There was no consensus on the figure of Vinicius. His football aroused a gradual curiosity, capable of the best and the worst so many times, difficult to scrutinize because of that exaggerated tendency to the good and the bad. A player with speed, dribbling and youth, but erratic in making the final decision and fighting for the goal. The object of ridicule and furious criticism, he had more detractors than supporters, although he was already established as an essential element in Madrid. Now, in a fair way, he has turned the general opinion around, he has broken all forecasts about his figure. Almost unanimously, Vinicius is already classified as what he appeared to be and did not finish being. He is a footballer of unique magnitudes, differential, expansive and showy. Perhaps such a colossal emergence was not seen coming, but Vinicius has earned Madrid’s galactic status in his own right, which will be accompanied by a renewal at the height of his growth.
The ultimate explosion
The Brazilian has been unleashed this season.
What was showing discontinuously now
shows it regularly. The numbers
they leave no room for doubt.
Season
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
TOTAL
Ownership
20
17
31
14
82
Conversion ratio
4,5
10,4
10,2
20,4
The progression graphs
The current incidence of Vinicius places him as
one of the most productive footballers among
the big five leagues.
Passes in the last
third of the field
Benzema
Vinicius
L. Suárez
Depay
Falcao
The ultimate explosion
The Brazilian has been unleashed this season.
What was showing discontinuously now
shows it regularly. The numbers
they leave no room for doubt.
Season
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
TOTAL
Ownership
20
17
31
14
82
Conversion ratio
4,5
10,4
10,2
20,4
The progression graphs
The current incidence of Vinicius places him as
one of the most productive footballers among
the big five leagues.
Passes in the last
third of the field
Benzema
Vinicius
L. Suárez
Depay
Falcao
The ultimate explosion
The Brazilian has been unleashed
this season. What left
view discontinuously
now shows it regularly.
The numbers do not leave
place to doubt.
Season
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
TOTAL
Conversion ratio
4,5
10,4
10,2
20,4
The progression graphs
The current incidence of Vinicius
places him as one of the footballers
most productive among the five
big leagues.
Benzema
Vinicius
L. Suárez
Passes in the last
third of the field
The ascendancy of Vinicius in the Madrid game does not stop widening. He understands what he has to do, offers greater guarantees and has got rid of the goal problem. The arrival of Ancelotti has tempered Vinicius in all registers. He no longer acts in a hurry, he thinks what to do, and Madrid is grateful for this new version of maturity. His average passing accuracy shoots up to 86.9%, one point more than last year, six compared to 2019-20 and ten compared to 2018-19. The Brazilian participates more, signing 62 touches every 90 minutes (57 on average in 2020-21), and his teammates watch him continuously. He is the player in the top five who receives the most progressive passes. The match against Osasuna, denied by Madrid that night, is an obvious example. He attempted 71 passes (64 completed), his career record for white. This panorama triggers a greater significance for Vinicius in the Madrid pass circuit. In LaLiga, he has been involved in 71 sequences of shooting actions (13 ended in a goal), data that only his associate Benzema surpasses. And, above all, his renewed pulse emerges in definition. Vinicius’s goals are beginning to fall, in contrast to what happened to him in previous seasons.
The nascent scorer
The goal no longer bypasses Vinicius. Just like
displays the advanced metric of expected goals, your level of
success has soared above even normal.
* Expected goals: Indicator that assigns a probability that a
chance is goal depending on the play.
Season
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
Expected goals
8,5
6,0
9,3
6,5
Difference*
-4,5
-1,0
-3,3
2,5
* Difference between goals and expected goals
Map of shots and goals
in Champions and League
Vinicius scored fewer goals than he should. The change in this course is notorious.
The nascent scorer
The goal no longer bypasses Vinicius. Just like
displays the advanced metric of expected goals, your level of
success has soared above even normal.
* Expected goals: Indicator that assigns a probability that a
chance is goal depending on the play.
Season
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
Expected goals
8,5
6,0
9,3
6,5
Difference*
-4,5
-1,0
-3,3
2,5
* Difference between goals and expected goals
Map of shots and goals
in Champions and League
Vinicius scored fewer goals than he should. The change in this course is notorious.
The nascent scorer
The goal no longer bypasses Vinicius. Such
and as the advanced metric shows
of expected goals, their level
of success it has shot above
even of normality.
* Expected goals: Indicator that
assigns a probability that a
chance is goal depending on the play.
Season
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
Expected goals
8,5
6,0
9,3
6,5
Map of shots and goals
in Champions and League
Vinicius scored fewer goals than he
it should. The change in this course is notorious.
The goal has entered the Vinicius catalog with force. He’s another player in the end zone. Your choices are getting more and more correct and your perimeter radar has been expanded. It is handled with greater finesse. Among the five major leagues there is no footballer under the age of 21 who has added more goals (9) and assists (5) than the Brazilian. Vinicius plays with his usual personality, now accompanied by a remarkable success and a sense of where he should be. In space it is unstoppable; in unemployed, their resources increase every game. There is no better way to appreciate this progression than with clearly illustrative and didactic images. So far only one flaw can be removed when it comes to defensive balance.
