Real Madrid star Vinícius Jr. on Sunday night joined a high-profile club, featuring some of the continent’s standout performers.
As much comes owing to his exploits in Real Madrid’s meeting with arch rivals Atlético.
Carlo Ancelotti’s troops marked their return to action a short time ago, making the trip to the Wanda Metropolitano for the first Madrid Derby of the campaign.
When all was said and done on the back of a fiery 90 minutes in the Spanish capital, the spoils were shared between the sides, after Éder Militão’s 2nd-half opener was cancelled out by Ángel Correa deep into injury time.
Real’s opener, when it came, was laid on by star winger Vinícius Jr, who did superbly to break free down the left, before picking out fellow countryman Militão in the Atlético penalty area.
And, in the process, Vinícius added his name to a high-profile list of Europe’s standout creators.
As revealed by statisticians Opta:
‘Vinícius Junior is the player in the top five European Leagues who has provided the most assists in all competitions this season (five alongside Lamine Yamal, Bukayo Saka, Joao Neves and Omar Marmoush).’
Conor Laird – GSFN
