VInicius Junior has not had his best moments at Real Madrid. After a difficult season with the team, with ups and downs in performances, he is once again at the center of criticism following a poor performance against Bayern Munich. In this connection, the evaluation of Joao Miranda, a former player of Atlético Madrid and the Brazilian national team, appeared.
In a conversation with teammate Mario Suarez on the former Atlético player’s YouTube podcast, Miranda expressed his opinion about the Real Madrid player. “For me, Vinicius has a lot of qualities, but he is still far from Neymar, Messi, Cristiano…” he said.
“Football is our best at the moment, because for me football has changed a lot. There’s a lot of physicality in football, and Vinicius has a technical and physical side. But he’s not like Messi or Neymar. He’s missing something. I don’t know if it’s charisma for the people or not.”
Finally, Miranda spoke about the racism Vinicius is subjected to on the pitch in Spain, something he says he has never experienced himself. “I have never experienced racism here in Spain or in Europe, because all I thought about was playing football. What people said to me was just a distraction to take my concentration away from the game. When you play a game, when you let the fans take your concentration away from the game, it changes the way you play a little bit and you lose your concentration a little bit,” he explained.
