Trouble at Real Madrid?
Vinícius Júnior probably angry with Xabi Alonso
21.09.2025 – 10:13 a.m.Reading time: 1 min.
Vinícius Júnior is one of the top performers at Real Madrid. The offensive player did not score against Espanyol, but he had to get off the pitch – to his displeasure.
He is one of the stars of Real Madrid, but Vinícius Júnior also does not play every game for over 90 minutes. The offensive player had this experience on Saturday in the league paper against Espanyol Barcelona (2-0). Coach Xabi Alonso took Vinícius Júnior off the square after 77 minutes and brought Rodrygo for it – the top performer didn’t like that at all.
According to the Spanish newspaper “Marca”, the player spread his arms after his replacement and went straight to the changing room before returning to the bench again. The Spanish newspaper “AS” therefore wrote: “There is trouble: Vinícius protests against his substitution.”
The ex-leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso said after the game about Vinícius Júnior’s replacement: “Today he was missing the goal. When he was in the best form, I could have replaced him. I could have been waiting a bit to change it later, but I wanted to get fresh forces from outside.”
According to the “AS”, Vinícius Júnior is also said to have thrown a water bottle to the ground because it was so frustrated. Éder Militão and world star Kylian Mbappé met against Espanyol. For the goal to 2-0, “Vini”, as it is also called, scored the template.