The reasons and follies of Vinicius | Football | Kinds of sports

Vinicius, a sore point. The great player and rebel who has a goal, his excellence on the field and his struggle with it are impoverished by patterns of behavior that he does not correct. In Riyadh, he left us with an encouraging statement: “Sometimes I talk too much or dribble when I shouldn’t, but I’m here to improve. “Ancelotti and my teammates teach me.” …

Vinicius, a sore point. The great player and rebel who has a goal, his excellence on the field and his struggle with it are impoverished by patterns of behavior that he does not correct. In Riyadh, he left us with an encouraging statement: “Sometimes I talk too much or dribble when I shouldn’t, but I’m here to improve. “Ancelotti and my teammates teach me.” But at the Metropolitan it fell. He was driven crazy and became entangled in zaraqat.

True, upon arrival at the camp he was once again subjected to unbearable insults. I guess this is hard to come to terms with, but I would explain to you that you ultimately won this battle. Since at the Mestalla he pointed his index finger at the one who made monkey gestures from the anonymity of the stands, he set in motion a wheel that does not intend to stop.

His gesture spread throughout the world and put us in the spotlight as a racist country. Whether we exist or not is a matter that is debated. Of course, everything is in the Lord’s vineyard, but in any case we can say that if we are not racists, then at least we are tolerant of racism, which Javier Tebas was able to prove with his persistent complaints, most of which Vinicius took offense to. Even Madrid itself did not join them because its fear of Thebes outweighed its interest in protecting its player. It mobilized only after the Mestalla index and the subsequent international reaction. Then yes. He then arranged for him to make amends by putting him in a box surrounded by white gentlemen in ties with sympathetic faces.

Atlético Front fans also instantly appeared, as if by magic, having hung their doll on the bridge a week ago. Judges and referees, even neighbors of those who utter racist slurs, will no longer find it easy to look the other way. We have him to thank for that, but it’s hard to look at him as Tommy Smith 2.0 while he continues to act like a child. There are several ways to stop a huge player like him, and in his case, the most effective is to distract him from the task. This is easy for the defender and he is helped by the bench as he moves down the flank. He gets caught over and over again, gets angry, loses focus, argues with the bench, with the referee, with the lineman. He gets upset, stops playing and takes the cards.

They’ll tell me he was hit. Of course yes, and more than others, because he is one of the best. This has always happened to attackers, and it will happen to them. This has happened and will happen to many Madrid strikers, where almost all of them were, are and will be good, but that’s what the referee is for, and if he lets you down or you think he’s letting you down, the solution is not to lose. your head. I have seen very beaten strikers in Madrid since Amancio sixty years ago. No one has been so distracted and lost so much energy in discussions with the opposing benches, where now there are always eight people who reproach him.

Madrid lost to Atletico Madrid thanks to a superb goal from Griezmann, followed by Vinicius. They could have knocked him down before he got to the box, as they often do to him, but he got a card for giving the referee a hard time on behalf of the ball boys. Free card. He has no time for such things. This is why you need a captain or coach.

Ancelotti gives him good advice. His colleagues give him good advice. The fight against racism is in full swing, and we can be sure that this merit will be recognized. Those who make him feel like a victim are a disservice to him because they encourage him to perpetuate a vicious cycle: they insult me ​​and hit me, then I screw up; I screw up and then they beat me and insult me…

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