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📸 New competition, same old tricks: Vini Jr. dives and gets booked

It's not even 15 minutes into the game, and Vini Jr. is already in the spotlight of the Club World Cup. The Brazilian is on the pitch with Real Madrid against Al-Hilal and wants to score the first points of the competition. For this, the Royals and Vini Jr. in particular seem to be willing to do whatever it takes.

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The winger was almost through, but laid the ball a bit too far past his sprawling opponent. Vini Jr. jumped up to avoid the tackle, but then tried to get a free kick and a yellow card for Kalidou Koulibaly. The FIFA World Footballer went down behind the tackle without being touched by an opponent and was rightly shown the yellow card.

Vini Jr. keeps drawing attention with such actions. But now the superstar should hold back, after all, he doesn't need to do that. Let's hope he entertains us with his exceptional skills and not with acting performances.

Sportingly, the Royals also set the first sign, Gonzalo Garcia brought Real Madrid 1-0 ahead in the 34th minute. It's the first goal for coach Xabi Alonso.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.