Brazilian Vinicius from Real Madrid sent a defiant message to Andrei Rațiu during the LaLiga match.
Vinicius tried to intimidate Andrei Rațiu and went hard on him from the first minutes of the game.
According to the print edition of the newspaper Marca, Vinicius had a defiant message for the Romanian footballer.
"You don't even know where I am. The coach will either replace you or put you as a forward, because if you play as a full-back, it's impossible to stop me," Vinicius told Rațiu.
The Romanian player managed to neutralize the Brazilian Vinicius once again, who did not have any dangerous actions in this match.
Even though he received a yellow card at the start of the match, Rațiu performed well and had no issues in this game.
Furthermore, in the 20th minute, he had a chance to score, but Courtois saved his shot.
For his performance in the match between Rayo and Real Madrid, Rațiu received a rating of 7.6 from the SofaScore platform.
He had the highest rating among all Rayo Vallecano players.
The statistics of the Romanian player are as follows:
- four recoveries
- 7/12 ground duels won
- 0/1 aerial duels won
- one foul committed
- 68 ball touches
- 2/6 successful dribbles
- 20/28 passes completed (71%)
- one shot on target