Real Madrid's Vinicius Jr. takes DIG at Barcelona defender after winning LaLiga title - Football News

Real Madrid footballer Vinicius Jr. has taken an apparent dig at arch-rival Barcelona's defender Ronald Araujo after winning the LaLiga title. Real Madrid won their record-extending 36th LaLiga title after Girona beat Barcelona 4-2 on May 4.

Taking to X after the title-win, Vinicius Jr. replied to a post which mentioned the titles won by new generation of Los Blancos and wrote: «La nueva era (with wide eyes emojis)»

Vini Jr's post comes in reply of Araujo's comments when he had claimed that 'a new era' has arrived in Spain after they beat Real Madrid in Spanish Super Cup last year.

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As for the season, Real Madrid were almost certain to win it after their 3-0 win over Cadiz. For them Brahim Diaz, Jude Bellingham and Joselu scored one goal each. The title race would have stayed alive if Barca had beaten Girona, which they looked to do with 2-1 lead till halftime.

Girona, however, came back strongly in the second half, scoring three goals against Barcelona's none and won the game 4-2.

Real Madrid coach Carlos Ancelotti also spoke on the win and said: «Everyone expected us to slip up, and we didn't slip up. Bellingham's goal against Barcelona gave us the advantage. We had a lot of continuity from the first to the last game.»

Real Madrid's next focus is going to be Champions League where they are in the semifinal against Bayern Munich. The first leg of the semifinal between the two teams ended in 2-2 draw.

Ancelotti also reiterated the same and said: «We would like to celebrate with all the fans, but they understand because on Wednesday we have a very important challenge.»

«We want to prepare well to make the fans happy, and we