Actual Madrid’s Brazilian ahead #07 Vinicius Junior celebrates scoring his crew’s first aim throughout the Spanish league soccer match between Actual Madrid CF and CA Osasuna on the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on November 9, 2024.
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Vinícius Júnior scored a hat trick as Actual Madrid achieved a much-needed 4-0 win over Osasuna in La Liga on Saturday (November 10, 2024) that was marred by teammate Éder Militão tearing an ACL.
Madrid heard jeers in its earlier two house video games – a 4-0 loss to fierce rival Barcelona and 3-1 loss to AC Milan – however this simple victory got here at a excessive value.
Militão crumbled to the turf whereas screaming and clutching the again of his proper knee shortly earlier than halftime. The central defender was taken off on a stretcher. Rodrygo and Lucas Vázquez additionally have been unable to proceed after apparently sustaining muscle accidents within the first half.
“We performed a great recreation, and I’m blissful for the targets, however unhappy for the accidents to Mili, Rodry and Lucas,” Vinícius stated. “I’m unhappy that Mili has to undergo this once more.”
Vinícius, who apparently felt neglected when the Ballon d’Or went to Spain’s Rodri final week, acquired his second hat trick of the season and took his general tally to 12 targets. Jude Bellingham’s aim made it 2-0.
“Vinícius makes the distinction,” Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti stated. “Not profitable the Ballon d’Or is a element that didn’t have an effect on him as we will see right now.”
Madrid is in second place, six factors behind chief Barcelona.
Rodrygo was injured early. The ahead, who missed the clasico resulting from one other harm, wept as he walked gingerly to the bench, the place a crew medic put ice on his left leg.
Worse was to return when Militão went down. He pulled his jersey over his face as he was carried off on the half-hour mark. The membership stated he ruptured his ACL and would wish surgical procedure.
Militão tore an ACL in his different leg, his left, within the opener of final season and was out till March earlier than coming again to assist Madrid win the Champions League and La Liga.
“Three accidents within the first half are fairly uncommon,” Ancelotti stated. “The calls for of the schedule generally doesn’t enable gamers to get the remainder they want, and that will increase the danger of accidents. It’s a downside for everybody, not simply us.”
That is the second ACL harm to Madrid’s squad on this marketing campaign after Spain proper again Dani Carvajal ripped up his proper leg final month. Goalkeeper Courtois Thibaut, David Alaba and Aurélien Tchouaméni have been additionally unavailable with their very own accidents.
A numbed Santiago Bernabeu Stadium was introduced alive by Vinícius when he reduce and curled within the opener within the thirty fourth.
Ancelotti changed Militão with youth crew debutant Raúl Asencio, who delivered a long-lobbed move that Bellingham used, one contact, to chip over goalkeeper Sergio Herrera to double the lead within the forty second.
Vinícius ran onto one other lengthy move, this time by ‘keeper Andriy Lunin, earlier than rounding Herrera to make it 3-0 within the 61st. His third got here after substitute Brahim Díaz stole the ball from defender Flavien-Enzo Boyomo and laid off for his scoring accomplice within the 69th.
Whereas Vinícius soared, strike accomplice Kylian Mbappé remained within the doldrums after France didn’t need him for a second straight worldwide interval. The previous Paris Saint-Germain star hasn’t scored in his final 4 video games for his new membership.
“Mbappé tried to attain, and I consider he mixed nicely along with his teammates,” Ancelotti stated. “He hasn’t scored lately, however he has at all times been a scorer, and he’ll get again to scoring indisputably.”
Osasuna, the one crew to beat Barcelona within the league, didn’t get a shot on aim.
Earlier than kick-off, Madrid unfurled an enormous banner within the stands representing the flag for the Valencia area throughout a second of silence for the greater than 200 individuals who died in final week’s catastrophic floods in jap Spain.
A tearful Ilias Akhomach additionally needed to be taken off on a stretcher after he harm his proper leg following his opening aim in Villarreal’s 3-0 win over Alaves.
Villarreal, which is within the northern a part of the Valencia area, honoured the flood victims by having gamers from each groups put on T-shirts saying “Keep Sturdy Valencia” earlier than kick-off.
Printed – November 10, 2024 07:46 am IST
