:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/EVTGIQTZ2ZC67FLMIBICECZTSI.jpg "Garnacho's praise for Vinicius Jr after his performance in Real Madrid's historic win over Liverpool 1")
He real Madrid He started again. When it seemed like the team Charles Ancelotti would suffer during his visit to Anfield for the first leg of the round of 16 Champions League, meringues They have shown why they are the last Club World Cup champions and current European Cup winners.
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After starting 0-2, it was a win with a historic victory by 5-2 which leaves the Spanish team with one foot in the quarter-finals awaiting their revenge at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium. One of the key figures at the meeting was Vinicius Jr. The Brazilian winger, author of Madrid’s first two goals, was once again unstoppable for the rival defense.
After the match, Vini took to his social media to drive home the value of winning in England: “Ladies and gentlemen, this is REAL MADRID”, wrote the 22-year-old footballer who dazzles European football with his speed and quality to define. Quickly, the post had hundreds of thousands of likes and comments from its followers. Among them, the one who appeared on the scene was Alexander Garnacho.
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The young end of Manchester Unitedwho wore the Argentina U20 shirt and was already called up by Lionel Scaloni to the majors, heaped praise on Vinicius Jr after watching his unforgettable performance at Anfield: “WHICH PLAYER”wrote the footballer who is gaining more and more places in the first team of the Red Devils from the hand of Erik ten Hagthe Dutch coach of the English team.
Apart from Garnacho’s comment, other well-known players have also reacted to the ex-Flamengo striker’s post. “You are a crack,” said Federico Valverde, another of the highlights of the White House in the win over Liverpool. “Brother” he wrote Karim Benzemawhile other colleagues like Luc Modric your compatriot Rodrygo they responded with emojis.
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The English tried to annoy the merengue players. It happened in the early morning before the first knockout round of the Champions League with which they will repeat the final of last season.
After the first leg was over, the one who was full of praise for Vini’s performance was Ancelotti himself. In dialogue with the press, the Italian coach left a striking definition of the Brazilian’s present. “To date, in my personal opinion, he is the most decisive player in world football”said the Real Madrid DT.
“There is no player with this continuity, with goals and assists. I hope I can continue,” he added. “I’m not saying it was predictable to concede two goals, but it was predictable to suffer. What happened was that we suffered a lot at the start. Fortunately, as always with this team, we we kept a cool head and we won the match with the quality we have”.
“Today’s attack was very efficient, every time we lost the pressure we created problems. Little by little we improved in defense, especially on the left. In the second half, we made the difference,” analyzed Carleto.
Vinicius Jr.’s performance so far this season confirms his huge gift. In 35 games played in all competitions, he scored 18 goals and provided nine assists.
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