Actual Madrid supervisor, Carlo Ancelotti, has claimed Vinícius Júnior is essentially the most persecuted footballer in historical past.
Based on Ancelotti, the Brazilian winger is handled worse on the pitch than any participant he has coached in his profession.
Vinícius scored the one aim as Madrid had been held to a 1-1 draw within the Champions League round-of-16 draw with RB Leipzig on the Bernabeu on Wednesday.
However he was lucky to flee with solely a yellow card for shoving Leipzig captain Willi Orbán.
Final weekend, Vinicius was repeatedly jeered by the gang on the Mestalla throughout Madrid’s 2-2 draw with Valencia, having been racially abused by a bunch of followers in the identical fixture final season.
“I’ve seemed again a bit, at historical past, at statistics, and I’ve by no means seen a participant who’s been persecuted like Vinícius,” Ancelotti stated in a information convention on Saturday, forward of Madrid’s LaLiga sport with Celta Vigo.
“He’s kicked, he’s whistled, he’s insulted. And what does he do? He scores targets and gives assists. After which I’m supposed to speak to him about his perspective? No!
“Everybody ought to change their perspective relating to Vinícius.”