Vinicius JR: The Real Madrid striker admits that his banner Man City mocked his Ballon d’Or or ‘defeat’ gave him strength in the Champions League | Football news
Vinicius Junior revealed that he was released by a banner who was ridiculed by his Ballon d’Or ‘defeat’ shown by the supporters of Manchester City after playing the lead role in the dramatic victory of the Champions League Real Madrid at the Etihad Stadium.
The huge flag was welcomed by the visitors before the first Tuesday, having fun on the Brazilian racing end of the Rodrje city midfielder in last year’s vote of the D’Or Ballon and the Real Ceremony.
The inscription displayed a huge picture of Rodri as he kissed his trophy with the message “Stop crying your heart” – the title of the band Oasis, which supports the city. After seeing the banner, Rodri – he sat in the stands because of his long -term knee injury – he immediately took out the phone to record a visual display.
Still, they were real and their number 7, who last laughed while the banner withdrew badly, with Vinicius playing a major role in both goals in which Carla Ancelotti came with 2-1 down with the remaining five minutes – to steal 3 -2 first leg lead.
After the game, Vinicius said Motistar: “I saw, I saw a banner. Whenever opponent fans do such things, they give me more strength to have a great game and I did it here.”
City manager Pep Guardiola claimed he had not seen a banner, who pulled criticism from Sky Sports Pundita Jamie Carragher.
“It’s absolutely funny,” Carragher said CBS Sports About the banner.
“Why would you do this? What did you get from it, even if they are fans? Why nervous people, why are someone wandering up? Do it at the end of the game when you knock them out.
“Don’t run me in the police celebration. I don’t know what you got from it – it’s not funny tonight, is it?
“If I had come out and Steven Gerrard won the Ballon D’Or, and he would beat Real Madrid players, it would have annoyed me as a Liverpool player.
“It’s like a ginx. I don’t like such things. Why end some of the best players in the world?
“Everyone laughed at real things, whether Vinicius Junior or Carlo Ancelotti did not pick up the manager of the year.
“It was embarrassed for a club like them, just because they didn’t win it for one season. Man City should not be involved, having a little class.”
The city must now undo the deficit of one goal when traveling to Madrid to face Real on Wednesday, February 19th.
What happened at the Ballon D’Or ceremony?
Rodri and Vinicius were two leading candidates for the Ballon D’Or Men’s Award, awarded in October. The city midfielder won the Premier League and the European Championship with Spain, while Vinicius won the titles of the Laliga and League of Champions.
But when the news leaked before the ceremony that Rodri was awarded, Vinicius and the entire Real Madrid contingent invited to the event decided not to attend at the last minute.
Real Madrid President Florentino Perez defended the decision. “They changed the voting system,” he said in November.
“It is surprising that, given football, there are countries where journalists with less than one million inhabitants are now voting. There are journalists that no one knows and they voted this year. Without votes of journalists from these countries like Uganda, Namibi, Albania and Finland , Vinicius would win this Ballon d’Or.
“The system must change and they must be recognized by people who risk their reputation with these votes. For all these reasons, we did not attend the Ballon d’Or gala.”
Asked to respond to Real Madrid’s actions, Rodri said: “Well, this is the decision of individuals or clubs in general to decide what to do.
“I can’t respect the decision, I always said I wouldn’t have done it the same way. I remember last year that maybe Erling [Haaland] He was close to winning, I wanted to be there with him to support all the club.
“And though Leo [Messi] We won it, we applauded him because Ballon d’O is or is a recognition for a player, for a year, for a guy’s level for a whole year.
