UCL: It’s awful – Ex-Real Madrid midfielder, Van der Vaart blasts Vinicius

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UCL: It’s awful – Ex-Real Madrid midfielder, Van der Vaart blasts Vinicius

Former Real Madrid attacking midfielder, Rafael van der Vaart, has hit out at Vinicius after the club’s Champions League quarter-final first leg 2-1 defeat to Bayern Munich on Tuesday.

The Dutchman described Vinicius’ antics during the encounter against the Bundesliga giants as “awful.”

Vinicius was unable to make a significant impact against Bayern as goals from Luis Diaz and Harry Kane gave the visitors the victory against the Los Blancos.

Speaking with AS (via GOAL), Van der Vaart slammed Vinicius, saying, “It’s awful.

“Watching him play makes me angry. I feel very sorry for him because he is a brilliant player.

“But every time he touches the ball, even just a slight touch, he throws himself to the ground hoping the opponent gets a red card, then gets up as if nothing happened. That is what saddens me about him.”