The situation happened in the 40th minute when Real Madrid and Dortmund were drawing 0-0. Vinicius fell over the touchline even though Mats Hummels’ tackle had not yet touched the Brazilian star’s foot. The referee immediately blew the whistle to give Real Madrid a free kick.

 

 

Coach Mourinho accused Vinicius of cheating

Nico Schlotterbeck reacted to the referee because he thought Vinicius had pretended to fall to get in trouble. The “King in Black” not only maintained his original decision, but also issued a yellow card to warn the German midfielder.

On TNT Sports during halftime, host Laura Woods asked coach Mourinho if Vinicius was lucky to stay on the field, after the commentators said the Brazilian star pretended to fall. to cheat.

Mourinho replied: “It was a dive. There’s no doubt it was a dive. Then Schlotterbeck got a yellow card for reacting to the referee. Okay, he got a yellow card, but In the end, it was the result of something that Schlotterbeck knew was a fall.

Remember that in that situation, Vinicius received a yellow card in the 35th minute after colliding with Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel. If the referee gave Vinicius another yellow card for diving, this player would have been sent off the field.

In this match, Dortmund dominated the first half. Highlights were Niclas Fullkrug’s shot hitting the post and Karim Adeyemi’s miss when facing goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. Real Madrid didn’t even have a shot on target in the first 45 minutes.

But in the second half, Real Madrid played completely transformed, then Dani Carvajal opened the score in the 74th minute, with a dangerous header into Dortmund’s net from Toni Kroos’ corner kick. And it was Vinicius who increased the score to 2-0 in the 83rd minute, sealing the victory for the Royal Spanish team.