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Half an hour against Valladolid summed up the moment of Vinicius Jr .: without inspiration on the left, stunned on the right, harmless when he joined the area in the grip of the final minutes. In its uncovering season, the Brazilian was a stimulant in the middle of the generalized downturn of Real Madrid, but at this beginning of the course that spark has gone out. He does not end up gaining Zidane's trust, Hazard's arrival and Bale's resurrection take him away from his favorite shore, the left, and interest in Neymar makes him restless. Vinicius no longer smiles.

The symptoms were already sensed in Balaidos, but then he compensated for the lack of spark with more defensive commitment. Against Valladolid, not even that reached. He entered through James Rodriguez with the usual mission, shake the tree. Change the control and association of the first act for more challenge, impudence and overflow, their identity. But except for a couple of starts that ended up in water, little else was noted. And the thing did not improve when he had to turn right. It was a gesture of impatience from Zidane, who saw that his team could not burst the can was delivered to an even more direct style taking advantage of the entry of Jovic : with such an auctioneer, he placed Bale and Vinicius on a natural foot to hang balls to the area. The Welshman floated, but the Brazilian finished sinking. A couple of his losses ended in fright for a Real Madrid that already before he entered had begun to crack. In the most symptomatic action, he tried to overwhelm Waldo and not only ended up losing his wallet, but he also wore a cassock that started another against dangerous.

Run over and under pressure

His image against Valladolid was that of a run over football player, who plays with the pressure not only to revive Real Madrid -excessive, because with 19 years he does not touch- but to gain the confidence of his coach.

The emergence of Vinicius in Real Madrid was halted with that rupture of ligaments in the right ankle that suffered in the return of the tie against Ajax. He arrived at his best, had two months off and when he returned he was no longer on the bench Solari , his great supporter. Zidane was found, who at that time had already been seized by Brahim , and barely two times until the last day, already officially off the Tite list for the Copa de América.

Although this month he has received the call from Brazil again, it coincides with his downward moment at Real Madrid. In Saturday's tie, Zidane affected his work in more than one defensive action, although at a press conference he did not want to point him out. "He has entered the second part, which has been a little worse for us," he said. But although in Vigo he was the starter and in the Bernabéu the first relay from the bench, Vinicius knows that he will need more to convince the coach when the squad is complete.

It will also be the French's job to reduce the pressure that runs over him, although he will surely not calm down until the market closes. In the absence of a week, the white club has not yet ruled out the operation Neymar and Vinicius knows that the PSG put his name on the table: for 150 million plus the Brazilian promise, he would have tried. Real Madrid has refused, but even if he didn't enter, he knows that the arrival of his countryman would leave him cornered. And between that threat, the lack of confidence of his coach and that anxiety to try more than he should each time he receives the ball, the spark of Vinicius is lost.

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