Actual Madrid striker Vinicius Junior dangers a suspension of 4 to 12 matches for pushing the opposing crew’s goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski through the 79th minute of the La Liga match in opposition to Valencia, which ended 2-1 on the Mestella. After the incident, the Brazilian participant was despatched off. In line with Spanish La Liga rules, such aggressive behaviour with out an try to play the ball is punishable by suspension. In line with Spanish language media outlet Mundo Deportivo, Vinicius will probably obtain the minimal penalty of 4 matches. This might exclude him from taking part within the Supercopa de Espana semifinal in opposition to Mallorca, and in the event that they advance to the ultimate, he could miss the match in opposition to Barcelona or Athletic Bilbao.
Vinicius has been with Actual Madrid since July 2018. He has performed a complete of 286 matches for the membership, scoring 97 targets and offering 83 assists. He was lately named the perfect participant of 2024 on the FIFA Greatest Awards.
Actual 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 because of the floods. Actual Madrid went into half-time trailing 1-0, however within the second half, and with every part going in opposition to them, the defending champions confirmed as soon as once more that they won’t hand over till the top. Regardless of being a participant down because of the 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 recreation again after the Christmas break. The primary half was performed at a really excessive tempo and each side created many possibilities. The primary was for Ancelotti’s aspect after 5 minutes when Lucas Vazquez teed up Valverde however his highly effective shot was blocked by Dimitrievski.
The house aspect responded twice and on each events have 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 aspect went searching for an equaliser with Tchouameni and Valverde coming closest with long-range photographs within the thirty fourth and thirty eighth minute respectively. The most effective probability got here after a fantastic move from Ceballos who put Vini Jr. one-on-one with Dimitrievski, however he once more saved his crew.
Actual Madrid, nevertheless, managed to show issues round within the second half and claimed three full factors. However the attainable ban for Vini Jr will stay a fear for the following few matches.
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