Vinicius hails his 'great goal' for Madrid and says it is 'how he always did it'

Vinicius Jr has broken his silence on his much-debated equaliser during Real Madrid's 3-2 victory over Almeria on Sunday.

Real secured a dramatic comeback against the Spanish top flight's bottom side - who are yet to win a game this season - after going 2-0 down at the Bernabeu, with Jude Bellingham, Vinicius and Dani Carvajal all scoring in the second half.

However, Madrid's goals created controversy. Bellingham's penalty came after a debatable handball call given by VAR, with Antonio Rudiger also deemed not to have committed a foul in the build-up.

Almeria then had a goal ruled out by VAR, before Vinicius saw a decision to disallow his equaliser for handball overturned when referee Jose Hernandez Maeso consulted the pitchside monitor, concluding that it had instead gone in off the Brazilian's shoulder.

And, taking to X on Monday morning, the Brazilian shared a clip of the goal and posted his response.

He said: 'Great goal!!! This is how I always did it on Copacabana beach,' referencing the iconic beach known for regular football matches in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

For his goal, after Aurelien Tchouameni put in a delightful cross, Vinicius had beaten his man to fire home.

However, referee Maeso ruled the goal out for a combination of hand ball and a foul, before he was advised to review his decision by VAR official Hernandez Hernandez, with the audio since released.

Hernandez could be heard to say: 'I recommend an on field review so that you can assess the non-handball, the possible non-handball.

'The ball hits the right shoulder, there you have it. The ball hits him on the shoulder. You assess the possible foul in attack.'

After heading over to the pitchside monitor, Maeso responded: 'I agree with you and the ball hits the