When Brazil found itself trailing Morocco in each team’s World Cup opener and the crowd full of yellow-clad Seleção fans went from nervously quiet to stunned silent on Saturday night, Vinícius Júnior was there to bring the life back with a highlight-reel moment.
The soon-to-be 26-year-old left winger passed the ball to Bruno Guimarães to draw in three defenders and then did the rest himself.
Vinícius deked around Neil El Aynaoui and fired a right-footed shot through Morocco’s defense and into the far corner of the net past goalkeeper Yassine Bounou.
“We had to adapt as fast as possible because they scored on us too early, and it completely changed our way of play,” Vinícius said through an interpreter. “After they scored a goal against us, we were able to react very quickly and we scored a goal,”
The crowd-pleasing goal for more than 75,000 in attendance provided enough offense to earn Brazil a 1-1
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