Vinicius and the harsh reality of Madrid

Real Madrid emerged unscathed from a difficult game with Balaídos and Vinicius’ injury thanks to the blessed Bellingham, scorer of the winning goal with a header in the 81st minute. The English international’s fourth goal in three games allowed Ancelotti’s team to maintain their league record.

The gray rivalry for the whites was marked from the start by Vinicius’ early muscle injury in the 10th minute, the first of these characteristics that the Brazilian has suffered in his six seasons in white, the second in total after suffering an ankle injury against Ajax in 2019.

Without the Brazilian winger and after Carlo Ancelotti confirmed on Thursday that “the squad is 100% closed, the list of available forwards is reduced to Joselu, Rodrygo and Brahim. The latter, by the way, is more in a midfielder than a pure attacker. If with four forwards it already gave the feeling of being very tight to face four competitions, with three Madrid will need more miracles every day.

In the absence of knowing the diagnosis of the injury, which does not seem particularly serious, the negative impact caused by the absence of Vinicius, who was replaced by Joselu, was confirmed in Balaídos. With nine Spanish internationals, Madrid lost depth and quality but gained aerial power in return, as he showed the combing of the ball that turned Bellingham’s winning goal.

Madrid continues to accumulate very bad news in the form of injuries at the beginning of the season where a small number of football players have already fallen in battle: Dani Ceballos, Ferland Mendy, Arda Güler, Vinicius and the long-term injured Courtois and de Eder Militao.

In addition, Jude Bellingham also set off the alarms with a bad maneuver in which he hurt his knee. The Englishman was blindfolded for several minutes and Ancelotti was put on alert, but the footballer preferred to stay on the pitch to come out again to save Real Madrid