Losing Vinicius Jr to an anticipated three-week injury lay-off is a significant blow for Madrid. But could it help Kylian Mbappe?

Losing Vinícius Júnior is a significant blow to Real Madrid, but the reigning Spanish and European champion is no stranger to excelling through adversity.

The epidemic of racial abuse in La Liga reached visceral and skin-crawling levels at times last year, and one of the most disappointing aspects was the relative youth of the culprits. In particular,

A 16-year-old who racially abused Vinicius Junior has written a letter of apology to the Real Madrid forward. On account of them being a minor, the individual has reached an out of court agreement with Vinicius Jr and La Liga following the use of racist language and a racist gesture during February’s league fixture against Rayo Vallecano.

Real Madrid's Brazilian star, Vinicius Junior, has been crowned La Liga's Player of the Month for November, following a stellar display that saw him score three goals and provide an assist in just two matches.

Vinicius isn't a total stranger to injuries. He made 39 appearances for Madrid last season, a drop from the previous two campaigns when he totted up 52 and 55 games, but still enjoyed his best goalscoring term at the Bernabeu by striking 24 times in all competitions.

Real Madrid say a minor who racially abused the club's forward Vinicius Junior has been given a one-year stadium ban and also been fined.

A minor who racially abused Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior during a Spanish league game at Rayo Vallecano last season has apologised to him.

La Liga have late this week forwarded a letter of complaint to the board at Real Madrid.This comes in relation to a recent social media post on the part of Blancos winger Vinícius Jr.Vinícius was

La Liga president Javier Tebas has accused Real Madrid posterboy Vinicius Jr of engaging in piracy after uploading an image to his Instagram story of a television screen showing Los Blancos' Champions League clash with Liverpool on Wednesday night.