{"id":56817,"date":"2025-10-21T12:40:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/vinicius-jr-key-alonso-highlights-the-real-madrid-crack-vs-juve\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T12:40:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:40:30","slug":"vinicius-jr-key-alonso-highlights-the-real-madrid-crack-vs-juve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/vinicius-jr-key-alonso-highlights-the-real-madrid-crack-vs-juve\/","title":{"rendered":"Vin\u00edcius Jr. key: Alonso highlights the Real Madrid crack vs. Juve."},"content":{"rendered":"

Xabi Alonso Praises Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior: “Fundamental and Decisive” for Real Madrid<\/h2>\n\nIn the lead-up to two crucial matches this week, against Juventus in the Champions League and the much-anticipated Cl\u00e1sico against Barcelona, Xabi Alonso’s words highlight the importance of Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior for Real Madrid.\n\nAlonso described Vin\u00edcius as a “fundamental” and “decisive” player, highlighting his impact on the team.\n\nThe coach surprised everyone by leaving Vin\u00edcius out of the starting lineup in the LaLiga match against Getafe, where the Brazilian player came on from the bench to change the course of the game, causing two red cards for the Getafe players.\n\nThis was the third time this season that Alonso benched Vin\u00edcius, while negotiations for the renewal of his contract are still ongoing.\n\nWhat’s happening with Vini Jr.?: The Ballon d’Or favorite on the Madrid bench\n\n\n
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“He’s a very good player,” Alonso stated at a press conference on Tuesday, before the match against Juventus. “He is fundamental to this team and to this squad. He is this season and has been for a long time.”<\/p>\n\nXabi Alonso<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nAlonso added: “It’s decisive, I like to see him smile. We need him, focused on the game, on what he does well. The day-to-day is good and he’s responding well in the matches.”\n\nVin\u00edcius has been criticized by Jos\u00e9 Bordal\u00e1s, Getafe’s coach, who accused the player of mocking after the substitution of Allan Nyom, who was sent off after a foul on Vin\u00edcius. Defender Juan Iglesias also accused Vin\u00edcius of “disrespecting” the opponents.\n\n\n

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“It’s not easy,” commented goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois on Tuesday, when asked about Vin\u00edcius. “At 18 years old, many people laughed [at Vin\u00edcius]. He did nothing wrong in Getafe, and everyone is against him. They looked for him from the beginning, and they destabilized him.”<\/p>\n\nThibaut Courtois<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nCourtois added: “He had a good response, he helped us be dangerous, he helped us score. People are unfair to him, he’s a great guy, he helps the team.”\n\n\n

\"Vin\u00edcius<\/figure>\n\n\nVin\u00edcius, with five goals and four assists in LaLiga this season, has been involved in several confrontations with rival players, as well as being the victim of racist insults from some fans.\n\nCourtois pointed out: “It’s not always easy when a stadium points at you, when the players hit you. It has been improving, and I think if he has learned to live with the conflict and destabilize rivals, that’s good. I had Diego Costa on my team [at Chelsea] and he was the best at that, he drove defenses crazy. If Vin\u00edcius can do that, great. It’s important for us that he is focused on the game, because he is one of the best in the world.”\n\nAlonso also mentioned that he is still unsure about the availability of Dean Huijsen, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dani Carvajal for Sunday’s Cl\u00e1sico, and that the decision will be made on Saturday. In addition, he praised midfielder Arda G\u00fcler, whom he described as “a mix of Mesut \u00d6zil and Guti”.\n\n“Guti had that quality, the ability to play further back in the build-up, but also close to the striker, and give the final pass,” said Alonso. “I enjoyed playing with Mesut… We have to keep pushing [Arda], but we are very happy with his form, his maturity and his role in the team.”","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Xabi Alonso Praises Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior: “Fundamental and Decisive” for Real Madrid In the lead-up to two crucial matches this week, against Juventus in the Champions League and the much-anticipated Cl\u00e1sico against Barcelona, Xabi Alonso’s words highlight the importance of Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior for Real Madrid. Alonso described Vin\u00edcius as a “fundamental” and “decisive” player, highlighting his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[254,10010,402,1110],"class_list":{"0":"post-56817","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-soccer","7":"tag-real-madrid","8":"tag-the-clasico","9":"tag-vinicius-junior","10":"tag-xabi-alonso"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56817\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}