Vinicius Junior has never been afraid of taking on the narrative, and after hours of debate, cutting statements and anger, the Brazilian has waded into the VAR controversy surrounding Real Madrid’s comeback against Almeria on Sunday.
The Andalusian side were furious with the VAR, which overturned three decisions in the favour of one side for the first time in La Liga history. Real Madrid were awarded a goal, a penalty and disallowed a goal as a result of the interventions. Audio of the conversations between the referees shows that the on-field referee was not shown all of the relevant footage though.
Vinicius Junior was one of the beneficiaries, as his goal, initially ruled out for handball, was given.
Golazo!!! Así lo hacía siempre en la playa de Copacabana 😮💨 https://t.co/RRojbgTgIs
— Vini Jr. (@vinijr) January 22, 2024
Experts agreed that this was not the correct decision, or at the very least that it was not clear enough to overturn. However Vinicius has laughed at the controversy, calling it a great goal on Twitter – ‘Golazo!!! That’s how I always used to do it on Copacabana beach’.
'Golazo!!! That's how I always used to do it on Copacabana beach'#vinijr #RealMadrid https://t.co/bpheYt5BNu
— Football España (@footballespana_) January 22, 2024
Almeria had responded to the audio of the VAR on their own social media, asking why the referee was not shown all of the angles of Vinicius’ contact with the ball.
🤔 ¿Por qué no se le muestran al árbitro el resto de ángulos que hemos podido ver en TV? https://t.co/tGc8fTusvu
— UD Almería (@U_D_Almeria) January 21, 2024
The Brazilian could yet find himself in hot water if Almeria decide to submit a complaint to the Competition Committee, after he appeared to elbow defender Alejandro Pozo in the face, which could earn him a ban.
“… which overturned three decisions in the favour of one side for the first time in La Liga history ”
—- The reporting bias is obvious.
Why is it inconceivable that those VAR decisions were actually correct? (and the referee’s were not correct, needing rectification).
I had a deep look at those incidents and all 3 looked fair and in line with the rules. There have been countless similar VAR decisions in the past.
The videos are available for everyone to review and if you are unbiased, clear in the merits of the VAR decisions. The hand in the face of Jude, the clear outstretched arm for the penalty and shoulder goal (it is his shoulder).
Get over it.
Real Madrid has benefited from VAR since it came in one season they won La Liga that season they became known as REAL VARDRID
PS Vini Jr dishes out the worst behaviour in the history of football but when people fight back he cries racism
ABSOLUTE TRASH HUMAN BEING