Vinícius Júnior once again tormented Atlético Madrid by scoring two of Real Madrid's three goals in their 3-2 victory over the colchoneros, who showed no willingness to name the Brazilian as the scorer of those goals. As usual, the club's account on the social media platform X posted updates on the score, and when Vini scored the first goal from a penalty, Atlético simply wrote: 'Real Madrid equalizes from a penalty.' However, controversy erupted with the subsequent goals from the merengues. This is because the club named Federico Valverde as the scorer of Real's second goal but again did not mention Vinícius when the Brazilian made it 3-2. 'Goal for the locals,' was all the official account of the rojiblancos wrote. This situation did not go unnoticed by several users on X. 'Don't they know the name?', 'Say the name', 'Excuse me, whose was it?' or 'Why don't they say who scored when Vini scores?' were some of the comments posted on these updates. The animosity between Atlético and Vini has been evident this season. After the semi-final of this season's Supercopa de España, which Real won 2-1, Diego Simeone provoked Vinícius Júnior, alluding to the president of Real: 'Florentino is going to fire you. Remember that he is going to fire you, remember what I tell you.' This Sunday, Vinícius had a subtle response to that statement. 'The president always tells me that I have to score two goals, and today I scored two, they are for him,' said the Brazilian.
Real Madrid Federico Valverde remains central to this story.
Real Madrid Federico Valverde remains central to this story.
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