Vinicius Jnr, poster boy of Madrid's new era
Gone is Christiano Ronaldo, gone is Zinedine Zidane also once a Madrid galactico in his playing days.
Real Madrid seems to have shifted or better still, they have shifted their focus from signing already made stars to signing potentially great young ones for relatively paltry fees, which is quite the risk due to the success of their galactico model but as the saying goes 11 friends can't play together for 11 years... This current crop of Madristas will need replacing and younger ones to be genlty bedded in.
There's none other that epitomises this change in what was once the norm than Vinicius Jnr, a young player bought from Flamengo in Brazil. He would have been overlooked if he didn't hit the ground running. Madrid's former coach, Julian Lopetugui didn't want him to face the pressure or probably didn't fancy him so sent him to play with Madrid's B team.
Since Solari's appointment, Vinicius has gone from strength to strength. His pace, rawness, directness, swift change of direction will cause problems for many top tier defences across Europe.
Last night's goal against Ajax shows you everything you need to know about him. His finishing, decision making could be better but he still has a long way to go. The defensive side of his game is probably his must overlooked ability evidences by the fact he made 3 tackles against Ajax, the highest of any Madrid Player.
Maybe, just maybe in Vinicius, Madrid have just found their own answer to PSG's Mbappe.
Obi-Okonkwo Chisom
Real Madrid seems to have shifted or better still, they have shifted their focus from signing already made stars to signing potentially great young ones for relatively paltry fees, which is quite the risk due to the success of their galactico model but as the saying goes 11 friends can't play together for 11 years... This current crop of Madristas will need replacing and younger ones to be genlty bedded in.
There's none other that epitomises this change in what was once the norm than Vinicius Jnr, a young player bought from Flamengo in Brazil. He would have been overlooked if he didn't hit the ground running. Madrid's former coach, Julian Lopetugui didn't want him to face the pressure or probably didn't fancy him so sent him to play with Madrid's B team.
Since Solari's appointment, Vinicius has gone from strength to strength. His pace, rawness, directness, swift change of direction will cause problems for many top tier defences across Europe.
Last night's goal against Ajax shows you everything you need to know about him. His finishing, decision making could be better but he still has a long way to go. The defensive side of his game is probably his must overlooked ability evidences by the fact he made 3 tackles against Ajax, the highest of any Madrid Player.
Maybe, just maybe in Vinicius, Madrid have just found their own answer to PSG's Mbappe.
Obi-Okonkwo Chisom
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