Vinicius’ red card against Valencia marked a change of attitude for the Real Madrid star

Real Madrid will be without Vinicius Junior during the Spanish Super Cup unless Los Blancos approve his appeal, after he received the third red card of his career. After Valencia goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski leaned over him and told him to get up, Vinicius did so and pushed him in the face.

The Brazilian was also expelled previously at Mestalla, two seasons ago, after detestable racial abuse from the stands. Vinicius received more than a few insults on Friday night, Marca reports, although none of them were racist, and the crowd chanted “idiot” and “beach ball” at him on several occasions, prompting Vinicius to show two fingers to the crowd. , not to turn the tables, but to tell the Valencia fans that they were on their way to Second.

However, during the second half his protests against the referee grew, and Vinicius’ fuse became shorter and shorter until his expulsion. After he was shown the red card, he was stopped by Antonio Rudiger and a member of staff, who quickly arrived on the scene to prevent him from attacking the referee. The reason is that they knew it could happen: Vinicius had said at half-time “I’m overwhelmed, there’s a lot of tension.”

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After the match, coach Carlo Ancelotti defended him and stated that he believed it was a yellow card and not a red one. Then he would say on Sunday that it was difficult to be in Vinicius’ position, and that he is trying and has improved his behavior, which is what the locker room also believes. Marca points out that the only major change in Vinicius is that, for the first time, Vinicius has shown signs of exhaustion with the climate in which he plays, instead of the desire to fight.

This is a change in tone with respect to previous reports from the local press, which had already indicated that Vinicius in some cases even seeks confrontation to cheer himself up, and then uses it as fuel for his motivation. He does not seem oblivious to the fact that all the main Spanish football press outlets have published stories in the last seven months that the “environment” surrounding him in La Liga could lead him to leave it to play in Saudi Arabia, with the regime there. willing to spend a lot of money to bring in the player who for many is the best in the world.