Real Madrid striker Vinicius Junior dangers a suspension of 4 to 12 matches for pushing the opposing group’s goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski through the 79th minute of the La Liga match towards Valencia, which ended 2-1 on the Mestella. After the incident, the Brazilian participant was despatched off. According to Spanish La Liga laws, such aggressive behaviour with out an try and play the ball is punishable by suspension. According to Spanish language media outlet Mundo Deportivo, Vinicius will doubtless obtain the minimal penalty of 4 matches. This may exclude him from collaborating within the Supercopa de Espana semifinal towards Mallorca, and in the event that they advance to the ultimate, he could miss the match towards Barcelona or Athletic Bilbao.
Vinicius has been with Real Madrid since July 2018. He has performed a complete of 286 matches for the membership, scoring 97 targets and offering 83 assists. He was not too long ago named one of the best participant of 2024 on the FIFA Best Awards.
Real Madrid gained at Mestalla on La Liga Matchday 12 going prime of the desk within the course of, in a fixture that had been postponed as a result of floods. Real Madrid went into half-time trailing 1-0, however within the second half, and with every thing going towards them, the defending champions confirmed as soon as once more that they won’t hand over till the tip. Despite being a participant down as a result of sending off of Vini Jr. within the 79th minute, Ancelotti’s males got here from behind with targets from Modric within the eighty fifth minute and Bellingham in added time.
It did not really feel like the primary sport again after the Christmas break. The first half was performed at a really excessive tempo and each side created many possibilities. The first was for Ancelotti’s facet after 5 minutes when Lucas Vazquez teed up Valverde however his highly effective shot was blocked by Dimitrievski.
The house facet responded twice and on each events had been met with two nice stops by Courtois, first after Hugo Duro’s shot inside the realm within the seventh minute and 5 minutes later in a one-on-one with Foulquier.
The sport confirmed no indicators of slowing down and earlier than the half-hour mark Valencia took the lead. Courtois made a spectacular save from Javi Guerra’s shot from inside the realm, however Hugo Duro took benefit of the rebound to attain within the twenty seventh minute. From that second till the break, Ancelotti’s facet went seeking an equaliser with Tchouameni and Valverde coming closest with long-range photographs within the thirty fourth and thirty eighth minute respectively. The finest likelihood got here after a fantastic move from Ceballos who put Vini Jr. one-on-one with Dimitrievski, however he once more saved his group.
Real Madrid, nonetheless, managed to show issues round within the second half and claimed three full factors. But the attainable ban for Vini Jr will stay a fear for the following few matches.
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