Vinicius and his incredible data on yellow cards: this is his year with the most cards

Brazilian Vinicius was left in despair as he received another yellow card, his third in a row in his last three games and the twelfth of the season with the most cautions of his career, shown by the referee Jorge Figueroa Vazquez 32 minutes in the league duel against Espanyol, where with his goal he became the highest scoring player in Carlo Ancelotti this campaign.

Struggled Vinicius to steal the ball from the rival and cut off a dangerous counterattack in the field of spanish. He ran, got up and finally felled Rubén Sánchez before despairing when he saw how the referee showed him the yellow card. Unable to believe the punishment, the Brazilian raised his hands to his face, dropped to the grass and made gestures of mercy towards the sky.

This is his eighth card Santander Leaguewhich is why he is the third most guarded player in the competition after Alex Baena of villarreal and javi sanchez of Real Valladolid. Vinicius he had to calm his protests by German Toni Kroos.

‘Vini’ has a very negative streak on the cards. reprimand earlier Barcelona, ​​Betis and Espanyol in their last three games, with a total of up to ten yellow cards in the last fourteen games they have played.

Of the eight cards received by Vinicius in LaLiga, they conceded six in the first half. Arbitration penalties that conditioned his matches, although against the Spaniard he did not take part in any dangerous action that could have caused him to be sent off and miss the decisive classic of Camp Nou Next week.

Compare how the Brazilian striker’s twelve reprimands, up to eleven received in Spanish competitions, eight in LaLiga and three in his three matches in Copa del Rey. Of the ten matches played in international competitions this season between the Champions League, European Super Cup and Club World Cup‘Vini’ barely conceded one in his last game against him Liverpool at Anfield.

Carlo Ancelotti, coach of real Madridyou are facing this issue with your player. Vinicius He is the player with the most fouls in European football, with a total of 139, four suffered against Espanyol, but the yellows he received for his reactions. Out of his twelve cards, in today’s game, this is the fourth he received for fouling his rival.

Vinicius He is the player who received the most cards this season in the squad of the real Madrid with twelve, led by seven by Eduardo Camavinga, six by Nacho Fernández and five by Dani Carvajal, Fede Valverde and Luka Modric.

On the positive side, the Brazilian is again the great offensive reference of real Madridassume the weight of his team in the absence of Karim Benzemawhich he surpassed as the season’s top scorer with his 19th goal. In an individual act, tackling two rivals and adjusting his shot to the post, he scored the goal that equalized with Espanyol and started Madrid’s comeback.