✌️ Vini Jr brace on course to deny Barça's title celebrations
✌️ Vini Jr brace on course to deny Barça's title celebrations Well, it looks like Barcelona will be made to wait at least another week to claim back-to-back La Liga titles as Real Madrid lead Espanyol 2-0 at RCDE Stadium. On a night where Hansi Flick's Blaugrana were hopeful of sealing their 29th league win after what has been a brilliant domestic campaign in Catalunya, Los Blancos had other ideas when they arrived in Barça's backyard. Despite a first-half stalemate against Manolo González's Periquitos, Vinícius Júnior came alive after the break, smashing an 11-minute brace (55', 66') to set Real Madrid up to spoil the party on Spain's east coast.
With his pair of goals on the night, which put the Brazilian star on 16 goals this calendar year, only Bayern Munich's Harry Kane has found the back of the net on more occasions across Europe's top five leagues. Fittingly, Vini has now eclipsed rival Lamine Yamal along similar lines, first pulling level with and ultimately surpassing the Barcelina starlet for goals in 2026. What a way to ball out away from the capital.