​Those were wild calls! UEFA nation embarrassed itself at the Ballon d’OrHarry Kane’s Ballon d’Or 2026 win was four days ago now. Yet details about the ceremony are still trickling out.On Thursday, for example, transfer guru Fabrizio Romano revealed how the eligible Croatian journalists voted – earning them plenty of ridicule in the process.The scribes from the Western Balkans seemed to attach enormous importance to performances at the World Cup. They put tournament MVP Rodri, who finished fourth in the official standings, in first place.Lionel Messi, who also had an out-of-this-world World Cup, came third, ahead of the actual winner Harry Kane, whom the Croatians ranked only sixth.But arguably the wildest call was another one: Ferran Torres, who scored the winner in the final, sits fourth in the Croatian ranking – twelve places above his actual finishing position.Unsurprisingly, these picks were met with plenty of mockery on social media…This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.