Vini Jr, Haaland and the attackers’ duel that complement each other

Speed, strength, explosion and technique. city x Real Madrid will be a test of the best version of modern football and will have as its main protagonist the duel between Vini Jr and Haaland. The pair of strikers, who will face each other this Wednesday, 17th, at 4 pm (Brasília time), at the Etihad Stadim, would perhaps form a deadly attack that would be desired by all teams in world football.

It was fate that they didn’t act together, at least not yet. In this way, as two powers, it was inevitable that both would find themselves in the fight for the top of football. In two different poles, Vini Jr and Haaland are opposition, either in the history of a Real Madrid, which is bound by modernity, but also by tradition, or Manchester City, which is the symbol of this new version of football, which combines money with sport vision.

In practice, if placed on the field, Vini Jr and Haaland are the true representatives of their respective teams. The Brazilian is synonymous with Real Madrid on the pitch. Despite being new, it has history, breathes the spirit of victory and is perhaps the representative of traditional football, the one that prioritized plastic dribbling and beautiful goals.

Haaland, on the other hand, is the symbol of modernity, he is the playmaker formed not only by talent, but by persistence and discipline. Just like Manchester City, the Norwegian invests in himself to reach the top of world football. Strength, speed and a technique achieved over many hours of training earned the young man the nickname ‘Terminator’.

That’s exactly it. Haaland is the killer, cold blooded, he doesn’t miss. While Vini Jr is the artist, he is the ‘joy in the legs’, but at the same time he can be a ‘Terminator’ as much as his Manchester City rival. The fact is that the Brazilian and the Norwegian would be a deadly duo and not that Real Madrid didn’t think about it, but another ‘robot’ called Mbappé was on the way during the last transfer window.

But if Haaland had gone to Real Madrid, he would certainly be well stocked, given Vini Jr’s season, which is the best of his career. There are 23 goals and 19 assists, that is 42 direct participations in goals by the Merengue team in this 2022/23 season. Even so, he is behind the ‘Exterminator’, which like a machine does its job repetitively, there have been 52 goals and eight assists in ‘only’ 48 games, unstoppable.

That’s why this City vs. Real Madrid match will be a match between strikers who complement each other and who combine modern and old football. Two representatives of the best level, within their characteristics, but if they played side by side, they would be as complete as the machine and the human.