Real Madrid's offensive leader since the departure of Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior seemed straight to go to a coronation during the Golden Ball 2024. Except that the trophy was given to a flamboyant Rodri also, winner in particular of the Premier League with Manchester City but also of Euro 2024 with Spain. Since then, Vinicius seems to mark a little. And for some, it would be directly linked to its failure to the Ballon d'Or.
This point of view was developed on Saturday by Dave Appadoo on the channel The team. He first gave his opinion on the performances of the Brazilian in recent months.
“Frankly, the Vinicius season is not good. There are missing it. I find that he had a real coupler compared to the Ballon d'Or. But it happens. It happened to other players. We saw the interview with Franck Ribéry a few days ago, he still talks to you about the 2013 Golden Ball. I can understand. You look behind the rest of his career, it was never quite the same. »»
The scenario experienced by the former tricolor international would therefore be reproducing on the side of Vinicius Junior.
“You feel that Vinicius, there is a time of digestion and that this moment, this space he leaves, because it was really his team, it is Kylian (Mbappé) now who took it. He took the keys and he will not return them. »»
An observation to put things in perspective
The most prolific Madrid scorer before the Bondynois landed last summer, the Brazilian is indeed much less sharp than his teammate. Even if all of this remains to be put into perspective, especially because Vinicius often puts himself at the service of Mbappé to make him mark, there is still a little worse.
Since the start of the season, the International Auriverde has scored eighteen goals and offered eleven assists in forty games, all competitions combined. For his part, Mbappé is thirty-two achievements and four assists, in forty-four outings.
