Laporte jokes about Vinicius' elbowing: "Maybe he wanted to dance"

Can the thoughts that Vinicius is right in his anti-racism fight and, at the same time, that he often gets into unnecessary fights with his opponents on the pitch coexist? This question marks the day-to-day controversy with the superstar of the Brazilian national team and Real Madrid, who burst into tears in his press conference prior to the friendly match at the Santiago Bernabeu against Spain and, once on the pitch, he was immersed in tussles and tense situations.

Some were provoked by external elements, but others bore his stamp. One obvious one came before a corner kick, when he went up to Aymeric Laporte and elbowed him in the back. The Al Nassr centre-back pointed this out on social media, where he echoed a post from the well-known 'Llourinho' account, commenting: "Maybe he wanted to dance...?

The defender's reaction quickly went viral on Twitter, where his followers filled the reply box with a myriad of impressions. Some recalled matches in which he and the 'Merengue' have met in the past. Specifically, this has happened on three occasions: the round of 16 of the Champions League in 2020 and the semi-finals of the 2022 home and away legs.

The most recent of these events were the Champions League of comebacks won by Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid. In the last encounters with Manchester City, Laporte did not even take the pitch. Last season's semi-final, the one that ended with the title in the Etihad Stadium's trophy cabinet, saw a starting line-up without the now Saudi Arabian League player.