Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr reveals how Man City fans’ trolling tifo massively backfired

VINICIUS JR has revealed however Manchester City fans’ trolling tifo massively backfired past night.

The Real Madrid prima joined teammates astatine the Etihad for the first limb of their Champions League play-off against Pep Guardiola’s men.

The gathering marked the 4th successive twelvemonth the 2 giants had met successful Europe.

And it was Real who came retired connected apical aft Jude Bellingham scored a melodramatic precocious winner to down City 3-2.

But earlier kick-off, determination was a large talking constituent arsenic location fans unfurled a banner mocking Vinicius Jr and Real fans.

It showed a representation of City prima Rodri kissing his Ballon d’Or trophy on with the words: “Stop crying your bosom out.”

The tifo was successful notation to October’s Ballon d’Or grant ceremony, which saw Rodri bushed Vinicius Jr to football’s apical idiosyncratic prize.

Real Madrid chiefs were near incensed erstwhile they discovered their Brazilian maestro had finished runner-up.

And the Spanish nine ended up boycotting the grant ceremonial arsenic Rodri, who was injured astatine the clip and remains sidelined with the aforesaid ACL problem, collected his grant connected crutches.

City’s tifo looked to person worked a dainty arsenic they doubly went ahead, with Erling Haaland’s 2nd extremity coming from the punishment spot successful the 80th minute.

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But aft Kylian Mbappe had netted the archetypal equaliser, erstwhile City youngster Brahim Diaz levelled things up again successful the 86th infinitesimal earlier Bellingham struck his 92nd infinitesimal winner.

The England prima was teed up by Vinicius Jr for the defining strike.

And Real’s flying winger present admits helium was fired up to execute aft seeing City fans’ tifo successful the stands.

He said: “I saw the banner. Whenever the opposing fans bash things similar that they springiness maine much spot to person a large crippled and present I person done it.”

On the win, Vinicius Jr added: “They cognize our history, everything we bash successful this competition.

“It is the 5th clip we travel here, it is ever precise cold, but this clip we person won and we person to proceed this.”