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ALBERT CARBONELL
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The bite between Vinicius Jr. and the defense of Majorca has marked many of the recent confrontations between the vermilion team and the real Madrid. In particular, Pablo Maffeo and Antonio Raillo They have been two of the players more belligerent in their duels with the Brazilian striker.
Maffeo and Vinicius, in 2022Soccrates Images
Already in March 2022 a hard tackle by Maffeo on Vinicius It sparked a rivalry that grew over the years. Vini ended up unhinged in Son Moix in February 2023 and saw a yellow card that made him miss the next game due to accumulation of warnings. In January 2024, this time in the Santiago Bernabéuthe Mallorcan defenders once again had their pluses and minuses with the Carioca and the image of Maffeo making ‘crybaby’ gestures in the face of his rival it didn’t take long for it to go viral. In the first match of this season, again in the white stadium, the tension was once again very present after a stomp on the calf of the Spanish-Argentine side on the white ‘7’.
Jokes on the topic in a comedy show
With all this background, the presence of Maffeo and Raíllo in the comedy program ‘The good spark’ he almost forced his presenter to joke about the topic. “Why do you get along with him like that if you are good people? Why is there always this conflict?”asked Elías Sánchez, host of the ‘show’ who had already ‘heated up’ the topic by taking a photo of both players in a ‘hook-up’ with Vinicius so they could sign it.
Maffeo, Raíllo and Vinicius, in 2023
“Well, we like to warm up the atmosphere, we move well there. And if he starts running we don’t catch him…”Raíllo hesitated about what already seems to be the ‘comfort zone’ of the Malloquinista defense when they face Vini. Asked personally about his ‘quarrels’, Maffeo He did not hesitate to continue with the presenter’s joke. “He cries a lot”he said with a laugh, making it clear that it was all in a joking tone.
“We are having fun, let it be understood, and then it will appear in the Madrid press and put up with it”Raíllo pointed out to the applause of the audience who attended a live program with a casual style that is reminiscent, locally, of David Broncano’s ‘La Revuelta’.
