Zidane doesn't want to let Vinicius go, but he has hardly given him any game time this season. After staying out of the call up for the games against Real Sociedad and PSG, the young, Brazilian striker returns against Alaves due to Eden Hazard's injury.
Vinicius has played a total of 448 official minutes this season with Real Madrid, more than insufficient minutes spread over 11 official matches, four of them which he started.
A stand out decline in importance that contrasts with last season, when he played 31 official games, scoring on four occasions and also getting eight assists.
This season he has only been able to celebrate one goal, offering, also, another assist. Figures that speak for themselves when it comes to understanding how Vinicius has fallen in protagonism, even being left out of important games.
As shown by 'AS', the young Brazilian striker is the squad's number '14' when it comes to minutes, having played only 9% this month, which hich places him in the last part of the Madrid list, along with players such as Militao, Areola, Brahim and Mariano.
The Brazil international could be playing at Mendizorroza after not seeing game time against Real Sociedad and Paris-Saint-Germain, a situation that has now changed due to the injury of the Belgian international, Eden Hazard.