Vinícius Junior ironically defended the controversial goal in the duel with Almería: “He always did that on Copacabana beach.”

Vinicius Juniorin front of real Madrid and one of the best footballers in the world today, defended this Monday with a funny irony the validity of his controversial and disputed goal against Almeriawhich ended with a 2-2 partial after the referee’s check on the VAR screen in which he noticed that he had hit the ball with his shoulder and not his arm.

The Brazilian star shared a video on X, the former Twitter, with a message stating: “Great goal!!! He always did it like this on Copacabana beach.”

Vini cited a publication from an account on the same social network in which one of the shots of the ball is observed which made him change his decision. Francisco José Hernández Maeso, who had indicated the hand in the first instance. After being called for review by Alejandro José Hernández Hernández From VAR, the on-field referee declared a legal goal when he noticed him hitting with his sleeve, the area of ​​his arm that is legal to hit the ball.

It was the third of three controversial actions in a match that ended with Real Madrid’s 3-2 victory against bottom-of-the-table Almería after trailing 0-2 at half-time.

The first revision was to report a penalty from the Brazilian Kaiky, and the second to cancel a goal by Sergio Arribas, which would have meant the 1-3 partial, due to a previous and almost imperceptible foul by the Senegalese Dion Lopy . about Englishman Jude Bellingham. Almería complained about all of them after the match, feeling damaged by the referee’s performance.

“We leave with the feeling that the game has been stolen from us”that’s how strong the midfielder was Gonzalo Melero in the mixed zone after the match. A speech also shared by the other two players who spoke, the defenders Marc Pubill AND Edgar Gonzalez.

For his part, coach Gaizka Garitano was concise and evasive in his first messages in the press room. He wanted to avoid the penalty for criticizing the referees if he had said what he thought. But he ended up leaving a message: “It’s not the first time this has happened to me here”, in reference to the performances of the referees during their teams’ visits to the Santiago Bernabéu.

What the Spanish newspapers said about the Real Madrid-Almería controversy

Sports newspaper Marca, published in Madrid, ignored the controversial moves and featured Dani Carvajal’s heartbreaking winning goal on its cover. Accompanied by the phrase “Crazy”, the Madrid media focused on celebrating the defender dressed as a hero. “Penalty, goal from the shoulder and one disallowed for a very critical Almería”he condemned.

“Return of VAR”, headlines the As. Furthermore, it contains Xavi’s shocking statement: “I already said that it would be difficult to win this championship.”

The position of the newspapers published in Barcelona was different. Mundo Deportivo put Barcelona’s victory against Betis as its main topic, but did not forget Real Madrid. And there was only one word to describe what had happened at the Bernabéu: “Robbery”.

Sport nothing was saved for the owner: “Robbery of La Liga!” Furthermore, he took the opportunity to hit Real Madrid by talking about the victory of the Catalan team: “A great Barça! They don’t need VAR.”

On the same page L’Esportuwhich he described as “Epochal scandal at the Bernabéu”.

Source: EFE