In Girona’s victory over Madrid, Arnau Martínez stood out, who had to face Vinicius
Attentive in marking the Brazilian winger, the winger also assisted ‘Taty’ in his second goal
In Girona’s very important group victory over Real Madrid 4-2 in Montilivi, there were several names that stood out in the local team. Undoubtedly, the star of the night was ‘Taty’, who raised Montilivi with his poker, but Arnau Martínez also completed a great performance.
The winger is being one of the protagonists of the excellent campaign from Girona. At 20 years old, he is a fixture in Míchel’s eleven and against the whites, he restored his confidence again.
Before him the challenge of stopping Vinicius, one of the most unbalancing footballers in the world, although it is true that he got away with it on more than one occasion, he beat the bottom line for 4-2, it is also true that Arnau complicated the meeting for him.
From the beginning
It was the duel of the initial minutes. Vini faced him and faced him, but the former Barça player stopped him in his first attempts, which encouraged the stands to raise a few more decibels and made the madridista desperate.
The quality and speed of the Brazilian allowed him to overflow on the wing, but a very attentive Santi Bueno also helped cover when ‘Arnaueti’ generated in attack.
Assistant
Despite being required in defense, from his own field he threw a good ball behind the defense that Castellanos fought to make it 2-0 on the scoreboard. This meant his third assist in the championship. A good record to which must also be added the three goals scored.
reprimanded
Arnau managed to unhing him in the first minutes and that caused him to earn a yellow card for protesting, something already habitual. He could even reach the second, since he simulated, sought contacts and continued to recriminate actions, but with less insistence.
He returned it. Vinicius started at speed and He took the yellow in the 43rd minute from the winger, which abruptly tried to slow their advance. From that moment, he knew how to manage the warning to continue with the particular ‘face to face’.
Arnau’s future
Closely followed by Atlético de Madrid and FC Barcelona, The two great rivals of the white team, Arnau Martínez passed Vinicius’ exam with flying colors.