The evolution chart
Vinicius has fine-tuned decision-making. I know
Make a little mistake, choose well and wait for the moment.
His peripheral vision is wider and he is aware of options in the
opposite profile. The transition of Alaba’s goal in the Classical is a sample.
He no longer expects the ball at the foot so much. Your catalog of breaking unchecks
to space verticalizes the game of Madrid.
It remains to improve in one section. Too many times he does not follow the side
rival and decompensates the defensive situation of his team.
The evolution chart
Vinicius has fine-tuned decision-making. I know
Make a little mistake, choose well and wait for the moment.
His peripheral vision is wider and he is aware of options in the
opposite profile. The transition of Alaba’s goal in the Classical is a sample.
He no longer expects the ball at the foot so much. Your catalog of breaking unchecks
to space verticalizes the game of Madrid.
It remains to improve in one section. Too many times he does not follow the side
rival and decompensates the defensive situation of his team.
The evolution chart
Vinicius has fine-tuned the shot
decision making. He is already wrong a little,
choose well and wait for the moment.
Your peripheral vision is wider
and realizes options in the
opposite profile. Goal transition
of Alaba in the Classical is a sample.
He no longer expects the ball at the foot so much.
Your uncheck catalog
breaking into space verticalize
the game of Madrid.
It remains to improve in one section.
Not too many times
follow the rival side and decompensate
the defensive situation of your team.
Vinicius continues to be a constant threat in one-on-one. For something, he leads the ranking of pipes (6) in LaLiga or the total number of players who have dribbled (40). Its ability to overflow breaks any defensive system. The number of drives in the domestic championship draws its lethality in this section. Vinicius records 21 drives for 90 minutes, with an average distance traveled of almost 13.2 meters. His ball transfers simplify Madrid’s attacks. Vinicius has created 24 occasions through his conductions, a number only surpassed by Fekir in LaLiga with 26. However, the Brazilian has scored three goals and provided nine key passes and one assist in these sequences. No one comes close to this easily quantifiable value. Vinicius is the king of statistics and the pitch. There are no longer any discrepancies about him, but a unique story. His renewal as a great footballer has to coincide with a new status in Madrid. The boy doesn’t want to slow down; nobody stops it anymore.
Dribbling for the flag
Vinicius expresses himself as few in the one against one.
He is one of the most prolific dribblers
of the continent.
Dribbling ratio per season
Conduits within the area: 65
Top 8 LaLiga players with drivers
of ball that end in goal or assist
Since Vini’s debut in LaLiga (29-9-2018)
Finalized in goal: 30
Finished in attendance: 16
They finished in goal: 12
Finished in attendance: 14
They finished in goal: 8
Finished in attendance: 11
They finished in goal: 10
Finished in attendance: 7
They finished in goal: 8
Finished in attendance: 9
They finished in goal: 8
Finished in attendance: 9
They finished in goal: 9
Finished in attendance: 7
They finished in goal: 10
Finished in attendance: 6
With Solari he had the confidence in 2018-19 to show
its overflow. In Zidane’s stage something went off,
but with Ancelotti he returns to his being.
Chances created in driving
M. Ángel Fernández – Javier Sillés
Dribbling for the flag
Vinicius expresses himself as few in the one against one.
He is one of the most prolific dribblers
of the continent.
Dribbling ratio per season
Conduits within the area: 65
Top 8 LaLiga players with drivers
of ball that end in goal or assist
Since Vini’s debut in LaLiga (29-9-2018)
Finalized in goal: 30
Finished in attendance: 16
They finished in goal: 12
Finished in attendance: 14
They finished in goal: 8
Finished in attendance: 11
They finished in goal: 10
Finished in attendance: 7
They finished in goal: 8
Finished in attendance: 9
They finished in goal: 8
Finished in attendance: 9
They finished in goal: 9
Finished in attendance: 7
They finished in goal: 10
Finished in attendance: 6
With Solari he had the confidence in 2018-19 to show
its overflow. In Zidane’s stage something went off,
but with Ancelotti he returns to his being.
Chances created in driving
M. Ángel Fernández – Javier Sillés
Dribbling for the flag
Vinicius expresses himself as few
in one on one.
He is one of the most
prolific of the continent.
Dribbling ratio per season
Conduits within the area: 65
Top 8 LaLiga players
with balloon conductions that
end in goal or assist
Since the debut in LaLiga
de Vini (29-9-2018)
They finished in goal: 30
They ended up in attendance: 16
They finished in goal: 12
They ended up in attendance: 14
They finished in goal: 8
They ended up in attendance: 11
They finished in goal: 10
They ended up in attendance: 7
They finished in goal: 8
They ended up in attendance: 9
They finished in goal: 8
They ended up in attendance: 9
They finished in goal: 9
They ended up in attendance: 7
They finished in goal: 10
They ended up in attendance: 6
With Solari he had the confidence
in the 2018-19 to show
its overflow. In the Zidane stage
something went out, but with Ancelotti
it returns to its being.
Occasions created
driving
M. Ángel Fernández – Javier Sillés