Regarding the controversy that has been surrounding Vinícius Júnior, a footballer from the real Madridup to three currents of opinion can be distinguished. The first two are opposite and defend either that the Brazilian striker is the victim of a series of attacks against his figure, or that his attitude on the playing fields towards rival footballers and fans is what provokes these attacks, justifying them. And in between, a third way, which denounces the attacks and insults against the Madrid fan, but recognizes that his attitude does not exactly contribute to tempering spirits.
Making a generalization, since there are always exceptions, among those who choose the second case there are many rival players and fans, while the first group of opinion is usually made up mostly of Real Madrid and Brazilian fans. However this week The striking opinion of a more than authoritative voice has arrived from Brazil and that does not leave his compatriot in a very good place.
“Vinicius provokes that persecution that he denounces.” Such a forceful sentence has come from the mouth of a famous coach in Brazil, who has played for several clubs and even the national team bench, and who also has a Real Madrid past: Vanderlei Luxembourg.
The coach who brought the remembered “magic square” to the white team was sincere during an interview in his country, in which he openly criticized the behavior of the merengue striker. “I think he causes a lot of that persecution by doing things he shouldn’t”.
At a time when Brazil is still hurt by the non-election of its international as the 2024 Ballon d’Or, a trophy that the Spaniard Rodrigo Hernández finally took home, Luxembourg had no qualms about spoiling Vinícius’s attitude, which for many It has been the reason why the forward was left without the famous individual award.
“It has nothing to do with racism”
«No, it has nothing to do with racism. Racism in football is treated in a very different way,” explained the former Real Madrid coach. «I have an image in my mind in which The opponent returns the ball politely and he throws the ball to the ground. The rival takes it and returns it to him and he then makes fun of the guy; There is Modric in the same club, the rival puts the ball in his hands and he serves as a winger.
Luxembourg describes a very specific example with that viral image of Vinícius with Bayern Munich’s German Kimmich in the semifinals of the last Champions League, but adds another more general one that has been repeated on quite a few occasions. «A kick comes and then Vini gets up and attacks the player as if a kick couldn’t be given. Imagine how many kicks Pelé received, imagine how many Zico received. He He gets irritated with the kicks as if it were a persecution for being black.».
While the debate around his attitude continues, Vinícius responded this past weekend to the disappointment of the Ballon d’Or with a great match at the Santiago Bernabéu against Osasuna in which he scored three goals and was once again Real’s best player. Madrid.
After his performance in the League, the Brazilian attacker He returns this Thursday with his country’s team after having missed the FIFA date in October, with the aim of emulating his brilliant performances in Europe with the yellow shirt.
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