Champions League
Vinícius’ goal nearly drove Guardiola mad. Watch his angry reaction
That was a football commercial. We haven’t seen better football at this level than the Manchester City and Real Madrid players showed yesterday for a long time. The Citizens have the upper hand, but coach Pep Guardiola nearly went mad at Vinícius’ goal.
That was a football commercial. We haven’t seen better football at this level than the Manchester City and Real Madrid players showed yesterday for a long time. The Citizens have the upper hand, but coach Pep Guardiola nearly went mad at the goal by Vinícius.
The Brazilian youngster has been in the form of his life all season. But in the first half against the Citizens, he wasn’t very visible, John Stones covered him well. But then he had to come on through injury and 36-year-old Fernandinho came on in his place.
He also knew how to deal with his compatriot at the beginning and even outpaced him at the start of the second half, centering the ball to the goal for 3-1. But the joy lasted Citizens less than two minutes before Vinícius finally showed his elegance.
Mendy’s pass was cleverly dropped between the Brazilian’s legs, something he has done very often this season. It also surprised Fernandinho, who also had the ball go between his legs, and Vinícius drove from the middle of the park alone on goal. He made it to the small whitewash and reduced it to 2: 3.
How to defend Vinícius, Guardiola has certainly prepared his charges for a long time. And when it still failed, the Spanish coach was very angry.
When he saw the Brazilian easily get past Fernandinho, he grabbed his head and slumped to the ground, where he watched the rest of the action in a crouch. When Vinícius scored, he ran aggressively after the fourth official, until for a moment it looked like he was reaching out to punch him. Eventually he just started to reclaim some previous situation.
Source: UEFA, Twitter