Vinicius Junior delivered a stellar all-round performance in the Spanish league on Saturday.
While Bellingham took his league-leading tally to 16 goals and reached 20 goals overall since joining Madrid last summer, it was Vinícius who powered Madrid to the statement victory by playing a part in all of the hosts’ goals.
The Brazil forward opened the scoring just six minutes after kickoff. He then assisted on goals for Bellingham and Rodrygo, and had a strike that was blocked by Girona’s goalkeeper into the path of Bellingham for an easy goal.
“He put in a top performance,” Ancelotti said about Vinícius, who has excelled in recent seasons while enduring repeated incidents of racist abuse by rival fans. “He’s the best in the world when he plays like that. Bellingham is the second best, Rodrygo the third, (Toni) Kroos the fourth, (Eduardo) Camavinga, (Federico) Valverde… It was easy to be in the Real Madrid dugout today.”
