Vinicius’s great weak point

Vinicius Jr. is experiencing the season of its football explosion at all levels. The Brazilian has put a remedy to his problems in front of goal and has emerged as the second most unbalanced footballer in the Real Madrid after Karim Benzema. He has 17 goals and 10 assists in 39 games and has assumed a leading role in the white team. The rivals have taken good note of his evolution and this has been reflected in the markings he receives, some of them exceeding the limits of aggressiveness as happened with Paul Maffeo on Majorca or with monchu on grenade.

The opponents have also detected a weak point in the Brazilian that is affecting his performance and also that of his team: his ease in leaving games if he gets mad, either with fouls, spikes or provocations, terrain that he does not refuse

This reality is new for the former flamingowho during his first three seasons in the Real Madridespecially before the coronavirus pandemic broke out, had to learn to live with his problems in the definition and incidentally with the taunts of rival fans and some opposing players.

The great potential that could be guessed in the Brazilian did not correspond to his goalscoring figures. His dribbles, runs, internships of him caused sterile havoc in the rival defenses because, at the last moment, he almost always botched the shot after doing the most difficult thing. In his first year he scored 4 goals in 31 games and in the second 5 in 38 and in the third 6 in 49. In total, 15 goals in 118 participations and 6,281 minutes of play, which yields an average of one goal every 419 minutes . This season, the average number of goals is one every 193 minutes. Vinicius has changed teasing for respect or insults.

Rivals have given good account of this qualitative leap in goals, assists and danger generated, seeking to get him out of games with repeated fouls and provocations, to which fans also join, on some occasions with racist insults. The last example happened in Classic when, faking a penalty, I hammered, Ter Stegen and Eric they pounced on him to reproach him for his action.

It also happened against Majorcawhen after receiving a very dangerous squad from Maffeoseveral Mallorca players like Angel or Rail they made him ugly that he was faking it. in the rooms of Cup against him Athletic on San Mames, Danny Garcia spent several minutes yelling, poking and insulting Vinicius before the arbitration passivity.

That passivity of the referees is also getting insane (and of the parties) to Vinicius, which is lost in protests and claims instead of focusing on the game. His vertical soccer, of dribbles and feints, makes him the target of many fouls, which some rivals interpret as a provocation.

That’s what he realized Ancelottiwho on more than one occasion has called his attention to stop his protests, his gestures or the clashes with his rivals and focus on what he knows how to do best: play football.

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