Champions League: Angry Ancelotti removes Vinicius as Real Madrid’s penalty talker

Real Madrid manager, Carlo Ancelotti, has removed Vinicius Jr because the crew’s designated penalty taker.

Marca reports that Kylian Mbappe will take the accumulate site-kicks from their next match.

Ancelotti has taken the chance after Vinicius missed from 12 yards in the 2-1 defeat to Valencia in La Liga last weekend.

The Brazilian winger did no longer hand his crew an early lead as he seen his broken-down shot conveniently saved by Giorgi Mamardashvili.

Mbappe will now take Los Blancos’ site-kicks, starting with their upcoming Champions League fixture against Arsenal.

The leave out against Valencia used to be Vinicius’ 2nd penalty leave out in the 2024-25 campaign, as he had earlier did no longer remodel a site-kick against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League.

The document, on the other hand, provides that if Mbappe now fails to remodel penalties, the next in line to take site-kicks is Jude Bellingham.