Real Madrid star Vinícius Jr. has this evening etched his name ever further into the history books of Spanish football.
This comes owing to the Brazilian’s early exploits in the latest edition of El Clásico.
Spanish football’s two biggest clubs, of course, are currently locked in action in Riyadh, in the final of the Supercopa de España.
It is Barca who headed into the matchup as reigning champions, owing to a 3-1 triumph in last year’s showpiece.
Safe to say, however, that things are not going quite as swimmingly for the Blaugrana this time round.
With half an hour on the clock at the The King Saud University Stadium, Real are in possession of a 2-0 lead, owing to a double on the part of the aforementioned Vinícius.
After first first latching onto Jude Bellingham’s defence-splitting pass to confidently round Iñaki Peña with seven minutes gone, the Brazilian then slid home from close range after being teed up by compatriot Rodrygo just minutes later.
And, as alluded to above, in the process, the wide-man made history.
As revealed by Spanish statistician Mister Chip, Vinicius is the first player to score 2 goals inside the opening 10 minutes of El Clásico since Gary Lineker all the way back in 1987.
Conor Laird | GSFN
