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Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior changed his tune after the first game of 2025, having been generally reluctant to admit fault in his complaints with the referees. However, after being sent off against Valencia, he apologized to his teammates on social media.
The Brazilian had received 8 yellow cards in his 20 appearances this season before their trip to Mestalla, most of them for dissent, and against Valencia he lost his cool again. After chants of ‘stupid’ and ‘beach ball’ (referring to the golden ball or Ballon d’Or) throughout the game, Valencia goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski got in his face and demanded he stand up. after going down in the box.
But Vinicius fell into the trap, thrusting his hands into Dimitrievski’s face. Following a VAR review, Vinicius was dismissed. After Los Blancos emerged victorious courtesy of Jude Bellingham’s stoppage time winner, Vinicius wrote ‘sorry and thank you very much team’ on his X/Twitter account.
Manager Carlo Ancelotti subsequently called the sending off unfair, and has said that Los Blancos would appeal, although he did not say on what grounds.
