It was up to the defender Matthijs de Ligt the ”ungrateful” mission of marking none other than Vinicius Jr. in the two semifinals of Champions League in between Real Madrid It is Bayern Munchen.
O Bavarian team lost 2-1 to the meringues, this Wednesday (8), at the Santiago Bernabéu, and said goodbye to the dream of reaching the decision. And even after the painful fall, the German defender made a point of praising the Brazilian striker.
”He’s an incredible player. For me he is, perhaps, the best in the world. He is extremely fast, extremely good with the ball. He can score goals one on one, one of the best players in the world… So I had to be very, very, very sharp, very concentrated. What I say is that he is an incredibly good player,” De Ligt told ESPN.
Hero of the merengue classification, Joselu also surrendered to his companion.
“Vini will win the Ballon d’Or, he is super important for us, he unbalances the opponents, he is very decisive. When he is on a good day, he is the best. Today too, an incredible performance against the Bayern defense. I I only played 10 minutes, but he stayed 90 minutes and what he managed to do is fundamental”, highlighted the striker, scorer of Real Madrid’s two goals in the match.
In Spain, the The country’s main vehicles went crazy with Vini Jr.
“He is uncontrollable. He is imperial. Say what you want, but from the final whistle he started dribbling and creating goal chances without stopping”, wrote the newspaper As.
“With his insistence on plays on the left, he was Kimmich and De Ligt’s nightmare, overcoming their rivals with relative ease during the game,” he continued.
“In the 2nd half, he looked like the Devil on the field. […] Real Madrid was pure Vinicius, until Joselu appeared”, he added.
Now, Real decides to play Orelhuda against Borussia Dortmund on June 1st, at 4pm (Brasília time), at Wembley.
