From the shower of Ancelotti to the wonder at the Etihad. ‘Vini’ did not hide after failing in the 3-1 and scored a great goal two minutes later. He shows up on the nights that count…
The awakening
Carletto almost choked on a piece of gum in the 3-1 skyblue play in which Vini inexplicably fell asleep, Fernando ate his toast and put the goal on Foden’s head (1.71 meters). The Italian, eyes bloodshot, gave his young pupil an impressive scolding for that mistake . Anyone would want to hide for a couple of minutes until he cooled things down a bit. Anyone except Vini , of course. Less than two minutes later, the madridista invented a dribble without touching the ball to return it to Fernando, he went full speed, endured Rodri’s rush and dodged the long stretch of Ederson. Anthological goal. Traces of genius. Of Vini it is still possible to doubt that sometimes doubts are still activated in his head when he steps on the area and he does not see it easy at first, but now the short circuit is the exception and not the norm. That’s why he has 18 goals and 18 assists this season . He himself was aware of the weight that he had taken off with that wonder at the Etihad. “Was there anger from Ancelotti for that mistake in Foden’s goal?” Ricardo Sierra asked him in the flash interview and the sincerity of the Brazilian accompanied the confession with laughter: “Yes, yes…” .
Show up on the nights that count the most
With this goal, Vinicius takes a step up in his contribution to this infamous Champions League for Madrid, addicted to the shot of adrenaline without which he seems bored. In the comeback against PSG he gave Benzema a goal, in the second leg against Chelsea he gave Karim the goal in extra time and yesterday he showed himself again in the great roundup of club football . Ancelotti has given him that, the confidence to be himself. Because paraphrasing Carletto himself in his interview in Universo Valdano , when he scolds, he does so at the footballer, not at the person. And Vin knows it.