Vinicius Junior was replaced in the 88th minute of the classic due to a “ankle sprain”. The Brazilian left the pitch after asking for the change, talking with Carlo Ancelotti to stay in the meeting and request again to be replaced later. A situation that the coach explained after the party while defending his decision power.
In the first instance it was Endrick He who prepared to jump to the pitch, but when he was ready, 'Vini' approached his coach and asked him to continue in the game, despite being visibly exhausted and requesty.
The Brazilian was treated and examined from the ankle sprain on the bench, but it will be his sensations and future tests that determine the scope of discomforts that took him away from continuing in the match, with a difference of a goal (4-3).
Ankle discomfort that revealed Carlo Ancelotti In the press conference after the meeting, in which, in addition, he defended the time of change, denying that it was 'Vini' who had control and decision power over it.
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“He has not made the change, I have done it,” The coach said sharply when questioned about his decision. “He had an ankle sprain. He has tried to continue, but he bothered him and I made the change,” he completed.
A replacement for what was the canterano Victor Muñoz who entered the pitch and he had the tie to four in his boots, but erred hand in hand with Szczesny.
