Real Madrid coach Ancelotti unhappy with Vini Jr in Copa defeat

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Real Madrid coach Ancelotti unhappy with Vini Jr in Copa defeat

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti was unhappy with the attitude of Vinicius Jr in their Copa del Rey defeat at Athletic Bilbao.

The 21-year-old did not have his best performance at San Mames, however, and was withdrawn by Carlo Ancelotti just after the hour mark.

In fact, prior to the substitution, Vinicius was not making much of an impact and seemed to be affected by the multiple fouls he received, as he remonstrated with the referee on numerous occasions.

Ancelotti had already warned Vinicius to calm down before bringing him off, and David Alaba had also stressed the same message to the young forward minutes earlier, says Marca.

Athletic central midfielder Dani Garcia had won both the physical and mental battle with Vinicius, who looked jaded from his trip back from Brazil and was unable to exert the same level of effort he usually does.