Vinicius Junior

30 articles tagged with "Vinicius Junior"

Oct 11, 2026

Diomandé scored his first Real Madrid goal, and Vinícius was sent off for pulling Saliba’s hair in a 1-0 win over Villarreal

Real Madrid held on with ten men at the Bernabéu after Vinícius Júnior’s goal was ruled out and he was shown a straight red. The Clásico is two weeks...

Oct 3, 2026

India have never played Brazil, and Raphinha is out before the first meeting in Kolkata

Khalid Jamil’s India, ranked 138th, face world No. 5 Brazil at the Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday, the highest-ranked opponent they have met since FIFA...

Sep 5, 2026

Parrott had never scored for Betis, and his first goal beat Real Madrid

Jose Mourinho’s first defeat of the season came at the one ground Real Madrid have not won at since 2021, and it turned on a save from the penalty spo...

Aug 27, 2026

Mbappe scored three in 40 minutes, and Mourinho’s first Bernabeu night back finished 4-1

Kylian Mbappe scored his first goals of the season in a 4-1 win over Real Sociedad, the first home league match of Jose Mourinho’s second spell as Rea...

Aug 23, 2026

Espi had been on for ten minutes, and his 90th-minute goal won Mourinho’s first league game back

Real Madrid beat Espanyol 2-1 at the RCDE Stadium on Saturday, with Carlos Espi scoring in the final minute on his debut. Jose Mourinho then used the...

Aug 22, 2026

Mourinho’s first Real Madrid league match in 13 years is at Espanyol, six days after everyone else started

Madrid are six days behind the rest of La Liga because of the World Cup, and Jose Mourinho begins his second spell without Eder Militao, Rodrygo, Raul...

Aug 7, 2026

Vinicius signs to 2032, and Arsenal’s pursuit ends without a bid ever being made

Real Madrid confirmed on Thursday that Vinicius Junior has extended to June 2032. Arsenal spent a fortnight waiting for the talks to collapse, and nev...

Aug 6, 2026

Madrid improve their offer at the training ground, and Arsenal’s Vinicius Junior pursuit stalls

Arsenal spent ten days closing in on Vinicius Junior. One round of contract talks at Real Madrid’s training ground on Wednesday looks to have ended it...

Jul 26, 2026

Arsenal explore a move for Vinicius Junior as his Madrid contract talks stall

Arsenal have agreed internally to look at a deal for Vinicius Junior, though there has been no contact with Real Madrid. His contract expires in 2027...

Jul 13, 2026

Brazil national football team players: the 26 Ancelotti used, and the ten who made their debuts

Every player Carlo Ancelotti took to Australia and India, with caps, goals and clubs after the three friendlies, plus who was left out and Brazil’s No...

Jul 13, 2026

Vinicius wants to stay at Real Madrid, but money is holding up a new deal

Vinicius Junior has made no secret of wanting to stay at Real Madrid, yet a gap over salary and a signing bonus is holding up a new contract, with his...

Jul 6, 2026

Brazil’s earliest World Cup exit since 1990 asks harder questions than Ancelotti will admit

Carlo Ancelotti is calling a last-16 defeat to Norway the start of a new cycle. The harder truth is that Brazil’s problems ran through this whole camp...

Jul 3, 2026

Brazil face Haaland and an old Norway hoodoo in the last 16

Brazil have never beaten Norway in four attempts. Now Erling Haaland and the Norwegians stand between them and a World Cup quarter-final at MetLife St...

Jul 2, 2026

The World Cup last 16 begins this weekend with four ties worth staying up for

The World Cup knockouts resume this weekend with four last-16 ties, from Mexico’s unbeaten Azteca fortress to a Vinicius-versus-Haaland duel at MetLif...

Jun 25, 2026

The Golden Boot race is wide open, and the World Cup’s format will decide it

Lionel Messi leads the World Cup Golden Boot race on five goals, but with Mbappe, Haaland and Vinicius all on four and a 48-team knockout draw to navi...

Jun 24, 2026

Scotland must beat Brazil to keep their World Cup dream alive

Back at a World Cup for the first time since 1998, Scotland need a win over the five-time champions in Miami to reach the knockout rounds for the firs...

Jun 22, 2026

Raphinha’s hamstring injury clouds Brazil’s run into the World Cup knockouts

Brazil have not ruled Raphinha out of the tournament, but a hamstring injury picked up against Haiti looks set to keep their key forward out of the gr...

Jun 20, 2026

Cunha brace and Vinicius send Brazil top of Group C as Haiti go out

Matheus Cunha scored twice and Vinicius Junior added a third as Brazil beat Haiti 3-0 in Philadelphia to move top of Group C and end the debutants’ to...

Jun 14, 2026

Vinícius spares Brazil as Morocco hold the five-time champions in their World Cup opener

Vinícius Júnior’s equaliser earned five-time champions Brazil a 1-1 draw against an impressive Morocco side in their World Cup opener at MetLife Stadi...

Jun 10, 2026

Brazil open their World Cup against a Morocco side that fears nobody

Carlo Ancelotti’s Brazil begin their World Cup against the Morocco team that reached the 2022 semi-finals, with Neymar’s fitness one of the big questi...

Jun 7, 2026

Endrick off the bench settles a scrappy Brazil win over Egypt

Two defensive mix-ups, one teenage substitute and a familiar warning for Carlo Ancelotti as Brazil closed their World Cup preparations with a nervy vi...

Jun 6, 2026

Brazil face Egypt in their final World Cup tune-up without the injured Neymar

Brazil round off their World Cup preparation against Egypt in Cleveland on Saturday, but Carlo Ancelotti has to do it without Neymar, who is racing to...

Jun 1, 2026

Vinícius shines as Brazil sweep Panama aside 6-2 in their World Cup send-off

Carlo Ancelotti’s Brazil tore Panama apart at the Maracanã in a 6-2 World Cup warm-up, with Vinícius Júnior pulling the strings and a much-changed sec...

May 17, 2026

Vinicius’s 15th-minute strike gives Real Madrid 1-0 at Sevilla on their last away trip of the season

Brahim Diaz to Mbappé to Vinícius and the only goal in Andalusia was on its way inside a quarter of an hour, enough for Real Madrid to leave the Ramón...