Champions League – Before Manchester City-Real Madrid: Vinicius Jr, time and place to confirm the explosion

It has been repeated over and over again, Vinicius is no longer just a young hope that we are only discovering, but rather a pure talent that already existed and that has shown the extent of his potential this season. He is much more efficient, much more dangerous and will undoubtedly be one of Carlo Ancelotti’s strong men against Manchester City on Tuesday night (21). But with these qualities and this new state of permanent danger come several consequences that can prove problematic.

Changes in attitudes of assimilation

“Vinicius knows that the most dangerous players are the ones to whom the opponents will pay more attention and commit more fouls than necessary, but this is completely normal. This means that Vinicius is very dangerous and they fear him“, had defended on this topic Carlo Ancelotti for Movistar +. With a new performance, Vinicius also enjoys a new rank that he must master, because he could make him see bigger than he really is. He becomes indispensable on his left wing in Madrid , the international auriverde had very little taste of his replacement at game time against Bilbao in the Spanish Super Cup a few weeks ago, which had earned him a yellow card from his coach.

An optimal context to shine with a thousand lights

Against a ball possession team like the SkyBlues, his speed, percussion and elimination skills make him the perfect profile to undermine the English defense. Especially since the latter will be very poor a priori, deprived of the suspended João Cancelo, and probably of Kyle Walker and John Stones, not yet recovering from the injury and very uncertain for the first leg in Manchester. To make up for so many absences, the young and inexperienced CJ Egan-Riles could very well be established as a right-back by Guardiola. In other words, holy bread for Vinicius.