The ‘Vinicius boom’ shakes the Bernabeu

Madrid returns to the Bernabéu almost a month later. It has not been the year and a half that the white stadium did not host football due to the pandemic, but the wait has also been long, because it is also necessary to get rid of the bad taste in the mouth of the defeat against the Sheriff. 29 days later, the white team plays again before its public with the state of euphoria declared by the defeat in Kiev, the victory for the fourth consecutive time in the Classic and a Vinicius who arrives full.

The Brazilian did not score at the Camp Nou, but he was the figure of the Classic. The star who magnified a game followed around the world. His performance against Barcelona and the double he scored in Kiev relaunch his figure after a streak of matches in which he had not been showing the same brilliance as at the start of the season. With more than three-quarters of the season ahead of him, the carioca is approaching his best numbers in the four seasons he has been at Real Madrid. Has seven goals and three assists in 12 games, among them the one who unleashed the madness in the stands with his celebration in the return of the public against Celta.

Ancelotti trusts Vini. A confidence that the Brazilian has earned through his performance. After his performances in the first two league games against Alavés and Levante (he added three goals), has become indisputable for the Italian coach. A condition that since then only he, Courtois, Militao and Benzema have enjoyed.

Seeing Vinicius is, today, one of the great attractions of the matches at the Bernabéu. A stadium that has taken advantage of this month of sports inactivity to continue with the works and enable new sectors of the stands with all the capacity restrictions already lifted. It will be the first subscription game of the season and ticket sales are going well. The 57,520 spectators who attended Osasuna’s last visit to La Castellana, in September 2019, can also be exceeded on a Wednesday night.