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In the more than one hundred years of life that it has,

Real Madrid

has spent

477 million euros

on signing

Brazilian

footballers

. From

Fernando Giudicelli

, the first, in

1935

, to

Reinier Jesús

, the last, in 2019. From

Kaká

, the most expensive (67 million), to

Éder Militao

, the second on the list, who arrived from Porto in exchange for 50. From

Roberto Carlos to Marcelo

, king and heir to the left wing of the Bernabéu. And from

Ronaldo Nazario

, one of the best center forwards in history and Madrid icon, to

Robinho

,

the new Pelé

after that magical debut in

Cádiz

turned into a disappointment despite its sale for

43 million

to the first Manchester City of the sheikhs.

Vinicius Júnior

has entered that list

and it depends on him which side of the balance he will end up on:

success or failure

.

It's that simple and that hard.

Because if there is a nationality that makes football fall in love, proclaims new princes and hands out crowns, it is the Brazilian.

And if there is a field that condemns races and raises legends, it is the Bernabéu.

There has been no middle ground with the Brazilians who have played for Real Madrid, nor will there be with Vinicius, on whose

21-year-old

shoulders

the responsibility of leading the white club is already held. He, meanwhile,

endures the pressure, plays with it

and assumes praise and duties. "

The pressure is enormous,

" sums up EL MUNDO

Savio Bortolini

, former

Flamengo

, former Madrid and former Brazilian team. The trio of shirts that Vinicius has defended so far. «At Flamengo there is also a lot of pressure, it

is a huge crowd

. And in the selection, much more,

you can never lose

for all the history that Brazil has.

So those of us who come from there to Madrid, like Vinicius or myself,

we already know what it is like to live with the pressure

before arriving ».

129 games and 22 goals

Savio

is the fifth Brazilian with the most games for Madrid (160) behind Ronaldo (177),

Casemiro

(296), Roberto Carlos (527) and Marcelo (530).

Seventh on the list is already Vinicius (129), who has surpassed

Kaká

(120) and is a few weeks away from catching

Robinho

(137).

At 21 years old, the young Madrid forward has

22 goals

, far from the 104 for a

Ronaldo

with whom there will always be the question of what would have happened to his career without injuries.

O Fenómeno

is the

only Brazilian striker who has triumphed

in a big way at Real Madrid. 35 goals scored by Robinho, 30 Savio, 29 Kaká, 13 Baptista ... While

Barça

enjoyed some of the best Brazilian attackers in history, (

Romario, Rivaldo, Ronaldo, Neymar

...) in Madrid they have become legend

defenders or midfielders

. Today in the classic Vinicius will wave the Brazilian flag for Madrid, which has opted for him,

Rodrygo

and

Reinier

with the aim that the Rio de Janeiro goal is

dressed

as a Real Madrid player.

"I don't think there has been a big

difference between Madrid and Barça

for Brazilian strikers to triumph," says Savio.

«Those of the Barça triumphed by natural talent, they were

craques

.

Sometimes the signings do not come out, they have injuries, they are not well ... ».

"When you play well at the Bernabéu ..."

For the former Madrid player, who made the leap from Flamengo to Madrid at the age of 23 and with extensive experience in professional football, “

in Brazil, Madrid is something very big

. It is not just a great club in Europe, it is' el 'Madrid'. «

Before it was not easy to leave Brazil directly to Madrid

, it seemed like a dream. I learned what tactics were, that

before I had no obligations

, I came from a very different football. It's a change of

country, culture, climate

, it was very cold ... I remember Roberto Carlos telling me to be myself, that to play here you had to have personality and that

for the Bernabéu not trying a play is much worse than try and fail

.

But for Vinicius, whose signing was announced when he was

16

, the situation has been different from almost all of his compatriots.

Roberto Carlos and Savio arrived with 23, Ronaldo with 26 ... Only Marcelo and Casemiro, who signed with

18 and 19 years

, present similar cases.

«He is different, he leaves for Madrid as a youth team and there he misses a stage.

But

Vinicius has a natural talent

, there are few players like that left, and he has the

personality to withstand the pressure of the Bernabéu

, because otherwise you can't play.

When you play well there,

my God, it's the best club in the world

.

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