While Vinicius celebrated alone at the corner post, the Madrilenians threw themselves at Andriy Lunin, on the other side of the Santiago Bernabeu pitch. It must be said that a few seconds before the Brazilian winger’s second goal against Osasuna, ten of Real’s eleven players were standing in or near their own penalty area.
Already trailing by two goals scored by Carlo Ancelotti’s players during a tough first period for the Casa Blanca infirmary, the Pamplona club’s players showed up in numbers at the front to play a corner. But the Ukrainian goalkeeper perfectly captured the set piece before sending an opening with external precision into the opponent’s half. And above all, in Vinicius’ race.
The second in the ranking of the last Ballon d’Or did the rest. He put down his opponent, cleverly going back in front of this last defender to prevent him from intervening. He then bypassed the poor Osasuna goalkeeper, forced to fetch a new ball from the back of his net.
According to Transfermarkt, Lunin had never served as an assist since his arrival at the Merengue. According to OptaJose, he became the first Real goalkeeper to offer an assist in La Liga in the 21st century. On the occasion of this 13th day, he will not have been as decisive as Vinicius, author of a hat-trick. On the other hand, the last rampart darkened the offensive statistics sheet more than Kylian Mbappé.
