Vinícius as Cristiano Ronaldo! Brazilian slaloms to remind Real Madrid fans of the icon’s goal

Vinícius Junior was often criticised by Real Madrid fans last season for his poor finishing. But since the new season, he has been poured on and is playing in the form of his life. And against Shakhtar, he reminded the fans of Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal.

Only 21 years old, the footballer is already twisting his fourth season at Real Madrid. The Spanish giant’s management saw a great future in Vinícius, but neither Solari, Lopetegui nor Zidane could get his full potential out of him.

The Brazilian youngster did put in a fairly decent performance, but he lacked the numbers that a Real Madrid winger simply must have. In his first season, Vinícius had a record of 2+0, then 3+1 and last year 3+3. And that’s really not enough in 35 league games.

Madrid were already slowly breaking the stick over him and wanted to include him in the Mbappé swap. But the old coach Carlo Ancelotti put a stop to this transfer and said that the 21-year-old Brazilian is untouchable. He saw huge potential in him that needed to be squeezed out. Especially in the finishing.

And over the summer, he actually did something miraculous with him. Vinícius’ finishing has improved by almost 100%, his neat crosses finally leading to dangerous situations and not to the corner flag. In 8 league games, he already has 5 goals and 2 assists, his best record. In the Champions League he added 2 goals and an assist.

Especially against Shakhtar he shone. He decided the game with two quick goals in the 51st and 56th minute, and 9 minutes later he also assisted Rodryga for a goal to make it 4:0. In the end, Real Madrid won 5:0 and set themselves up for Sunday’s El Clásico.

Especially the second goal by Vinícius was really worth it. The skilful Brazilian went through three players and sent the ball into the net. Real Madrid fans immediately saw a resemblance to the goal Cristiano Ronaldo scored against Galatasaray in the 2013/14 Champions League.

With Vinícius playing in really great form this season, Carlo Ancelotti seems to have finally found a way to make the most of him. At this point, even Los Blancos fans may not regret too much that Mbappé’s arrival was delayed by a year.

Source: Twitter, Livesport