Real MadridTOThe Brazilian assumes that starting off the bench, but believes that it will be important in the end
Lto recovery ofEden Hazardis the great news for himMadridfacing the final 11 days. The parón has allowed the Belgian to overcome the entire recovery phase of the operation he underwent inDallasMarch 5. Three months of recovery were marked, which pointed to aHazardbutt at the doors of theEurocup. Thepostponementof this and the new calendar place the Belgian as thegreat signingfor Zidane in order to win LaLiga.
But the return ofHazard, the undisputed starter, complicates Vincius. The Brazilian knows that his natural place, the left wing, is the property of the Belgian. And that on the other side of the field it costs him much more to surrender. It’s time to reinvent yourself, again.
VinciusHe knows that he starts as a substitute, that he has to fight again to be the protagonist. Your head is ready for it, more than the beginning of this season. In his favor it also plays that the number of changes grows to five. We will have to see how it managesZidanethat new element, but it seems evident thatHazard and AsensioThey will be two pieces to take special care of. That locatedVinciusin the front row of relays on the offensive front.
What is not in doubt is that until now the Hazard-Vincius formula does not work for Zidane. The Belgian is the player of the entire current Madrid squad with the fewest minutes he has coincided on the field since Lopetegui made his debut. They have only been together 78 minutes: 30 against Levante, 23 against Bruges at home and 25, also at home and with Betis as a rival. In no case have you contemplatedZidanethat idea in the initial team. Against the granotas, Hazard came in with 3-1 and the game ended 3-2; with theWitchesit went from 1-2 to 2-2 after the entry ofViniand against Betis the marker did not move.
The return of Harzard, who debuted against Levante, marked Vincius’ darkest stage so far this season. Madrid played 16 games between Hazard’s debut against Levante (September 14) and the kick ofMeunier(November 29th). In the middle,VinciusHe did not jump to the field (five times off the list and three whole games on the bench), he started in three games and entered from the bench in five. Over 1,440 minutes played 330 (23%). In theChampions, only 16.6% (45 out of 270).
During the Belgian star’s injury, Vincius regained ground and was only left off the list on a visit to Pucela.HazardI returned on February 16, but it lasted a week. In the two games he was (Celta and Levante) he left the field for Vincius to enter. In the following three (Manchester City, Barcelona and Betis), the carioca started, only stopped playing the last quarter of an hour against those of Guardiola (he went 1-0 after giving the goal pass to Isco) and was decisive against Bara with his first goal in a Clsico.
Now, three months later, Vincius returns from the bench. But weights have been removed from above. His good games againstAtlético de Madrid y Barcelonathey had a lot of liberation. He lives convinced that the scenario has nothing to do with what he lived in the last autumn. His self-esteem has grown. Be sure that it will be important in the final section of LaLiga, that it will not look like what you experienced in October. His head only thinks about winning his first great title with Madrid.
When things got worse for Vincius, Zidane’s message was always resounding. I encouraged him not to lower his arms, to improve, to be stronger in defense. And many times the French stayed with him after training to improve ahead of goal, the point on which doubts about the Brazilian have focused. Both the club and Zidane have always wanted Vincius to understand that, although he is not the owner, he is an active patrimony of the present, a piece with which no one considers another scenario than that of seeing him settle and succeed in Madrid.
Vincius himself puts words to that message of support. “Zidane is very close to me. He gives me a lot of advice and, above all, a lot of enthusiasm. He never wants to see me disappointed, he wants to see me in progress. I am not one of those who falls apart, but if it were so, he would not allow it “he says in his last interview, given to La Razn.
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