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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