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    ‘I will be back’ – Vinicius Jr. promise to make Flamengo return

    Emma TeeBy No Comments2 Mins Read

    • Vinicius Jr. vows to make Flamengo return ‘one day’.

    'I will be back' - Vinicius Jr. promise to make Flamengo return
    ‘I will be back’ – Vinicius Jr. promise to make Flamengo return

    Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior promised to return to his former club “one day” while attending the Flamengo-Vasco da Gama derby at the Maracana.

    The Brazilian attacker, who finished the European season with Real Madrid, has taken a flight to Rio to take a brief break from the game.

    He saw his former team Flamengo defeat Vasco 4-1 in a derby match at the Maracana. The forward entered the field during halftime and was presented with a jersey with his name and number on the back by both teams.

    “It’ll take a while, but I will be back one day (to Flamengo). Very happy to be here at Maracana, at Flamengo and at a classic. Very happy for everything they did for me. That I can stand firm to continue the fight for those to come,” he said.

    After Vinicius was subjected to racial abuse in Spain during Real Madrid’s 1-0 defeat at Valencia, Flamengo and Cruzeiro expressed their solidarity by sitting down for the opening 36 seconds of their Serie A match in the final week of May after emerging from the tunnel wearing t-shirts with anti-racism messages. Throughout the game, Flamengo players wore shirts with “All with Vinicius Jr” emblazoned on them to demonstrate support for him.

    On June 17, Vinicius will play for the Brazil national team against Guinea. Three days later, in Barcelona and Lisbon, he will take on Senegal.