Real Madrid don release their squad list for the important La Liga match against Sevilla. The team wey go travel go Sánchez Pizjuán include defenders like Carvajal, Alaba, Trent, Asencio, and Á. Attackers wey go dey available na Vini Jr., Mbappé, Gonzalo, Brahim, and Mastantuono. Valverde no dey available even though he join group training by the end of the week. Mbappé go dey expected to start. The match go happen on May 17, 2026, at 19:00 CET, 13:00pm EST. Venue na Sánchez Pizjuán for Sevilla, Spain. For TV, you fit watch am for DAZN La Liga for Spain and ESPN Deportes for USA. For streaming, ESPN+ go carry am for USA.
During the match, ball fall after Kylian Mbappé try control but fail. Vinicius, wey be 25 years old, curl the ball with im right foot pass Odysseas to score the only goal of the game. That goal make Vinicius climb to 13th place among Real Madrid all-time top scorers with 128 goals. He pass Fernando Hierro, wey score 127 goals for 601 games. For this season wey hard for Madrid, the Brazilian don dey carry the team for second part of the campaign. Since Álvaro Arbeloa take charge of first team on January 12, Vinicius don score 16 goals for 26 games under the coach from Salamanca. Before Arbeloa come, under Xabi Alonso, Vinicius score only six goals for 27 games. The difference clear: he go from scoring once every 328 minutes to once every 139 minutes.
Vinicius don become Arbeloa great ally since he arrive. He give Vini im prominence back, and Vini respond fully. Apart from Mestalla where he suspend, he don play for every game of Arbeloa era. He start 24 of the 26 games, only rest against Mallorca where he come on for second half, and complete 21 of them. Arbeloa always defend am: “Vini is a born leader, the teammate everyone wants. We lucky to have am because of im commitment. He carry the team when he still be kid. He be great Madridista, he really feel the badge. What he do as boy, not many don do for Real Madrid history. He don give us two Champions Leagues, and nobody suppose forget that.”
Now, Vinicius don enter elite group of players wey don score 20 goals or more for five consecutive seasons or more. The group include Manuel Fernández Pahíño, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ferenc Puskas, Hugo Sánchez, Raúl, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, and now Vinicius. This season, the Brazilian get 22 goals across all competitions, plus 11 assists, wey make am involved for 33 goals. He don match the same goal tally wey he reach for 2021-22 and 2024-25 campaigns. For those seasons, he end up involved for 38 goals, with 22 goals and 16 assists. Im best scoring return come for 2023-24, when he score 24 goals and provide nine assists. If he score hat-trick against Athletic for final day, e go make this im highest-scoring season. And if he score those three goals, e go draw level with Míchel, wey get 131 goals and sit 12th for Madrid all-time scoring chart. The intrigue dey there.
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