The situation
Vinicius is on his way to breaking all records with Madrid. The carioca became the fourth Brazilian on Wednesday with the most games with the white shirt , with 178 games . Vini beat Ronaldo’s 177 against Leipzig. He only has three white legends left ahead of him : Marcelo (546), Roberto Carlos (527) and Casemiro (336) . The two full-backs are the second and third foreigners with the most appearances, behind Benzema (611). The Brazilian list is completed by Savio (160), Robinho (137), Kaká (120), Rodrygo (114) and Militao (96). Vinicius’ start to the season is being a carbon copy of last season. The ’20’ madridista has played all eight official games of 2022-23, in which he has added 686 minutes . He has scored five goals and provided three assists , including the one he gave Benzema to win the first title of the season with the European Super Cup against Eintracht (2-0) . The campaign of change was 2021-22: the white attacker started the League on the bench, and since his goals against Alavés and Levante (twice), the Brazilian has not stopped growing. The Merengue striker’s Achilles heel was when he headed for goal, but that drought was left behind:He went from scoring 14 goals in three seasons to obtaining the surprising figure of 22 goals, 16 assists and four forced penalties during the past season, that is, 27.5% of the goals and 16.9% of the assists were the work of the carioca. Some numbers that increased his value by 150 percent more since his arrival. Vini, since he arrived at Madrid in 2018, has participated in 11,241′, has scored 41 goals, assisted 46 times and has won seven titles. The ’20’ Real Madrid player is the third player with the highest market value (€100 million) on Transfermarkt , behind Mbappé (160) and Haaland (150).
A Champions for history
The memory of the last Champions League is still intact in Vinicius’ retina. The ride at the Etihad, the assists against PSG and Chelsea to start two historic comebacks and, to culminate, he put the finishing touch with the goal in Saint Denis to lift Real Madrid’s Fourteenth European Cup. That made him win hard to be the best young player in the last edition of the Champions League , a prize that was awarded in the final of the Super Cup against Eintracht, where the white team came out as super champion (2-0). However, Vini is ambitious and wants more: “I want to win five or six Champions with this club” , he said in an interview for UEFA. According to Olocip , the leading company in Artificial Intelligence in the world of football, the evolution and value of the Brazilian is expected to reach 0.62 with all his actions on the pitch. With the first title under his arm and with the aim of the Ballon d’Or in the short term, Vinicius wants to enter the select Sextete club by winning the next five titles he faces in this new campaign (Champions, League, Spanish Super Cup, Copa del King and Club World Cup). Vini has the future at his feet… only thing we have to do at this point is to wait and see what is going to happen in close future.