• Real Madrid The show of the "phenomenon" Vinicius

  • Chronicle Another Vinicius returns home to a leading Real Madrid

On Sunday night, in full sentimental effervescence over the return of football to the

Santiago Bernabéu

, three friends left the

Real Madrid

stadium

chatting in the middle of what was the great post-match debate:

"But what the hell happened to Vinicius this summer? ?

", they wondered.

The Brazilian has gone from being faced with the goal to averaging one per game.

He has

four in four appearances

this season, more than last year and 19-20, with three in both.

He is second in the

pichichi

behind Benzema (5), second in the classification of

dribbles

per game (3.8, by the 4.3 of Nabil Fekir, of Betis) and third in the

average score

of LaLiga (7.81 , with De Jong and Benzema ahead).

In other words, Vinicius has been one of the stars of the first month of competition.

The summer that changed everything

"The pressure has never influenced him.

He remains the same

as always," insist in his close circle. His family and the club celebrated with joy that first leg of the last Champions League quarter-finals against

Liverpool

, when he scored two goals. It was a turning point and an example of what the young forward could become, but it did not become a constant in the final stretch of the season.

Then came

Zidane's goodbye

, the signing of

Ancelotti

, the

America's Cup

and the

Olympic Games

. And Vinicius, turning

21

on July 12 and accumulating his third full season in Madrid, knew that he was facing the most important summer of his career. That is why he calmly accepted the

club's refusal to participate in Tokyo

and that is why he

crushed himself during his holidays

to return better than ever. That has been his great change: "

Mentally nothing has changed

in him, but physically he is at a brutal level", explain those who know him best.

The Brazilian has, as a standard, a privileged physique.

It is agile and powerful, but it needed to climb a couple more steps in its preparation.

He did so.

Together with

Thiago Lobo

, his trusted physiotherapist, a former Santos player and Vinicius' shadow for more than a year, he completed several sessions per day while spending his vacations in

Cancun and Brazil

.

Exercises on sand to increase your leg power, weights ... Everything focused on convincing Carlo Ancelotti 100% during his first weeks in Valdebebas.

"

Carlo trusts Vini a lot

. He adores him", they summarize by the fields attached to Di Stéfano.

Chef and home gym

In addition, at the beginning of the year he hired a personal chef who has changed all his eating habits. "He

eats everything

, but now in the right way", qualifies his environment. A situation that Vinicius has copied from some colleagues, such as Casemiro or Benzema. The same with the gym at home, something common among the members of the Madrid dressing room. In the morning he prepares in

Valdebebas

and in the afternoon, under Lobo's orders, he exercises at his home.

Its environment, despite the fame of the Brazilians, is quiet. He lives with a dozen people among

family and friends

and with them he has launched the

Vini Jr Institute

this summer

, dedicated to helping

children and adolescents

in Brazil have access to a basic education. "It was one of his big dreams," they clarify.

That personal accomplishment and a physical state visually superior to his rivals have made him the great sensation of the League these weeks and have made his

Madrid reality, that which is valued in goals and not in sensations

, completely change. Those who used to despair now adore him. "Vinicius will never be a great scorer, he

does not eat his head

with that," they reassure in the club's offices.

But the reality is that six goals in two leagues are not what the fans expect from a Madrid striker: "

He knew he had to score more goals

. Ancelotti also told him so", they add in his surroundings.

In the locker room, blind trust.

"He

is a phenomenon,

" said a Benzema on Sunday who has served as a 'father' on the field: tough in some situations and flattering when he deserved it.

For now, the boy responds.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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