TO Vinicius (19 years old) he was stopped by the coronavirus promising what in the return of football has proven to be, a player already curdled, at his cooking point, which Lopetegui would say. And to find the best proof of this you have to go to the epicenter of Madrid, the Zidane: against Mallorca, the Frenchman played the scheme and relocated his main crack, Hazard, to fit him into that fantasy left-handed lane Vinicius, that he had barely coincided with Eden 80 minutes, never starting, and that he responded with 1-0.
The explosion of Vinicius, who has been walked by the fine wire that often separates the genius from the blunder, has led his coach to give his plans some thought. Why Vini has started to accompany the good feelings with good statistics, taking off the label that reduced him to an excellent revulsive: He has intervened in five goals in his last seven starts. That is three goals and two assists, and that has happened on nights that mark a season: the first leg against City, the Bernabéu Classic, the lead against Real …
Vinicius, marking the 1-0 of Real Madrid-Mallorca.
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Those airs of spring so madridistas that Vinicius drags arrived on Tuesday at the Valdebebas press room, where Zidane was asked by the journalist Fernando Burgos (Onda Cero) about the possibility of mixing the Rio de Janeiro frenzy and the Belgian class of Hazard as a starting point. “I don't see it as impossible, but we try to make the player as comfortable as possible. Vini's position is Eden's, but it doesn't mean anything, I like to put the players in their place, but in a match they can play together “, ZZ slipped, who had already devised the move with which he would keep the first place.
To Zizou, very much in an interventionist coach mode, It worked out for him, more for Vinicius than for Hazard, who asked for a break due to muscle fatigue and has to rescue the rhythm with which he reappeared. In a kind of 4-2-3-1, with the '25' in its natural habitat, the left, and the '7' hanging around the center, Madrid was working. The 1-0 (19 ') was signed by Vini, who drew a few criticisms with a beautiful definition. Before that touch, he had sprinted to defend to the center of the field and, immediately afterwards, to the area to finish. In addition, he touched the double at 23 'and He led his team in backstrokes (2, like Bale), created chances (2, like Benzema), anticipations (2, like Ramos), recoveries (9) and fouls received (3). He definitely knocked on the door.