'Difficult' to be Vinicius: Real Madrid coach Ancelotti
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Madrid: Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Sunday it would be difficult to be Vinicius Junior after the player was sent off against Valencia....
Madrid: Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Sunday it would be "difficult" to be Vinicius Junior after the player was sent off against Valencia.
The Brazilian winger pushed goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski in the back of the neck amid a spat between the two players and was dismissed.
Vinicius was mocked by Valencia fans at their Mestalla stadium during the game, having squared off with some who racially abused him in a match in 2022.
"I think it is difficult (to be Vinicius), I'm not in his skin, but I think it's difficult," Ancelotti told reporters, after Vinicius saw red in Madrid's 2-1 La Liga win on Friday.
"To bear everything that has happened, the insults, everything, it's not so simple.
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