Vinicius is going to win the Ballon d’Or, says Real Madrid coach Ancelotti

The Brazilian guardant scored a hat-trick successful Real Madrid’s 5-2 triumph implicit Borussia Dortmund successful the Champions League.

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has praised the “extraordinary” Vinicius Junior aft the Brazilian guardant scored a second-half hat-trick to assistance them combat backmost from 2 goals down and thrash visitors Borussia Dortmund 5-2 successful the Champions League.

Ancelotti told a quality league helium was convinced that the 24-year-old Vinicius would triumph the Ballon d’Or grant for the champion subordinate successful the world.

“What I tin accidental is that it’s uncommon to spot a subordinate who plays a 2nd fractional similar Vinicius did. And not due to the fact that of the 3 goals but due to the fact that of his character; he’s extraordinary,” Ancelotti said connected Tuesday.

“Vinicius is going to triumph [the Ballon d’Or], not for what helium did tonight, but for what helium did past year. These 3 goals are already going to number for adjacent year’s Ballon d’Or, that’s for sure. He is simply a subordinate who gets whistled astatine due to the fact that helium tin marque a difference.”

In a rematch of past season’s final, Ancelotti said determination was nary panic successful the changing country aft Real went into the half-time interruption 2 goals down, and that his broadside had the maturity and acquisition to recognize what they needed to bash to travel back.

“We lived it calmly, calmly [over the break]. We changed the strategy and came backmost playing much intensely,” Ancelotti said.

“Talking astir scoring 3 goals mightiness person seemed utopian, truthful we talked astir tiny details similar passing well, winning duels … We had to triumph the dynamic of the game, and from determination you commencement to triumph the game.

“We were timid successful the archetypal half, we weren’t aggravated connected the shot and successful the 2nd half, we did amended with much quality, much pressure. It was the champion 2nd fractional of the season.

“We person to larn from what we did successful the 2nd half. The purpose is to commencement the crippled and not hold for them to enactment 2 past us. I don’t deliberation we tin play 90 minutes with the strength of the 2nd fractional but we tin beryllium much balanced.”