{"id":47350,"date":"2026-04-06T17:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=47350"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:30:15","slug":"vinicius-junior-talks-about-el-clasico-incident-with-xabi-alonso-it-was-a-moment-that-was-not-nice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/vinicius-junior-talks-about-el-clasico-incident-with-xabi-alonso-it-was-a-moment-that-was-not-nice\/","title":{"rendered":"Vinicius Junior talks about El Cl\u00e1sico incident with Xabi Alonso: \u201cIt was a moment that was not nice\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">In a display of maturity and self-awareness, Real Madrid superstar <strong>Vinicius Junior<\/strong> has opened up about his heated reaction during the recent El Cl\u00e1sico against Barcelona, addressing his substitution by manager <strong>Xabi Alonso<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">The Cl\u00e1sico Controversy<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">During Real Madrid\u2019s 2-1 victory over Barcelona at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u, Vinicius was substituted in the 72nd minute. The Brazilian forward reacted with visible frustration, storming off the pitch, questioning the decision loudly, and initially bypassing his manager without acknowledgment. The moment quickly went viral, sparking debates about team discipline and player-coach relationships.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Vinicius later issued a public apology to fans, teammates, the club, and president Florentino P\u00e9rez, but notably did not mention Xabi Alonso directly at the time.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Vini Jr\u2019s Honest Reflection<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">In his latest comments, the winger showed growth and accountability:<\/p>\n<blockquote dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u201cIt was a moment that was not nice, I apologised to everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"auto\">He added:<\/p>\n<blockquote dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u201cI like to play all the games. Then with a cool head you can understand that you were wrong. I\u2019m young and every day is a new experience in which you can improve.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"auto\">These remarks highlight Vinicius\u2019s competitive fire \u2014 a trait that has made him one of the world\u2019s most exciting attackers \u2014 while acknowledging the importance of composure and team harmony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a display of maturity and self-awareness, Real Madrid superstar Vinicius Junior has opened up about his heated reaction during\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":47351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3500],"class_list":["post-47350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-vinicius-junior"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47350"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47352,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47350\/revisions\/47352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}