Coach Carlo Ancelotti’s “unusual” actions with Vinicius in the recent El Clasico match made Vinicius and his close team feel uneasy.
final In the 76th minute of the Spanish Super Cup , Real Madrid made a change. Vinicius did not think that the person who was pulled out would be him. Out on the lane, the fourth referee probably thought the same, when he pressed number 5 instead of number 7. Something wasn’t right. Real Madrid at that time was still looking for a goal in the hope of equalizing, but they withdrew from the field the player considered their number 1 star.
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In fact, that is something coach Ancelotti rarely does. This season, Vinicius has been substituted a total of eight times, but the majority of those substitutions – with the exception of two 1-1 draws with Mallorca and Las Palmas – took place when Real Madrid was leading. And Vinicius only had to leave the field after the 85th minute. The only time he left the field earlier was in the match against Osasuna (75th minute), but at that time Real was leading 4-0 and Vini had a hat-trick of his own.
Vinicius’ side felt it was a bad intentional action by coach Ancelotti. The Italian coach seemed to want to show the world who was the culprit in Real Madrid’s embarrassing defeat. Actually, he wasn’t wrong, because Vinicius had a terrible match. During his time on the field, he only had one successful pass. If compared to Mbappe’s 8 times, it is clear that Vini did not play well at all.
The fact that Mbappe played well against Barca and received many compliments made Vinicius’ “problem” even worse. The Brazilian star always wants to be the number 1 person in the team. But it seems that from Ancelotti to Real Madrid’s leadership, there is more favor for Mbappe. It seems that they themselves are tired of the constant controversies surrounding Vinicius and his somewhat impulsive personality on the field. It seems they no longer think Vini is irreplaceable.
Imagine what would happen if Cristiano Ronaldo was in the same situation as Vini…