VINICIUS JR RESCUES THE WHITE POINT IN AN EMOTIONAL THRILLER
A brace from Vinicius Jr rescued a point for Real Madrid in a four-goal thriller in which Valencia scored two in three minutes to put the La Liga leaders back in the title race following the return of Jude Bellingham for injury.
It was a match with highly charged emotions for both parties: Vinicius returned to the scene of his notorious racist abuse in May 2023, but began the match applauding a ceremony in honor of the ten people who died in the fire of an apartment block in Valencia last week. .
The Mestella crowd showed the difference from the first minute and were rewarded when a quick double put Los Ches ahead. Hugo Duro scored the first after a tenacious home game and a bit of luck before Dani Carvajal gifted another to Roman Yuremchuk moments later.
However, Vinicius was not far behind: he gave the hosts a lifeline in the final seconds of the first half and celebrated with the black power salute in front of the Valencia fans before heading his team to equalize in the second half. .
It remained that way until the entire day, but not for lack of trying. Valencia saw a late penalty correctly ruled out by VAR and then the referee blew full time as Real Madrid sent a cross into the box… from where Bellingham hit the net.
However, Girona and Barcelona could now reduce Real's lead to four and six points respectively if they win tomorrow.
