Vinicius is still in turmoil with Brazil

If Argentina suffered defeat in Paraguay last night in the qualifiers for the next World Cup, Brazil did not do much better. Traveling to the Monumental de Maturín, the Seleçao was only able to bring back a draw (1-1) and is now 3rd in this unique group. An unusual place for her, who still shows signs of feverishness, like her star, Vinicius Jr. After his failure at the Ballon d'Or, the whole country wanted to see him get “revenge” but it failed.

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Associated with Raphinha, free kick scorer and Savinho to support Igor Jesus, he was nevertheless one of the most active on the pitch during the first period. His speed and dribbling hampered his opponents and he even hit the post. “There were a lot of good moments in the first half, attacking deep, using the lane on the left well and putting pressure on Venezuela's ball flow. He failed the goalkeeper once and hit the post another time“, summary Globo.

Vinicius still very nervous

The rest was much more chaotic, in particular because of this rather poorly taken penalty saved by Romo on the hour mark. This episode completely took him out of his match. The Madrilenian displayed his usual nervousness, despite some flashes on his left side. “In the second half, he missed a very poorly executed penalty, which ended up determining his evaluation. From then on, he lost many balls and showed nervousness against the opposing team in the final stretch of the match.» Venezuela still finished at ten because of him.

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In the final minutes, Gonzalez received a straight red for slapping Vinicius. The latter had provoked him by shoving him while the ball was stopped. This last episode did not raise the final mark of his performance and he continues to disappoint in the selection. Worse still, he was seen insulting the referee. “Fuck you…» Globo gave it the worst rating (5.5) after Vanderson, while the Brazilian public was even more severe with a 2.2. Only Paqueta does worse. “We missed the finish», summarized Dorival for his part. We will have to do better against Uruguay next Wednesday.