For the Brazilians, yesterday was not the nicest night in Montevideo. In a historic South American fight that was presented as a qualifier for the 2026 World Cup, the ‘canarinha’ faced Uruguay, and everything that could have gone wrong for the’verdeamarela’ did. The five-time world champion departed after suffering a crushing loss and learning about Neymar’s horrific knee injury.

Following the game, Vinicius made an effort to encourage both communal and individual self-criticism on Ge Globo, the Brazilian media: “I was very bad in the game, and I was very bad in the last game too.” He too has a lot of work ahead of him, as does the squad. However, in order to perform at the highest level for the team, one must have a clear head.”

A deviation from the anticipated trajectory

The athlete has admitted that things are not going as well as he had hoped for his time with the Brazilian squad: “I believe that my time with the National Team has not yet gone as I had hoped. To be able to play as well as I do in the Real, I still have a long way to go. Naturally, there’s a lot of pressure. And I’m ready at all times. desiring to change and advance as soon as possible in order to support the team.”