Carlo Ancelotti decided to withdraw Vinicius Junior late in the 4-3 defeat to Barcelona as the Brazilian forward struggled with an injury.
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has explained the reason for his decision to take off Vinicius Junior in the 88th minute, with Victor Munoz coming on in his place, after the Brazilian forward sprained his ankle.
‘I made a substitution, he has แทงบอล UFABET ราคาดีที่สุด ไม่มีขั้นต่ำ a sprained ankle,’ Ancelotti said of Vinicius’ ankle injury, without specifying the severity.
‘They did well, the chances we had in the forward areas were clear because we attacked from the back, they did well, we scored three goals and were offside twice, we had a clear way to attack but I don’t think we defended very well.’
‘In a game of this level you have to defend well and attack well. We attacked well, but in the 30 minutes we made defensive mistakes that cost us the game.’
En route to an eventual 4-3 defeat for Los Blancos. However, the 24-year-old was hooked from proceedings late on, in evident discomfort.
Vinícius, from here, was seen on the visitors’ bench, being tended to by the Real Madrid medical staff.
Speaking to the media on the back of the full-time whistle at Montjuïc,. The subject of his wing star’s wellbeing was in turn put to Carlo Ancelotti.
And Real Madrid’s headmaster went on to confirm:
“Vinícius has an ankle problem.”
‘We have to play better defensively. The performance today was clear. We played poorly defensively, not because we played low. We played poorly defensively because it’s easier to play high.’