1992, but I went to the ceremony. Nothing bad happened. I went to the ceremony, and we don\'t need to argue. We are athletes, and we should greet each other, no matter what place we finished in, — quotes the Bulgarian Relevo.
Hristo Stoichkov won the Ballon d\'Or in 1994, and in 1992 he finished second, losing to Marco van Basten.
