Vitória Júnior’s power and in “In the Zone”

The Real Madrid forward scored a hat-trick against Dortmund, which made UEFA Technical Observers David Moyes and Aitor Karanka very happy in the FedEx Performance Zone.

It’s not often that a player has a second half like the one he had today, said Carlo Ancelotti. “Apart from the goals, he played with an incredible energy and intensity and personality.”

The player the Real Madrid coach was praising was, of course, Vinícius Júnior, who scored a hat-trick in their recent home comeback against Borussia Dortmund, which saw them come back from being down two goals at halftime to win 5-2.

It was the 24-year-old’s first UEFA Champions League triple, and UEFA technical officials David Moyes and Aitor Karanka really enjoyed how the Brazilian ran straight at the other team, which was a big part of Real Madrid’s exciting attacking game.

 

 

 

 

 

At the end of the game, Vinícius Júnior had the most line ball carries with eight. As Madrid got more in the second half, so did his attacking output, as we will show in this FedEx Performance Zone study.

“Vinícius Júnior started to people 1v1 and got more joy as the game went on,” said Moyes. “He saw the room to get at people.”