Skills can be taught, techniques can be taught, the desire to improve can be learned and the passion to win can be… imitated. Only personality and attitude need to be extremely receptive. It sounds simple but to learn it depends on the person. Perhaps, what Vinicius needs to learn is how to be hated by no one like Ronaldo or Messi have been doing.
Over the past few days, people have been commenting on Cristiano Ronaldo’s statement: “I am the best player in the history of world football. OK!”. Tens of thousands of people like it and millions of people disagree. They will use Messi as a standard, refute and satirize Ronaldo’s statement. But from another perspective, Ronaldo is right and has the right to say it. He is better than Messi, at least in terms of mobility – that is, Ronaldo plays in more clubs and more difficult tournaments than Messi. Another thing is the total number of goals or the fact that he has a sexier “other half” than Messi. What does Vinicius have? Apart from the FIFA The Best 2024 individual award, this player has… nothing.
You can add the La Liga, FIFA Club World Cup and Champions League titles that Vinicius has won with Real Madrid. But we have to admit this. Everything that Vinicius has, mostly comes from playing for Real Madrid and the Brazilian star himself will have a long way to go before reaching the ranks of superstars. Vinicius’ talent is getting better and better but his personality and attitude are… like a young, immature and impulsive kid.
Playing for Real Madrid is an invisible pressure, but Vinicius has overcome it and is increasingly important to the club. But to be a football star loved by all players, from colleagues, teammates to fans, is not easy. The more successful you are, the more difficult your career becomes. What Vinicius can be “sad” about is that he does not have the handsome appearance of Ronaldo, Beckham, but football is not a catwalk. There are things that cannot go together and Vinicius needs to look at special examples from Ronaldinho, or we often call it very simply, “buck-jawed” Ronaldo to distinguish him from “whore” Ronaldo – referring to the elegance of Cristiano Ronaldo or “fat” Ronaldo – referring to “Alien” Ronaldo.
When he was still on the field, what Ronaldinho had to endure was racism from the places he visited. Moreover, Ronaldinho is not really handsome, but have you ever seen Ronaldinho arguing with fans or being unpleasant to his teammates? Never. Ronaldinho is very receptive and lovable. Real Madrid fans applauded and praised Ronaldinho right at the Bernabeu not only because he played so well that day but also because he showed star-class behavior.
Back to Vinicius. Well, it’s hard to say he would be an ideal role model for children because of his impulsive and extremely annoying personality. Recently, Vinicius made fans “stormy” when he turned on his older brother Luka Modric. A very simple move but through Vinicius’s attitude, everything became complicated and everyone was frustrated. Tension flared up after an attack was interrupted and Leganes had a corner kick. Vinicius, instead of falling back to support the defense, stood still in the opponent’s field, causing Modric to get angry and criticize the Brazilian player’s attitude.
Vinicius refused to give in and immediately retorted to Modric. This made the Croatian midfielder even angrier, rushing straight to Vinicius to assert that he needed to focus and listen. In total, Modric gave Vinicius advice three times, but all three times, his junior “turned a deaf ear”. When analyzing this situation, the Spanish press said that Vinicius reacted quite strongly when Modric reminded him: “I’ve done it. What else do you want from me?”
Too frustrated, Modric also “cursed” directly, “You c**t”. At this time, Federico Valverde also joined the conversation, sided with Modric and sternly reminded Vinicius because clearly, the Brazilian star was not standing in the right position. Instead of accepting the opinion, Vinicius was annoyed, frustrated and showed an uncooperative attitude. When the match ended, he showed his frustration even though his team had won. Of course, no one defended Vinicius.
Even coach Ancelotti, after knowing the incident, still supported Modric: “I don’t understand what happened on the field, but when Modric spoke up, it was right. I always support and agree with Modric’s point of view.” Modric is never difficult and he clearly understands what he and his teammates need to do in a specific situation. As for Vinicius, he sulks about everything. Vinicius is talented but has too many bad habits. It’s a new year but the bad habits are still the same and it’s unknown when Vinicius can act like a real grown man.
Ancelotti himself has disciplined Vinicius several times but it still doesn’t work. This time, it’s unclear how Ancelotti will deal with Vinicius, but it’s time for him or Real Madrid’s board of directors to take strong action to resolve such trivial matters.
