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When Neymar told Vinicius to keep dancing when he scored a goal, you had to know that that was bad advice. First off, football legends don’t do that. Ronaldo does the siuuu. Messi pays tribute to the skies. And Mbappe crosses his arms and tucks his hands underneath his armpits. * And because Neymar is the last person you want to get advice from, when Vini, Ney and the rest of the Brazil team wouldn’t stop dancing in the 4-1 thrashing of South Korea, boy did they get a reality check the very next game. Brazil was knocked out by Croatia in only the quarter finals of the 2022 World Cup. And the dances became tears. Dancing every time you score a goal is disrespectful to the opponent and is very cocky.
Speaking of being disrespectful and cocky, in a match between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey, Vinicius Jr. wouldn’t stop annoying and provoking EVERYBODY in the Metropolitano stadium. He provoked the fans, the Atletico players and even coach Diego Simeone. (He told Rodrigo De Paul “I play for Real Madrid”. De Paul is a World Cup Champion and he’s probably aware that you play for Real Madrid. No need to rub it Vini) * Vini was riding high from the El Clasico hat-trick he had recently scored against Barcelona. So when Real Madrid equalized the game in the 82nd minute, Vinicius took the provoking to the next level. But little did he know that he himself would lose possession of the ball, chase down Antoine Griezmann but fail to catchup, and might have been the reason Griezmann scored a terrific goal and knocked Real Madrid out of the Copa Del Rey. KARMA is a thing in life, and in football. Don’t forget that, Vini.
Now Vinicius Jr. is a great player. No doubt about that. But is he really that good? After 5 years at Real Madrid, the answer would be NO. Real Madrid are not dominating the Champions League like they did, when they won 4 out 5 titles from 2013 to 2017. And they’re not dominating the League with only 3 titles in the past 10 years. And that’s all because their star winger Vinicius is more focused on provoking everybody rather than just playing football. * Because in a Clasico against Barcelona, instead of trying to score on goalkeeper Ter Stegen, he flopped to the ground and produced an embarrassingly bad dive. And it wouldn’t be the first or last time that Gerard Pique would tell the youngster to stop acting like a child. But Vinicius just wouldn’t listen. He wrestled Frenkie De Jong to the ground and only got a yellow card. He fought, and even got physical, with Gavi. And he provoked the entire Barcelona bench.
What’s surprising about Vinicius and the way he acts, is that he isn’t even a football superstar yet. It took Ronaldo, Benzema, and Raul Gonzalez not just a decade playing at Real Madrid, but loads and loads of achievements, both individual and collective. So if Vinicius wants to establish himself as a football and Real Madrid legend, and make good use of his great talent and potential, he needs to drop the childish behavior and focus ONLY on playing football. * Because he’s not even that hard to stop anyways. When Ronald Araujo played as right-back against Madrid three times, Barcelona won all three games and Vinicius neither scored nor provided an assist in those meetings. And when Kyle Walker watched his teammate Fernandinho get nutmegged by Vinicius, he stood firm against the Brazilian and Man City destroyed Real Madrid 5-1 on aggregate.
Coach Carlo Ancelotti once fumed at Rodrygo for his childish behavior. So instead of entertaining the way he acts, Ancelotti also needs to be more strict with Vinicius. Otherwise, a great talent and a huge potential will go to waste, just like Neymar’s talent went to waste.