Vinícius’s return to an official match for his national team after having missed the previous selection window due to injury did not go as well as he would have liked for the Madrid player. Brazil could not get past a draw (1-1) on its visit to Venezuelain a clash that the forward could have decided from the penalty spot if he had been more successful. And to his error from eleven meters we must add a new controversy, since the ‘7’ of the canarinha was involved in a controversial action that ended with the expulsion of the local Alexander González at the last minute.
“We lacked a fundamental detail: the definition,” acknowledged the visiting coach Dorival Junior in a press conference after the clash on the eleventh day of the South American qualifier for the 2026 World Cup. “Respecting all possible assessments, everything that Brazil did “In this match it makes me deserve a little more luck.”
Brazil dominated possession of the ball at the beginning, but seemed very uncomfortable with Venezuela’s approach. The locals deployed their pieces in a kind of anti Vinícius planwith the entry of a winger with great distance as a novelty, Jhon Murillo, to support the right back Jon Aramburu in controlling the Brazilian star.
Vinícius had to fight the entire game with this double surveillance, but he was still able to show his skills at the Monumental Stadium in Maturín. With the score already 1-1 thanks to a brilliant free-kick by Raphinha (43′), in a state of grace, which Telasco Segovia equalized three minutes later, The Madrid player forced a penalty around the 60th minute that could have tipped the score again in favor of his team.
However the ‘vinotinto’ goalkeeper, Rafael Romo, beat him to the Brazilian, who was also unable to send the ball into the net after the rebound fell at his feet and he had everything in his favor.
Although Brazil redoubled its efforts to get back in front, the scoreboard did not move, but Venezuela finished the match with ten players on the field after the controversial expulsion of Alexander González in the 90th minute.
After an ugly tackle on Gabriel Martinelli Vinicius went to the area, where he pushed the local footballer with his body, who When he turned around he hit the Brazilian attacker in the face. The referee did not hesitate and immediately sent González to the dugout.
The action immediately jumped to social networks, where defenders and detractors of Vinícius engaged in a new and heated debate about the attitude, correct or not according to some or others, of the Real Madrid footballer.
Precisely this week, from Brazil and before the confrontation with Venezuela, an authoritative voice of Brazilian football such as that of coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo, former coach and former coach of Real Madrid among other clubs, spoiled the attacker’s behavior on the playing fields with a forceful phrase : “Vinícius provokes that persecution that he denounces.”
End of a positive streak
Brazil, which without Vinicius had woken up a month ago with victories against Chile, 2-1, and Peru, 4-0, could not win again and a complicated duel against Uruguay awaits on Tuesday. Venezuela, for its part, takes a breath after losing positions in the previous dates and visits Chile for its next commitment.
Argentina leads the table with 22 points, followed by Colombia, with 19; and now Brazil, with 17. Uruguay, Ecuador and Paraguay have 16 each, while Venezuela is tied with Bolivia in seventh place in the classification, with 12.
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