Vinicius Junior is undoubtedly one of Real Madrid’s most important players, although he is not as nailed as he – and many others – have thought. This was confirmed on Sunday during the Spanish

However, the Catalan giants quickly turned the game on its head, storming to a 4-1 lead by halftime with goals from Lamine Yamal, Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, and Alejandro Balde. The nightmare continued for Real in the second half as Raphinha added his second before Rodrygo scored a consolation goal to make it 5-2.

Real Madrid will be without Vinícius Júnior moving forward after the winger received a straight red card against Valencia.

Real Madrid will be without Vinicius Junior for their next two La Liga matches, after their appeal against his red card was turned down.Vinicius received a red card for pushing Valencia goalkeeper

Vinicius Junior will miss a number of games after La Liga confirmed his suspension following his red card incident against Valencia on Fri 3.

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Vinicius Junior has apologised after his red card in Real Madrid's 2-1 victory over Valencia on Friday evening. The Brazil forward was given his marching orders with 11 minutes to go for pushing Valencia goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski, with his side 1-0 down and reeling from Jude Bellingham's missed penalty earlier in the second half.

The Spanish Football Federation's Appeals Committee have dismissed Real Madrid's appeal, upholding the two-match suspension for Vinicius Junior after his red card at Mestalla.