Controversy between Tiago Leifert and Vinicius Jr. gains a new chapter

On Wednesday (04), Tiago Leifert spoke out about Vinicius Jr.'s comment in a post on social media, in which the player accuses him of trying to turn Brazil against him and the national team. In a response given in his live on the YouTube channel 'TiaGOL', the presenter classified the athlete's words as “totally out of place”. However, despite the criticism, Leifert did not spare praise and believes that Vini deserves to be elected the best in the world.

Reply from Vinicius Junior

The controversy began on Tuesday (02), when the striker reacted to a cut posted on the social network 'X' by the channel 'REAL MIL GRAU'. In the video in question, Leifert appears making a comparison between Vini's performance in the national team and the athlete's performance at Real Madrid.

For Leifert, even though he had a great match, the national team's number 7 played an individualistic game, focusing more on dribbling than on providing assists. In his post, Vini Jr. responded to Leifert's statements with the following sentence: “He just wants to turn Brazil against me and our team. It’s a good thing that few people watch him.”wrote the striker. The criticisms that Vini Jr. comments on were made by Leifert after the match in which Brazil beat Paraguay 4-1 in the second round of the group stage of the Copa América.

Tiago Leifert found a way to criticize Vinicius Jr in the national team's last game.

That's incredible, lol, I don't think he's ever watched a Vini game in La Liga.

To sum up the video: I want to criticize someone.

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— REAL MIL GRAU (@realmilgrauu) July 2, 2024

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_{Vini Jr's response (Reproduction/X/@realmilgrauu/@vinijr)}

Statement by Tiago Leifert

In his live on the 'TiaGOL' channel, Tiago Leifert considered Vini Jr's post as “Out of reality”. Despite having praised the striker several times, the journalist reinforced the opinion that he has not yet shown the same football in the Brazilian national team as he did in Real Madrid. “This idea that I'm against the national team and that we pit people against the national team's players is completely out of touch with reality. This cut will never affect Vinícius, the cuts that I ask for him to be the best in the world in the Ballon d'Or will not happen either, the cuts that I defend for hours will not happen either. These things don't go viral.”said Leifert.

_{Live Tiago Leifert (Reproduction/YouTube/TiaGOL)}

Leifert continued to praise Vini Jr., but said he would not take back anything he said in his criticism of the athlete. For Leifert, Vini has the full support of the press and compared the situation with other stars of the past: “The entire press is in your favor, Vini. Everyone loves you, idolizes you, and praises you. After you received the yellow card and were suspended, the criticism, even from Globo Esporte, Rizek said that the national team needs to maximize its talent. If it were Rivaldo, Ronaldinho Gaúcho, Kaká, Ronaldo Fenômeno, Neymar, and Romário, who had received a yellow card five minutes into the game against Colombia and were suspended for the knockout stage, the criticism yesterday would have been fierce. And it wasn't, because everyone defends you, everyone wants you to be the star of the Brazilian national team. So, honestly, I didn't understand your post. It was completely unintentional, I don't take back what I said.“, he completed.

Next Saturday (06), the Brazilian team will face Uruguay in the quarterfinals of the Copa América. Vinicius Jr. is out of the decisive game after receiving his second yellow card in the previous phase. The match will be played in Las Vegas, USA, at 10 pm, Brasília time. If they advance to the semifinals, Brazil will face the winner of Colombia x Panama.

Featured Photo: Tiago Leifert live (Reproduction/YouTube/TiaGOL)