The situation
An entire country wrapping up its star. Brazil turned to Vinicius after a statement by Koke lit the fuse of the controversy surrounding the way to celebrate his goals, dancing. “If in the end he scores a goal and decides to dance, that’s what he wanted to do. Whether he would understand or not? Each one has their way of being and celebrates the goals as they want. There would be trouble for sure, the most normal, ”said the captain in Movistar when he was asked about it. The first to react was Neymar. One of his tweets (“BAILA VINI JR”) and the subsequent response from the madridista (“Always!”) caused an earthquake on the networks that lasted the entire day. A hashtag was created, #BailaViniJr, in which messages of support for Vinicius arrived from all corners of the world, also from many Brazilian stars such as Paulinho, Richarlison, Lucas Paqueta or Raphinha… But especially moving was the message from Pelé himself: “Football is happiness. It’s a dance. It’s a real party. Although racism still exists, we will not allow that to stop us from continuing to smile. And we will continue to fight racism in this way: fighting for our right to be happy.” This Saturday, Neymar spoke again. “Am I the only one who has woken up wanting Vini to score tomorrow?” , wrote the Paris Saint-Germain player again on Twitter accompanied by the hashtag #BailaViniJr. The 10 of the Parisian team caused a tremendous impact on networks with his tweet and in just minutes he had thousands of retweets, “likes” and hundreds of responses. Former Barcelona player Dani Alves has also not hesitated to support his teammate with a harsh message: “Serious are the idiots who continue to think that dances are the problem. Gentlemen, the real problem is that there in Europe is full of RACISTS and they do not accept that other nationalities do stand out in their country, more than them. I experienced that almost everywhere there.”
The feeling of the Brazilian player
Vinicius has not been in the least altered by all the debate that has been generated around him. “It’s something he’s used to, he’s calm.” Despite his youth (22 years old), the Brazilian has already had to deal with very tense situations from which he has emerged unscathed, including the first debates about his alleged lack of precision in his shots or that Benzema caught in the locker room , who shortly after had become Vini’s best partner on the field. Vinicius prefers to cling to the confidence that what he is doing on the pitch gives him, where he managed to link up five goals in five consecutive games (he broke that incredible streak against Leipzig), which put him on his best streak since he arrived at Real Madrid . Five goals in eight games (the team’s top scorer) to which he adds three assists. “I continue to work hard to continue evolving every day”, Neymar said yesterday upon receiving the MVP award for the month of September in LaLiga from Mahou. “We are working hard to get to Sunday and have a great game against Atlético. Let’s all go together for the derby ”, he pointed out.