Despite Real Madrid losing 4-2 to Girona, Vinicius Jr put in an outstanding shift, and scored his 22nd goal of the season.
Vinicius was his usual passionate self, and often got fouled during the game.
Girona coach Michel, has revealed what he told the Real Madrid star. According to Michel, he told his players to keep fouling Vinicius.
The Girona coach said: “He is the player with the best one-on-one and rebound efforts in the entire world. I have told him that sometimes we have to stop him with a foul because of how good he is, but we always do it with sportsmanship.
“It may seem like he tunes out because he gesticulates a lot, but he stays plugged into his game. He’s a pretty nice guy, at least he seemed so to me the two times I spoke to him.”
Michel also said: “I told the players that he was not going to be distracted, that he continues to face you. Sometimes we had to needle him but we were very clean. He has passion but he doesn’t disconnect and he makes 200,000 ones on ones and efforts.
“He is the best player in the world in one-on-one. When he catches the ball he goes for you. But Arnau does not disconnect either. It was a fair game. Vinicius is a great footballer.”
