Real Madrid won but in Spain they only talk about the football that made Vinícius fly: a Brazilian hit him and saw the red light

Vinicius Junior he had something else to celebrate, aside from his goal in Thursday’s match, a win for real Madrid for 2-0 on Valencia.

The Brazilian was saved by a serious injury after a hard kick from his compatriot Gabriele Paulista in the second half, which unleashed an altercation and earned a red card directed at the defender of Che’s team.

Vinícius had evaded his rival in the 72nd minute when he took the shot that sent him onto the grass. Immediately the Brazilian national team rose to face their rival, pushing him from behind, while other players joined the confrontation.

Emilio Butraguenodirector of institutional relations of Real Madrid, assured that “among all” they must “protect” the Brazilian Vinicius Junior because “it is very positive for football to have players” like him.

“Of all, we have to take care of this type of player. Vinicius has spectacular condition. It’s very good for football to have players like Vinicius; he’s facetious, very fast… we have to protect him, among all of us,” he commented on DAZN .

“We need to protect Vini a little, he’s a very explosive boy on the pitch, a boy who obviously dribbles a lot and a defender doesn’t like him… but it’s his technique and his way of playing. I think in many games they kicked him a lot… It’s football without the ball, meaningless”, complained Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.

Real Madrid defender Éder Militão, who had been substituted shortly before, also collided with Paulista when he was exiting the tunnel after being sent off.

“It was an action resulting from impotence, his head went a little, Gabriel committed an act out of desperation, a mistake, to have lost. A red card that left the team one down. It’s true that we were already 2-0, after that it was impossible.” said Orange coach Voro González.

Vinícius scored his goal after a long break on the break in the 54th minute, two minutes after Marco Asencio had given the home side the lead with a shot from outside the box.

Just last week, a large part of the Spanish football leadership had condemned an expression of hatred against Vinicius. A doll with the image of the Brazilian was hung on a bridge, before the Copa del Rey match against Atlético de Madrid.

Thursday’s victory placed the team Meringue five points behind leaders Barcelona, ​​​​​​when half the season is gone. The Catalan club won 2-1 the day before at Betis.

The two matches were postponed to January, due to the participation of the two Spanish powers at the Super cup which was held in Saudi Arabia. Real beat Valencia in the semi-final on penalties, before losing to Barça in the final.

Real Madrid, who had gone winless in two matches in various competitions, lost two of their key players to injury. Militão was substituted in the first half and the Frenchman Karim Benzema at dawn of the second.

A visit to Mallorca on Sunday will mark Real Madrid’s last game before traveling to Morocco to attend next week’s Club World Cupwhere he will try to expand his record with an eighth scepter.

With the information of the Agencies