Vinicius' life at the Club World Cup: A penalty won, 50th goal, and fouled just twice

Carlo Ancelotti said that the problem with Vinicius Junior was in Spanish football. It only took 90 minutes and one game in Rabat against an Egyptian team to show that something is going wrong... in Spanish football. He was on the end of just two fouls. Yes, you read that correctly, a foul in the first minute of the match and another in the 87th, which was the penalty that Luka Modric missed. A far cry from the 10 on Sunday from Mallorca.

The Brazilian was named the best player of the match, as he demonstrated with the goal, the penalty won and the 13 dribbles attempted - six of them successful, once again being the best. He forgot about the opponents, just as they forgot about the striker.

Vinicius did not change the way he played. He was in the mood from the start to the end of the match, asking for the ball at every moment, taking risks, tackling and once again being decisive by scoring the first goal, his 50th goal in his 202 games in a Real Madrid shirt.

In the first four minutes of the match he faced up to the opposition three times. It's what he does and he's not going to change. In one of those moves in which it seemed that he had nothing to gain, he single-handedly, and thanks to his pressure and Metwalli's mistake, scored the goal in the 42nd minute, with a lob over the Egyptian side's goalkeeper.

Penalty shouts

In the second half, after a slight hint of protest in the 20th minute, Vinicius did complain more to the referee, but always in a normal tone. He claimed a penalty that was not awarded and another that was.

He had no problems whatsoever with his opponents. Not a single one, even though he insisted time and time again on driving the ball, taking risks and doing what he does, which is to play good football. He won a penalty in the 87th minute.

The statistics of fouls suffered in Morocco are in line with what we see in the Champions League and what we saw at the World Cup in Qatar. An average of two fouls per game that is multiplied in LaLiga Santander, where he is the most fouled player by far, averaging almost four fouls per game. With 79 fouls, Vinicius is the most fouled player in Europe.

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